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- Sols 4375-4381: A Stuffed Holiday Plan NASA · 2 Dec 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 Today we planned a mammoth seven-sol plan, to cover the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday period. Unfortunately, our weekend drive ended a little early and we didn’t receive all of our...
- Launch Roundup: Sentinel 1C and PROBA 3 among ten planned launches NASASpaceflight · 2 Dec 2024 This week is set to be a busy one in the world of spaceflight, with…
- NASA Experts Share Inspiring Stories of Perseverance to Students NASA · 2 Dec 2024 In celebration of National Aviation History Month, experts from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, spoke with middle school students during a recent event hosted by NASA’s California Office o...
- Sols 4732-4735: I’ll Zap You, My Pretty, and Your Pebble Too NASA · 2 Dec 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 For more than a year, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been climbing through layers of sulfate-rich rock in Gale Crater, where alternating thick light- and dark-toned bands are visibl...
- Carnarvon's NASA satellite dish receives first signal in almost 40 years ABC News · 2 Dec 2024 A 29-metre-wide satellite dish that once aided NASA missions has received its first signal since being mothballed in 1987. Private aerospace company ThothX began refurbishing the parabolic antenna last year.
- A Mission at Home and at Work: Caregivers at Johnson Navigate Dual Role With Community Supports NASA · 2 Dec 2024 Many team members at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston may recognize Alicia Baker as the talented flutist in the Hispanic Employee Resource Group’s Mariachi Celestial band. Or, they may have worked with Baker in her...
- U.S. Air Force awards Varda $48 million to test payloads on reentry capsules SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2024 The Air Force Research Laboratory will leverage Varda Space’s reentry capsules to test various payloads
- Technicians Install Gateway’s Fuel Tanks NASA · 2 Dec 2024 Technicians guide the equipment that will house Gateway’s xenon and liquid fuel tanks in this photo from July 1, 2024. The tanks are part of Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element, which will make the lunar space station...
- Expedition 71 Astronauts to Discuss Mission in NASA Welcome Home Event NASA · 2 Dec 2024 Dec. 2, 2024 RELEASE: J24-015 Expedition 71 Astronauts to Discuss Mission in NASA Welcome Home Event Four NASA astronauts will participate in a welcome home ceremony at Space Center Houston after recently returning from...
- Quantum tech firm wins Pentagon contract for GPS alternative SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2024 Infleqtion got an $11 million contract to speed up development of a rack-mounted atomic clock
- You Are Now Arriving at ‘Pico Turquino’ NASA · 2 Dec 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 Perseverance has been continuing its sightseeing tour of the Jezero crater rim, with this week’s travel itinerary including an up-close look at “Pico Turquino.” Here, the team h...
- What’s Up: December 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 2 Dec 2024 Catch December’s Celestial Highlights! This month, Venus dazzles as the “Evening Star,” Jupiter reaches its brightest for the year, and the Geminid meteor shower peaks under challenging moonlit skies. Skywatching Highlig...
- SpaceX has set all kinds of records with its Falcon 9 rocket this year Ars Technica · 2 Dec 2024 The Falcon 9 rocket is truly delivering on the promise of rapid, reusable launch.
- NASA to Cover its 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission Station Departure NASA · 2 Dec 2024 NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 5, for its return to Earth. NASA’s l...
- Experience the Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission NASA · 2 Dec 2024 Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission as part of NASA’s Commercial...
- ESA teams up with Massive Attack to boost climate action ESA · 2 Dec 2024 A mesmerising audiovisual experience from trip-hop collective Massive Attack that blends an original score with stunning satellite images of Earth was enjoyed by thousands of climate enthusiasts in Liverpool.
- New Artemis Virtual Meeting Backgrounds Released Celebrating Artemis I, Looking to Artemis II and Beyond NASA · 2 Dec 2024 Virtual meetings feeling a little stale? NASA has just unveiled a suite of new Artemis backgrounds to elevate your digital workspace. From the majesty of the Artemis I launch lighting up the night sky to the iconic image...
- PLD Space Secures €11M Loan for Miura 5 Launch Complex European Spaceflight · 2 Dec 2024 Spanish launch provider PLD Space has announced that it secured a €11 million loan to support the development of its Miura 5 launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre. In July 2022, the French space agency CNES pre-selec...
- Foust Forward | Who gets the final word on Mars Sample Return? SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2024 By the end of this year, NASA may have a new plan in place for returning samples from Mars. The agency announced in October that it had convened an outside […]
- Maintaining American leadership: Space Force funding and legislative autonomy SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2024 Five years after its establishment, the United States Space Force remains hindered by its dependence on the Air Force for both funding and legislative access. To address the escalating threats […]
- A Vision of a Developing Lunar Frontier SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2024 By the 2040s, the Moon is bustling with international research and commercial infrastructure, transforming its barren surface into a livable ecosystem. At the heart of this thriving community lies the […]
- Bepi, Mio and MTM greet Mercury for the fifth time ESA · 2 Dec 2024 Bepi, Mio and MTM greet Mercury for the fifth time
- Ariane 6 Rocket Stages Arrive in Kourou with a Hitchhiker European Spaceflight · 2 Dec 2024 The main and upper stages for the second flight of the Ariane 6 rocket have arrived in French Guiana ahead of its Q1 2025 launch. Accompanying the rocket stages was a helicopter hitchhiker for the aerial logistics servic...
- Ignis mission name and patch explained ESA · 2 Dec 2024
- Proba-3 encapsulated ESA · 2 Dec 2024 Proba-3 encapsulated
- Research study sets path for a global 5G space network ESA · 2 Dec 2024 Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in bringing 5G technology to space, marking a pivotal moment in telecommunications history. The 5G Infrastructure Study (5G-IS), funded by ESA’s Connectivity and Secure Communicat...
- Proba-3: Flying two spacecraft is harder than one ESA · 2 Dec 2024 What’s harder than flying a single satellite in Earth orbit? Flying two – right beside each other, at proximities that would normally trigger collision avoidance manoeuvres.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy December 1-7, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Dec 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of December 1-7, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- Over a month into mission, Europa Clipper continues deploying instruments NASASpaceflight · 1 Dec 2024 On Oct. 14, NASA’s groundbreaking Europa Clipper mission launched from Launch Complex 39A at the…
- New EU space commissioner outlines priorities SpaceNews · 1 Dec 2024 The new European Union commissioner responsible for space says he will focus on improving European competitiveness and security in space.
- SpaceX launches fifth mission for NRO’s proliferated architecture SpaceNews · 30 Nov 2024 ‘The U.S. government's largest-ever satellite constellation continues to grow’
- NASA Set to Update Moon to Mars Architecture with ACR24 Space Scout · 30 Nov 2024 NASA is developing the latest version of its overarching vision for space exploration: the Moon to Mars Architecture. Amid an environment of questions about the Artemis Program, the agency’s year-long Strategic Analysis...
- China launches first Long March 12 from new commercial spaceport in boost for country’s lunar plans SpaceNews · 30 Nov 2024 HELSINKI — China launched its first Long March 12 rocket Saturday, marking an advance in its crewed moon plans and the debut of a new spaceport that will boost the […]
- Lockheed Martin unveils solar power array for Artemis program SpaceNews · 30 Nov 2024 NASA-funded technology aims to solve lunar power challenges
- Scotland Breaks Ground on Third Rocket Launch Site European Spaceflight · 30 Nov 2024 Scotland’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise has announced that local contractor Macaulay Askernish has been selected to construct the enabling infrastructure for Spaceport 1 in North Uist. This will be the third rocket l...
- NASA Provides More Details to Congress about VIPER Decision SpacePolicyOnline.com · 30 Nov 2024 NASA has provided more details of its decision to cancel the VIPER robotic lunar rover mission in response to a letter from a key House committee. It doesn’t specifically answer
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 5th batch of Starshield satellites for the NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from California Spaceflight Now · 29 Nov 2024 The mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base will be the seventh flight for the NRO in 2024. Liftoff from pad 4 East is set for no earlier than 12:10 a.m. PST (3:10 a.m. EST, 0810 UTC).
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Starlink mission on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 29 Nov 2024 The mission is set to be the first of a pair of Falcon 9 launches spanning just a few hours. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for no earlier than 12:00 a.m. EST (0500 UTC) on Nov. 30.
- Space Force awards Raytheon $196.7 million for additional work on GPS ground control system SpaceNews · 29 Nov 2024 This latest award brings Raytheon's total OCX contract value to nearly $4.5 billion since the program's inception in 2010
- ESA, OpenCosmos sign contract for NanoMagSat mission SpaceNews · 29 Nov 2024 European smallsat developer Open Cosmos has signed a contract with ESA for a trio of cubesats to study the Earth’s magnetic field and ionosphere.