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- Moving Sentinel-1C to Vega-C's Vampire payload adapter ESA · 22 Nov 2024 Moving Sentinel-1C to Vega-C's Vampire payload adapter
- SpacePep’s: from rocket to table ESA · 22 Nov 2024 Limited edition: SpacePep’s n°1 to celebrate 45 years of Ariane.
- Earth from Space: ‘Angry husband’ eruption ESA · 22 Nov 2024 This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 13 November 2024 shows the Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano eruption on the island of Flores in southern Indonesia.
- MapGuard: Advancing emergency evacuation capabilities in the Baltics ESA · 22 Nov 2024 In emergency evacuations, access to reliable information can mean the difference between life and death. As our world faces growing challenges from natural disasters and conflicts, the need for rapid, accurate data durin...
- Open-to-use SMILE antenna wins hertz and minds ESA · 22 Nov 2024 On 10 November 2024, the final of three Australian CubeSats reentered the atmosphere. Like many other small satellite missions, they benefitted from the SMILE lab for tracking and monitoring.
- Proba-3: Firing laser! ESA · 22 Nov 2024 Proba-3: Firing laser!
- Space station developers weigh in on NASA’s continuous presence rethink SpaceNews · 22 Nov 2024 Commercial space station developers are questioning whether NASA’s reconsideration of continuous human presence in low Earth orbit risks holding back International Space Station alternatives.
- ESA and JAXA sign statement on expanding deep space cooperation SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 BREMEN, Germany — The European and Japanese space agencies have issued a joint statement on furthering cooperation on planetary defense, the moon, Mars and beyond. JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa and […]
- NASA Langley Employees Earn Silver Snoopy Awards NASA · 21 Nov 2024 Two employees from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia recently earned the prestigious Silver Snoopy award, an honor given to NASA employees and contractors across the agency for outstanding achievements...
- NASA Awards Test Operations Contract NASA · 21 Nov 2024 NASA has selected Sierra Lobo, Inc. of Fremont, Ohio, to provide for test operations, test support, and technical system maintenance activities at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The NASA Ste...
- Maxar prepares for final WorldView Legion launch to complete advanced imaging constellation SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 The third and fourth WorldView Legion satellites launched in August were the first in Maxar’s history to be deployed in mid-inclination orbit
- Preguntas frecuentes: La verdadera historia del cuidado de la salud de los astronautas en el espacio NASA · 21 Nov 2024 Read this story in English here. La Estación Espacial Internacional es el hogar de la humanidad en el espacio y una estación de investigación que gira en órbita sobre la Tierra a unos 400 kilómetros (250 millas) de altur...
- FAQ: The Real Story About Astronaut Health Care in Space NASA · 21 Nov 2024 Lee esta historia en español aquí. The International Space Station is humanity’s home in space and a research station orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth. NASA and its international partners have maintained a contin...
- Space Transportation of China aims to test prototype spaceplane in 2025 SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 BREMEN, Germany — Beijing-based Space Transportation is projecting the second half of 2025 for a first test of its Cuantianhou near space reusable spaceplane prototype. Space Transportation, or Lingkong Tianxing […]
- Space Force adjusts timeline as Vulcan’s national security launches slip to 2025 SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 Two missions—USSF-106 and USSF-87—are currently waiting in the wings, with payloads ready but no confirmed launch dates
- Ring Around Tabby’s Star NASA · 21 Nov 2024 This Oct. 4, 2017, illustration shows a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbiting KIC 8462852, also known as Boyajian’s Star or Tabby’s Star. The star has experienced unusual dips in brightness over a matter of days, as...
- Ready, Set, Action! Our Sun is the Star in Dazzling Simulation NASA · 21 Nov 2024 NASA supercomputers are shedding light on what causes some of the Sun’s most complex behaviors. Using data from the suite of active Sun-watching spacecraft currently observing the star at the heart of our solar system, r...
- NASA: Mystery of Life’s Handedness Deepens NASA · 21 Nov 2024 The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA — a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before DNA emerged — can fa...
- NASA’s Hubble Finds Sizzling Details About Young Star FU Orionis NASA · 21 Nov 2024 In 1936, astronomers saw a puzzling event in the constellation Orion: the young star FU Orionis (FU Ori) became a hundred times brighter in a matter of months. At its peak, FU Ori was intrinsically 100 times brighter tha...
- Anduril secures $99.7 million contract for Space Force network upgrade SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 Anduril's Lattice software is used to autonomously process and distribute data from a global network of military space sensors
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk makes shock claim about Jeff Bezos, reigniting rivalry Teslarati · 21 Nov 2024 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made a shocking claim about former Amazon frontman Jeff Bezos, potentially reigniting their rivalry and bringing forward some potential friction between the two. Bezos reportedly was convinced tha...
- Copernicus Sentinel-1: radar vision for Copernicus ESA · 21 Nov 2024 Meet Copernicus Sentinel-1 – this ground-breaking mission delivers continuous, all-weather, day-and-night imaging for land, ice and maritime monitoring.
- Early Stage Innovations (ESI) 2024 NASA · 21 Nov 2024 Back to ESI Home Computational Materials Engineering for Lunar Metals Welding Passive Lunar Dust Control through Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering
- Early Stage Innovations (ESI) 2024 NASA · 21 Nov 2024 Back to ESI Home Computational Materials Engineering for Lunar Metals Welding Passive Lunar Dust Control through Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering
- Weld-ASSIST: Weldability Assessment for In-Space Conditions using a Digital Twin NASA · 21 Nov 2024 ESI24 Haghighi Quadchart Azadeh HaghighiUniversity of Illinois, Chicago In-space manufacturing and assembly are vital to NASA’s long-term exploration goals, especially for the Moon and Mars missions. Deploying welding te...
- Lunar Outpost selects Starship to deliver rover to the moon SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 Lunar Outpost has selected SpaceX’s Starship vehicle to deliver to the moon the Artemis lunar rover it is developing for potential use by NASA.
- SpaceNews Appoints Mike Gruss as Chief Content and Strategy Officer to Lead Transformative Growth SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWashington, D.C., November 21, 2024 — SpaceNews is proud to announce the appointment of Mike Gruss as its new Chief Content and Strategy Officer (CCSO), a critical addition […]
- As NASA increasingly relies on commercial space, there are some troubling signs Ars Technica · 21 Nov 2024 "The government's really got to look at itself."
- ESA Award Another €230M to ArianeGroup for Themis Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 21 Nov 2024 The European Space Agency has announced that it has awarded two new contracts to ArianeGroup to build a second Themis demonstrator and to refine the design of its Prometheus rocket engine. The two contracts have a combin...
- European space companies seek more competitive government contracts SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 Companies and investors want European governments to take more risks and buy services from space startups, rather than awarding grants, to make the industry more competitive with American counterparts.
- Signing secures next steps for reusable rocket demonstrations ESA · 21 Nov 2024 Prometheus and Themis contract rider signature ceremony
- FAA Reschedules Public Hearings on SpaceX’s Plans for More Launches from Boca Chica SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Nov 2024 On the heels of SpaceX’s largely successful Starship test flight yesterday, the FAA has released a revised draft environmental assessment of SpaceX’s proposal to increase the cadence of launches at...
- Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars NASA · 21 Nov 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 I am in the U.K., where we are approaching the time when trees are just branches and twigs. One tree that still has its full foliage is my little quince tree in my front garden....
- Investors betting on space growth under Trump administration SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 Investors are preparing for the incoming Trump administration to expand the defense budgets driving the space industry’s growth.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 21 Nov 2024 The Starlink 6-66 mission comes near the end of a week during which SpaceX launched three Falcon 9 rockets in less than 20 hours and a Starship rocket. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for...
- Space Force chief observes Starship test launch, signaling military interest SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 The Space Force is ‘monitoring Starship's progress and look forward to potentially leveraging its capabilities in the future’
- Transforming Geospatial Intelligence: Data Labeling for AI – Webinar Replay SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2024 Join us November 20 at 1:00 PM EST for a discussion on a groundbreaking initiative from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) — a $700 million investment in data labeling to empower artificial intelligence in...
- Teledyne Space Imaging partners with Satlantis on very high-resolution sensor SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2024 BREMEN, Germany — Teledyne Space Imaging is collaborating with Satlantis to develop key electronics for a sensor for Earth observation and planetary exploration. The two companies announced the partnership Nov.
- Lockheed Martin teams with Iceye to advance AI-enabled targeting SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2024 The collaboration focuses on automated target recognition (ATR) technologies that leverage AI and radar satellite imagery to identify and classify objects
- Inversion Space raises $44 million SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2024 Inversion Space has raised $44 million to further development of reentry vehicles to deliver cargo from space.