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- Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries NASA · 11 Nov 2024 NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranu...
- Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 11 Nov 2024 NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers.
- Russia: Fine, I guess we should have a Grasshopper rocket project, too Ars Technica · 11 Nov 2024 On this timeline Russia is nearly a decade and a half behind SpaceX.
- Expending the Expendables: More launch companies are betting their future on reusability SpaceNews · 11 Nov 2024 Almost no one thought SpaceX would make the catch, at least not on the first try. On the fifth integrated test flight of Starship, launched Oct. 13 from the company’s
- Chinese commercial Lijian-1 rocket launches 15 satellites SpaceNews · 11 Nov 2024 HELSINKI — A Chinese commercial rocket sent 15 satellites into orbit late Sunday, including launch service provider CAS Space’s first international payload. The Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1) solid rocket lifted off at
- Faces of Ariane 6: Guillaume ESA · 11 Nov 2024 Guillaume
- Arianespace Pushes Second Flight of Ariane 6 to February 2025 European Spaceflight · 11 Nov 2024 Arianespace has announced that it will not attempt the second flight of its Ariane 6 rocket in 2024, with the launch now pushed to no earlier than February 2025. Ariane 6 was launched for the first time in July 2024. Whi...
- Interview with OCEANOS Instructor María Fernanda Barbarena-Arias NASA · 11 Nov 2024 What is your name and your role with OCEANOS? My name is María Fernanda Barbarena-Arias. I am an associate professor of biology at the American University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus. I am also a co-PI in the OCE...
- Interview with OCEANOS Instructor Samuel Suleiman NASA · 11 Nov 2024 What is your name and your role with OCEANOS? My name is Samuel Suleiman and I am the Executive Director of Sociedad Ambiente Marino: an NGO in Puerto Rico that has been working for the last 25 years to conserve our coas...
- Interview with OCEANOS Instructor Roy Armstrong NASA · 11 Nov 2024 What is your name and your role with OCEANOS? My name is Ray Armstrong and I am a professor in the Department of Marine Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico. I came to be involved in OCEANOS because my ex-student an...
- Interview with OCEANOS PI Juan Torres-Pérez NASA · 11 Nov 2024 What is your name and your role with OCEANOS? My name is Juan Torres-Pérez. I am a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in the Earth Sciences division, biospheric sciences branch. I am the PI of OCEANOS, which...
- SpaceX lands Falcon 9 booster for a record 23rd time amid Koreasat-6A mission Spaceflight Now · 11 Nov 2024 The Koreasat-6A mission took off from Launch Complex 39 A at at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 12:22 p.m. EST (1722 UTC).
- Spaceplane developer Reaction Engines goes bankrupt SpaceNews · 11 Nov 2024 Reaction Engines Ltd., a British company that has worked for decades on an air-breathing rocket engine for spaceplanes and other hypersonic vehicles, has filed for bankruptcy.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy November 10-16, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Nov 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of November 10-16, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate return to work...
- Perseverance faces challenges climbing to crater rim as sample tube supply dwindles NASASpaceflight · 10 Nov 2024 In August, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover began its fifth science campaign — the rover’s most ambitious yet. The campaign has seen Perseverance climb the western rim of Jezero Crater and face its steepest and most challe...
- Congress Returns to Changed Political Landscape, But Same To-Do List SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Nov 2024 President-elect Trump’s decisive win on Tuesday and Republican advances in the Senate will usher in a changed political landscape next year. Which party will control the House is still up...
- Virgin Galactic Seeks To Raise $300M to Accelerate Spaceplane and Mothership Production The Launch Pad · 10 Nov 2024 Virgin Galactic Seeks To Raise $300M to Accelerate Spaceplane and Mothership Production
- Vast Space and Czech Republic Sign Agreement to Explore Astronaut Flight Opportunities The Launch Pad · 10 Nov 2024 Vast Space and Czech Republic Sign Agreement to Explore Astronaut Flight Opportunities
- Cosmoleap Raises $14M for Reusable Rocket with SpaceX-Inspired Landing System The Launch Pad · 10 Nov 2024 Cosmoleap Raises $14M for Reusable Rocket with SpaceX-Inspired Landing System
- Australia Cancels $5 Billion JP9102 Military Satellite Program The Launch Pad · 10 Nov 2024 Australia Cancels $5 Billion JP9102 Military Satellite Program
- NASA Extends ISS Cargo Resupply Contracts Through 2030 The Launch Pad · 10 Nov 2024 NASA Extends ISS Cargo Resupply Contracts Through 2030
- SpaceX completes double launch day with Starlink 6-69 launch Spaceflight Now · 10 Nov 2024 The mission carried into orbit 24 V2 Mini Starlink satellites, which appears to be the maximum that can be flown on a single Falcon 9 launch. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened on Monday,...
- NASA extends ISS cargo contracts through 2030 SpaceNews · 9 Nov 2024 NASA has extended three contracts with companies to continue providing transportation of cargo to and from the International Space Station through the projected end of the station’s life in 2030.
- Long March 2C launches 4 PIESAT-2 commercial radar satellites SpaceNews · 9 Nov 2024 HELSINKI — A Long March rocket launch sent four satellites into orbit late Friday to provide commercial X-band radar imaging services. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 10:39
- European Space Agency and Arianespace at a crossroads NASASpaceflight · 9 Nov 2024 The European Space Agency (ESA) faces a crossroads as it works to prepare flights of the Vega-C and Ariane 6 as early as this December. While technicians in Europe and French Guiana are preparing these rockets and their...
- Gilmour Space Secures Australia’s First Orbital Launch Permit; Maiden Flight Just Weeks Away The Launch Pad · 9 Nov 2024 Gilmour Space Secures Australia’s First Orbital Launch Permit; Maiden Flight Just Weeks Away
- China’s Eyes 2026 For Long March 10A Moon Rocket Debut Flight The Launch Pad · 9 Nov 2024 China’s Eyes 2026 For Long March 10A Moon Rocket Debut Flight
- Ariane 6 Second Flight & First Commercial Mission Delayed February 2025 The Launch Pad · 9 Nov 2024 Ariane 6 Second Flight & First Commercial Mission Delayed February 2025
- SpaceX Working On 'Marslink' To Offer Full Mars Surface Real Time Connectivity The Launch Pad · 9 Nov 2024 SpaceX Working On 'Marslink' To Offer Full Mars Surface Real Time Connectivity
- Crew-8 astronauts remain mum about post-splashdown medical issue SpaceNews · 9 Nov 2024 The three NASA astronauts who returned to Earth on the Crew-8 mission declined to discuss the medical issue that prompted a trip to the hospital after their return and, for one of them, an overnight stay.
- SpaceX's Dragon Completes First ISS Reboost, Demonstrating SpaceX’s Expanding Capabilities The Launch Pad · 9 Nov 2024 SpaceX's Dragon Completes First ISS Reboost, Demonstrating SpaceX’s Expanding Capabilities
- Santa Maria to be Landing Site of Inaugural Space Rider Flight European Spaceflight · 9 Nov 2024 The Portuguese Space Agency announced 8 November that the island of Santa Maria has been chosen as the landing site for the inaugural flight of Space Rider. Space Rider is an eight-metre reusable orbital vehicle designed...
- Crew-8 Will Reveal Hospitalization Details “In Fullness of Time” SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Nov 2024 The three NASA Crew-8 astronauts who returned to Earth last month firmly declined to answer questions today about who was hospitalized and why after splashdown. Astronaut Michael Barratt, a physician...
- Sols 4357–4358: Turning West NASA · 8 Nov 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 Sols 4357–4358: Turning West If you’ve ever driven down a road that’s in need of repaving, you’ll know that it can be an uncomfortable experience. The same is true on Mars: ev...
- Ex-Google exec attracts financial backers for LEO megaconstellation SpaceNews · 8 Nov 2024 Logos Space has early financial commitments needed to deploy 1,000 satellites for global broadband coverage, according to the former Google executive behind the one-year-old megaconstellation startup.
- NASA Ames Astrogram – September/October 2024 NASA · 8 Nov 2024 TIME Recognizes the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System In October, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System a project managed at NASA Ames, was recognized by TIME Magazine as a “Top Invention of 2024”! TIME Magazine al...
- Next Ariane 6 launch slips to early 2025 SpaceNews · 8 Nov 2024 The second flight of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket, and its first commercial mission, has slipped from December to no earlier than mid-February, Arianespace announced Nov. 8.
- PLD Space unveils ambitious plan for the next decade NASASpaceflight · 8 Nov 2024 PLD Space unveiled an aggressive 10-year plan last month at the company’s new headquarters building in Elche, Spain. This plan will begin by upgrading its under-development Miura 5 rocket with propulsive landing capabili...
- Maxar Intelligence divests sensor technology business to ARKA Group SpaceNews · 8 Nov 2024 ARKA acquired Maxar’s business unit known as the Radar and Sensor Technology (RST) group, based in Ypsilanti, Michigan
- NASA Named one of America’s Best Employers for Veterans NASA · 8 Nov 2024 NASA is one of America’s Best Employers for Veterans, according to Forbes and Statista. Statista surveyed more than 24,000 military veterans – having served in the United States Armed Forces – working for companies with...