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- Valencia flood disaster ESA · 31 Oct 2024 Spain is suffering its worst flood in decades after torrential rains struck the eastern province of Valencia. These satellite images vividly illustrate the dramatic transformation of the landscape.
- NASA updates list of Artemis 3 landing sites SpaceNews · 31 Oct 2024 NASA has updated a list of candidate landing sites near the south pole of the moon for the Artemis 3 mission, taking into account surface conditions and capabilities of SpaceX’s Starship lander.
- Happy Heraween! ESA · 31 Oct 2024 Robots in disguise: our Hera asteroid detective plus her CubeSat buddies – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – dressed up for Halloween!
- Viridian develops on air-breathing electric propulsion SpaceNews · 31 Oct 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup Viridian Space Corp. is developing an electric propulsion system for spacecraft in very low Earth orbit that scoops up air for plasma thrusters. The
- Sols 4348-4349: Smoke on the Water NASA · 30 Oct 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 28, 2024 Before the science team starts planning, we first look at the latest Navcam image downlinked from Curiosity to see where the rover is located. It can be all too easy to get lost...
- Space Force opens national security launch contracts to new players SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2024 For this on-ramp opportunity, prospective launch providers must have a credible plan for a first launch by December 2025
- Hello Earth? Space Calling NASA · 30 Oct 2024 How it started versus how it’s going for astronaut Nick Hague with ISS Ham Radio on the space station. Since November 2000, crew members like Hague have used ham radio to communicate with people on Earth through this edu...
- Blue Origin rolls out New Glenn’s first stage for testing NASASpaceflight · 30 Oct 2024 Fresh off the successful New Shepard NS-27 flight, Blue Origin is making intense preparations for the first flight of its long-awaited New Glenn heavy-lift rocket. The company has rolled out New Glenn’s first stage, equi...
- Elon Musk explains why Trump White House would benefit SpaceX Starship Teslarati · 30 Oct 2024 Elon Musk said a Trump White House would benefit SpaceX’s Starship program and the optimistic goals it has to bring uncrewed launches...
- The Marshall Star for October 30, 2024 NASA · 30 Oct 2024 Editor’s Note: Starting Nov. 4, the Office of Communications at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will no longer publish the Marshall Star on nasa.gov. The last public issue will be Oct. 30. To continue reading Marshal...
- Buckle Up: NASA-Funded Study Explores Turbulence in Molecular Clouds NASA · 30 Oct 2024 On an airplane, motions of the air on both small and large scales contribute to turbulence, which may result in a bumpy flight. Turbulence on a much larger scale is important to how stars form in giant molecular clouds t...
- A Small Business Success Story: Mentor-Protégé Agreements Drive Growth in Aerospace Sector NASA · 30 Oct 2024 In the ever-evolving aerospace industry, collaboration and mentorship are vital for fostering innovation and growth. Recent achievements highlight the positive impact of Mentor-Protégé Agreements (MPA) facilitated by Jac...
- 60 Years Ago: Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Takes Flight NASA · 30 Oct 2024 NASA pilot Joe Walker sits in the pilot’s platform of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) number 1 on Oct. 30, 1964. The LLRV and its successor the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) provided the training tool t...
- NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 30 Oct 2024 The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as it passed in front of the Sun, creating an eye in Mars’ sky.
- NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse NASA · 30 Oct 2024 The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as it passed in front of the Sun, creating an eye in Mars’ sky. From its perch on the western wall of Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Persevera...
- NASA to Launch Innovative Solar Coronagraph to Space Station NASA · 30 Oct 2024 NASA’s Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is ready to launch to the International Space Station to reveal new details about the solar wind including its origin and its evolution. Launching in November 2024 aboard Spac...
- NASA Technologies Named Among TIME Inventions of 2024 Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 30 Oct 2024 Honorees include the agency’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment, and Europa Clipper.
- NRO announces space tech agreements with three commercial companies SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2024 Cognitive Space, Impulse Space and Starfish Space win study contracts for “Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement”
- NASA Brings Drone and Space Rover to Air Show NASA · 30 Oct 2024 Lee esta historia en Español aquí. In September, the three NASA centers in California came together to share aerospace innovations with thousands of guests at the Miramar Air Show in San Diego, California. Agency experts...
- NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 31st Station Resupply Launch, Arrival NASA · 30 Oct 2024 NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:29 p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 4, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 31st SpaceX commercial resupply...
- NASA, NOAA Rank 2024 Ozone Hole as 7th-Smallest Since Recovery Began NASA · 30 Oct 2024 Healing continues in the atmosphere over the Antarctic: a hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth’s southern pole was relatively small in 2024 compared to other years. Scientists with NASA and the National...
- Earth-observation startup emerges from stealth with $12 million SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Los Angeles startup Matter Intelligence has emerged from stealth with $12 million to develop a unique Earth-observation sensor suite. The suite, which combines a high-resolution camera with
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 30 Oct 2024 The second Falcon 9 launch of the day was the 71st dedicated Starlink mission of 2024. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 5:10 p.m. EDT (2110 UTC).
- 60 Years Ago: The First Flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle NASA · 30 Oct 2024 President John F. Kennedy’s national commitment to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade posed multiple challenges, among them how to train astronauts to land on the Moon,...
- NASA Technologies Named Among TIME Inventions of 2024 NASA · 30 Oct 2024 As NASA continues to innovate for the benefit of humanity, agency inventions that use new structures to harness sunlight for space travel, enable communications with spacecraft at record-breaking distances, and determine...
- A Spooky Soliday: Haunting Whispers from the Martian Landscape NASA · 30 Oct 2024 The Perseverance rover lurks in the quiet, cold, desolate landscape of Jezero crater on Mars, a place masked in shadows and haunted by past mysteries. Built to endure the planet’s harsh conditions, Perseverance braves th...
- Lockheed Martin completes acquisition of smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2024 The $450 million acquisition caps a years-long relationship since Lockheed Martin Ventures’ initial investment in 2017
- Intelsat 33e Breakup Sends Shockwaves Space Scout · 30 Oct 2024 Space-tracking company ExoAnalytic Solutions has identified about 500 pieces of debris from Intelsat 33e’s recent breakup in geostationary orbit (GEO).
- Tamarack Global seeking space investments for $72 million fund SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2024 Early-stage investor Tamarack Global is hunting for more space opportunities after announcing the close of a $72 million fund Oct. 30.
- The New Glenn rocket’s first stage is real, and it’s spectacular Ars Technica · 30 Oct 2024 Up next is a hot-fire test of the massive rocket.
- Defining dynamic space ops: How data intelligence creates flexibility for orbital warfare SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2024 General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations in the United States Space Force, recently proposed “Competitive Endurance” as a theory of Space Force success. Competitive Endurance has three core tenets:
- NRO shows continued interest in orbital transfer vehicles and spacecraft multimanifesting SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2024 The NRO is continuing to explore use of orbital transfer vehicles and improved multimanifesting approaches.
- Shenzhou-19 spacecraft arrives at Tiangong for crew rotation SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2024 HELSINKI — China is conducting its fifth crew rotation aboard the Tiangong space station after the arrival of three astronauts aboard Shenzhou-19. Six astronauts are now aboard the space station
- JAXA Confirms Inaugural Callisto Flight Test Has Slipped to 2026 European Spaceflight · 30 Oct 2024 Japan’s national space agency, JAXA has confirmed that the inaugural test flight of the Callisto reusable rocket demonstrator has slipped to 2026. The Cooperative Action Leading to Launcher Innovation in Stage Toss-back...
- VIPER Passes All Its Tests, But Future Still Uncertain SpacePolicyOnline.com · 30 Oct 2024 The project scientist for NASA’s VIPER lunar rover said today the spacecraft has successfully completed all of its pre-launch tests, but its future remains uncertain. NASA intends to terminate the...
- Solstar poised for key narrowband- communications test SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Solstar Space plans to conduct the first spaceflight testing next year of its narrowband satellite data-relay transceiver. The test is the culmination of more than 10 years
- New Chinese Space Station Crew On Its Way SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Oct 2024 China launched a new crew to the Tiangong-3 space station today. The three person — two men and a woman — Shenzhou-19 crew will replace the three taikonauts who have...
- China chooses 2 teams to develop low-cost space station cargo spacecraft SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 HELSINKI — China’s human spaceflight agency has selected two proposals to develop spacecraft for low-cost space station resupply missions, echoing earlier moves by NASA. The China Manned Space Engineering Office
- Ken Iliff: Engineering 40 Years of Success NASA · 29 Oct 2024 Editor’s note: This article was published May 23, 2003, in NASA Armstrong’s X-Press newsletter. NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was redesignated Armstrong Flight Research Center on March 1, 2...
- DoD industrial base plan targets weak links in supply chains SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 Concerns include single-source supplies and financial influence from ‘adversarial’ foreign entities or countries