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- A Particular Lenticular Cloud NASA · 29 Oct 2024 Landsat 8’s Operational Land Imager acquired this image of an elongated lenticular cloud, locally nicknamed the “Taieri Pet,” above New Zealand’s South Island on Sept. 7, 2024. Lenticular clouds form when prevailing wind...
- Station Science Top News: Oct. 25, 2024 NASA · 29 Oct 2024 Better Monitoring of the Air Astronauts Breathe Ten weeks of operations showed that a second version of the Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor is sensitive enough to determine variations in the composition of cabin air inside...
- Carissa Arillo: Testing Spacecraft, Penning the Owner’s Manuals NASA · 29 Oct 2024 Flight operations engineer Carissa Arillo helped ensure one of the instruments on NASA’s PACE mission made it successfully through its prelaunch testing. She and her group also documented the work rigorously, to ensure t...
- Avio to Build First US-Based Solid Rocket Motor Production Facility European Spaceflight · 29 Oct 2024 Italian rocket builder Avio has selected commercial real estate development company ACMI Properties to design its first US-based solid rocket motor production facility. Arlington-headquartered Avio USA was incorporated o...
- China taikonaut trio arrives at the Tiangong space station Spaceflight Now · 29 Oct 2024 The launch features two crew members who are making their first trip to space. Liftoff happened at 4:27 a.m. BJT on Oct. 30 (4:27 p.m. EDT, 2027 UTC on Oct. 29).
- NASA Sets Coverage for its SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon Station Relocation NASA · 29 Oct 2024 In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft to a differen...
- Team II Test Page NASA · 29 Oct 2024
- Avio picks developer for first US rocket motor production facility SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 Italian rocket maker Avio plans to set up its first solid motor production facility in the United States in 2028 to capture growing demand in the space and defense markets.
- SpaceX almost ditched the insane Starship booster catch at the last second Teslarati · 29 Oct 2024 SpaceX almost ditched the catch of the Starship booster during the fifth integrated test flight (IFT-5) at the last second earlier this...
- Astron Systems focuses on reusuable two-stage rocket SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – U.K. startup Astron Systems intends to develop a fully reusable two-stage rocket to transport about 360 kilograms to low-Earth orbit. “The main driver of cost and time
- How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 29 Oct 2024 There’s water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers.
- How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets NASA · 29 Oct 2024 There’s water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers. When NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer begins orbiting the Moon next yea...
- Memorable Moment 2024 NASA · 29 Oct 2024 As a NASA Community Anchor, Union Station (Kansas City, KS) has welcomed over 1,100 students from different Kansas City area schools to our Spectra programming, which includes all expense paid field trips, Planetarium sh...
- Pentagon’s commercial satellite internet services program soars to $13 billion SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 DoD is raising its Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services program from an initial $900 million ceiling to a projected $13 billion
- NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 29 Oct 2024 Earth’s far northern reaches have locked carbon underground for millennia. New research paints a picture of a landscape in change.
- NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming NASA · 29 Oct 2024 Earth’s far northern reaches have locked carbon underground for millennia. New research paints a picture of a landscape in change. A new study, co-authored by NASA scientists, details where and how greenhouse gases are e...
- NASA Group Amplifies Voices of Employees with Disabilities NASA · 29 Oct 2024 Kathy Clark started her career at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland straight out of high school, and when offered either a job as an accountant or a job in training, the choice was crystal clear. “I started in tr...
- NASA Relaunches Mentor-Protégé Program to Fill Supply Chain Gaps NASA · 29 Oct 2024 In an effort to grow new commercial markets that support the future of space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research, NASA is preparing to relaunch its Mentor-Protégé Program for contractors on Friday...
- New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing NASA · 29 Oct 2024 Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from snowy peaks into the rivers, reservoirs, and streams that supply millions of Americans with freshwater—...
- Phillip Ingle, Morgan Stanley – Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Phillip Ingle, Managing Director, Investment Banking Division, Morgan Stanley.
- Korean SAR satellite firm Lumir goes public; Shares slide after initial rally SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean satellite developer Lumir saw its share decline steadily following a brief rally on its first day of trading. Since going public on South Korea’s
- ESA Selects Companies to Develop in-Orbit Fuel Storage and Refilling Tech European Spaceflight · 29 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has selected ArianeGroup, GMV Aerospace and Defence, MT Aerospace, SAB Aerospace, and The Exploration Company to develop in-orbit fuel storage and refilling capabilities. ESA’s selection of the...
- Gateway: Centering Science NASA · 29 Oct 2024 Gateway is set to advance science in deep space, bringing groundbreaking research opportunities to lunar orbit.
- China selects 2 proposals for crewed moon rover SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 HELSINKI — China’s human spaceflight agency has selected two teams to develop prototype rovers for the country’s planned crewed moon mission before the end of the decade. The country last
- NASA finds, but does not disclose, root cause of Orion heat shield erosion SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 NASA has determined why the Orion heat shield lost more material than expected on the Artemis 1 mission but won’t disclose details until after it completes more tests.
- Rocket builder Firefly’s new CEO is working ‘maniacally’ to scale launches, spacecraft and moon missions CNBC · 29 Oct 2024 Jason Kim just nabbed one of the most coveted yet high-pressure C-suite gigs in the space industry.
- Ariel takes shape and first shake ESA · 29 Oct 2024 The construction phase of ESA’s Ariel mission has started at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse (France) with the assembly of the spacecraft’s structural model. This marks a significant step forward for this mission de...
- Austria’s iSEE sets up U.S. subsidiary SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Austrian space domain awareness startup iSEE Global established a U.S. subsidiary in Arlington, Virginia, led by former Kleos Space CEO Andy Bowyer. The U.S. subsidiary of iSEE,
- Sols 4345-4347: Contact Science is Back on the Table NASA · 29 Oct 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 The changes to the plan Wednesday, moving the drive a sol earlier, meant that we started off planning this morning about 18 meters (about 59 feet) farther along the western edge...
- SpaceX closes in on Direct to Cell Starlink constellation completion Spaceflight Now · 28 Oct 2024 The launch will also add another 13 satellites featuring Direct to Cell capabilities to SpaceX’s growing constellation. Liftoff happened at 5:07 a.m. PDT (8:07 a.m. EDT, 1207 UTC)
- ExoAnalytic observes 500 pieces of debris from Intelsat 33e breakup SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2024 U.S.-based space-tracking company ExoAnalytic Solutions has identified about 500 pieces of debris from Intelsat 33e’s recent breakup in geostationary orbit.
- Launch Roundup: China launch crew to Tiangong Space Station, Russia launches military payload NASASpaceflight · 28 Oct 2024 In another busy week of launches, China launched three taikonauts to the Tiangong Space Station aboard a Chang Zheng rocket this week as part of the Shenzhou 19 mission. Additionally, both Russia and Japan will launch mi...
- NASA’s oldest active astronaut is also one of the most curious humans Ars Technica · 28 Oct 2024 "We made the mistake of peeking out the Cupola windows."
- Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster NASA · 28 Oct 2024 Most stars form in collections, called clusters or associations, that include very massive stars. These giant stars send out large amounts of high-energy radiation, which can disrupt relatively fragile disks of dust and...
- Watch How Students Help NASA Grow Plants in Space: Growing Beyond Earth NASA · 28 Oct 2024 Since 2015, students from across the USA have been partnering with scientists at NASA to advance research on growing plants in space, ultimately to feed astronauts on long-distance space missions, as part of Fairchild Tr...
- An Opportunity to Study Water NASA · 28 Oct 2024 NASA astronaut Don Pettit fills a sphere of water with food coloring in this image from Oct. 20, 2024. Pettit calls experiments like these “science of opportunity” – moments of scientific exploration that spontaneously c...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover Looks Back While Climbing Slippery Slope NASA · 28 Oct 2024 On its way up the side of Jezero Crater, the agency’s latest Red Planet off-roader peers all the way back to its landing site and scopes the path ahead. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is negotiating a steeply sloping rou...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover Looks Back While Climbing Slippery Slope Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 28 Oct 2024 On its way up the side of Jezero Crater, the agency’s latest Red Planet off-roader peers all the way back to its landing site and scopes the path ahead.
- NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 28 Oct 2024 The instrument will demonstrate advanced hardware for studying Earth-size planets with the right conditions for life.
- NASA Identifies Root Cause of Orion Heat Shield Char Loss SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Oct 2024 NASA has identified the root cause of the unexpected char loss on Orion’s heat shield after it returned from the Artemis I uncrewed test flight to the Moon almost two...