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- NASA Announces STEM Engagement Lead, Chief Economist Retirements NASA · 28 Oct 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Mike Kincaid, associate administrator, Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), and Alexander MacDonald, chief economist, will retire from the agency. Following Kincaid’s departu...
- ESA Astronaut Reserve training kicks off at EAC ESA · 28 Oct 2024 ESA Astronaut Reserve training kicks off at EAC
- Satellite servicing industry faces uncertain military demand SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2024 Refueling in orbit remains the most compelling service but more advanced services like component replacement or payload repairs have not yet won military buy-in
- NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope NASA · 28 Oct 2024 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, a piece of infrastructure that will hold the mission’s instruments...
- ESA Selects Four Companies to Develop Reusable Rocket Technology European Spaceflight · 28 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has selected Rocket Factory Augsburg, The Exploration Company, ArianeGroup, and Isar Aerospace to develop reusable rocket technology. On 9 October, ESA held its Future Space Transportation Award...
- NASA Announces Nine Landing Sites for Artemis III Mission The Launch Pad · 28 Oct 2024 NASA Announces Nine Landing Sites for Artemis III Mission
- NASA Provides Update on Artemis III Moon Landing Regions NASA · 28 Oct 2024 As NASA prepares for the first crewed Moon landing in more than five decades, the agency has identified an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar South Pole for its Artemis III mission. These areas...
- Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home ESA · 28 Oct 2024 The two CubeSat passengers aboard ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence have exchanged their first signals with Earth, confirming their nominal status. The pair were switched on to check out all their systems, marking...
- ESA plans measures to help European space industry SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2024 ESA is proposing steps to support a space industry that has been “under pressure” recently while keeping a watchful eye on one proposed deal.
- SpaceX has caught a massive rocket. So what’s next? Ars Technica · 28 Oct 2024 Spoiler alert: The company still has a massive amount of work to do to reach the Moon.
- Arianespace Envisions Post-2030 Ariane 6 Upgrades European Spaceflight · 28 Oct 2024 Arianespace has announced that potential post-Block-2 upgrades for the Ariane 6 rocket are currently under assessment. These “Block 3” improvements will likely be introduced in the 2030s if approved. During an Ariane 6 U...
- New study reveals potential existence of life in subsurface water pools on Mars NASASpaceflight · 27 Oct 2024 Mars has long been theorized to be a place where ancient microbial life once existed, and NASA and other agencies have sent countless missions to the planet in hopes of uncovering the mystery that is life on Mars. While...
- What’s Happening in Space Policy October 27-November 3, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 27 Oct 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of October 27-November 3, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and...
- Crew-8 Astronaut Released from Hospital, Back in Houston SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Oct 2024 The NASA astronaut who was hospitalized yesterday after returning from an eight-month spaceflight is now back in Houston. For privacy reasons, NASA will not provide any details about which of...
- SLS preparations underway for Artemis II and future missions NASASpaceflight · 26 Oct 2024 NASA’s Space Launch System, the other Saturn V-class heavy lift vehicle launched this decade, is being prepared for its second flight and its first crew-carrying flight, even as issues with the Orion spacecraft threaten...
- Crew-8 astronaut released from hospital SpaceNews · 26 Oct 2024 A member of the Crew-8 mission hospitalized for an unspecified medical issue after splashdown has been released after an overnight stay, NASA said Oct. 26.
- Chile and Cyprus sign the Artemis Accords SpaceNews · 26 Oct 2024 Chile and Cyprus are the latest nations to sign the Artemis Accords for sustainable space exploration, part of surge of new signatories this month.
- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 26 Oct 2024 The SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 5:47 p.m. EDT (2147 UTC) on Saturday, Oct. 26, breaking the record for the most number of launches from Florida's Space Coast in a calendar year.
- Starship Super Heavy booster came within one second of aborting first “catch” landing SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2024 SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster came within a second of aborting a “catch” landing attempt on the latest Starship test flight, according to audio posted online, apparently inadvertently, by Elon Musk.
- SpaceX success with Flight 5, Flight 6 already tested NASASpaceflight · 25 Oct 2024 SpaceX completed a significant milestone in the Starship program with Flight 5 and is set to try to repeat it for Flight 6. Both vehicles are now Static-Fired and ready for integrated testing ahead of a potential Novembe...
- Sols 4343-4344: Late Slide, Late Changes NASA · 25 Oct 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 Curiosity is driving along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, heading for a good vantage point before turning westward and leaving the channel behind to explore th...
- Nelson says reports of Musk-Putin conversations “concerning” SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he is concerned about reports that Elon Musk, chief executive of SpaceX, has had discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- NASA Welcomes Chile as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory NASA · 25 Oct 2024 Chile signed the Artemis Accords Friday during a ceremony hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 47th nation and the seventh South American country to commit to...
- Red Rocks with Green Spots at ‘Serpentine Rapids’ NASA · 25 Oct 2024 After discovering and sampling the “leopard spots” of “Bright Angel,” it became apparent that Perseverance’s journey of discovery in this region was not yet finished. Approximately 20 sols (Martian days) after driving so...
- Why is Elon Musk talking to Vladimir Putin, and what does it mean for SpaceX? Ars Technica · 25 Oct 2024 NASA chief says ties between SpaceX CEO and Putin should be investigated.
- Destacado de la NASA: Felipe Valdez, un ingeniero inspirador NASA · 25 Oct 2024 Read this story in English here. Felipe Valdez es una persona que aprovechó todas las oportunidades posibles en la NASA, trabajando desde que inicio como pasante universitario hasta su trabajo actual como ingeniero de co...
- AST SpaceMobile unfolds debut production direct-to-smartphone satellites SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2024 AST SpaceMobile successfully unfolded its first five production satellites after compacting them for their SpaceX launch to low Earth orbit last month, the direct-to-smartphone broadband constellation developer announced...
- Paxi explores wind ESA · 25 Oct 2024 English Paxi explores wind
- NASA astronaut hospitalized after Crew-8 return SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2024 A NASA astronaut who returned to Earth on the Crew-8 mission is hospitalized in stable condition after experiencing an unspecified medical issue after splashdown.
- Autumn Leaves – Call for Volunteers NASA · 25 Oct 2024 The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is calling on volunteers of all ages to help students and citizen scientists document seasonal change through leaf color and land cover. The...
- Kites in the Classroom: Training Teachers to Conduct Remote Sensing Missions NASA · 25 Oct 2024 The NASA Science Activation program’s AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network (AREN), led by Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) in Wayne County, MI, provides learners with hands-on opportunities to engage with...
- If you thought Astra was going to go away quietly, you were wrong Ars Technica · 25 Oct 2024 "If I have learned anything, it's that you just don't give up."
- High-Altitude ER-2 Flights Get Down-to-Earth Data NASA · 25 Oct 2024 Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform. With its unique ability to observe from as high as 65,000 feet, the ER-2 aircraft...
- UPDATE! NASA’s Crew-8 Astronaut Released From Hospital Following Return To Earth The Launch Pad · 25 Oct 2024 UPDATE! NASA’s Crew-8 Astronaut Released From Hospital Following Return To Earth
- Setting the course in space: highlights from IAC 2024 ESA · 25 Oct 2024 From 14 to 18 October 2024, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) returned for its 75th edition, and ESA took on a front-centre role, from presenting Europe’s future space ambitions and showcasing major steps to...
- Week in images: 21-25 October 2024 ESA · 25 Oct 2024 Week in images: 21-25 October 2024
- Event Details NASA · 25 Oct 2024 The next private CSUG event will take place November 6 – 7 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Throughout the CSUG, representatives from NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program and CS...
- One astronaut hospitalized in Pensacola after splashdown; crewmates flown back to Houston Spaceflight Now · 25 Oct 2024 The astronaut "is in stable condition under observation as a precautionary measure," NASA said in a statement 10 hours after the Crew Dragon's landing. "To protect the crew member’s medical privacy, specific details on t...
- NASA Stennis Achieves Milestone in Preparation for Future Artemis Testing NASA · 25 Oct 2024 NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, achieved a key milestone this week for testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket stage to fly on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Over a tw...
- Crew-8 returns to Earth SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2024 A Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully returned to Earth from the International Space Station early Oct. 25, wrapping up a record-setting mission.