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- Imagining the Future NASA · 17 Oct 2024 A space shuttle lifts off high above the surrounding land in this Aug. 1, 1973, illustration. With 135 missions flown over 30 years, NASA’s shuttle fleet achieved numerous firsts and opened space up to more people than e...
- Skynopy lays foundation for proprietary ground station expansion SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 One-year-old French ground station provider Skynopy is exploring ways to reuse more than 20 teleport sites owned worldwide by Kinéis, a small satellite connectivity operator also based in France.
- ESA moves forward with Apophis mission preparations ESA · 17 Oct 2024 ESA has signed a contract with OHB Italia SpA worth €63 million to begin preparatory work on the Agency’s proposed Ramses mission to the infamous asteroid Apophis.
- ESA's Open Day in the Netherlands ESA · 17 Oct 2024 On Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October 2024, the European Space Agency opened the doors to the European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, in the Netherlands, welcoming some 9000 visitors to its 13th annual Open Da...
- Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities NASA · 17 Oct 2024 Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life. While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen wat...
- Call for interest: Sentinel-1C launch media event ESA · 17 Oct 2024 Call for interest: Sentinel-1C launch media event
- Scientist Profile: Jacquelyn Shuman Blazes New Trails in Fire Science NASA · 17 Oct 2024 Jacquelyn Shuman, FireSense Project Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, originally wanted to be a veterinarian. By the time she got to college, Shuman had switched interests to biology, which became a job teaching mi...
- Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 17 Oct 2024 Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life.
- Iowa Students to Connect with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station NASA · 17 Oct 2024 Students from Iowa will have the opportunity to hear NASA astronaut Nick Hague answer their prerecorded questions while he’s serving an expedition aboard the International Space Station on Monday, Oct. 21. Watch the 20-m...
- NASA’s SpaceX 31st Resupply Mission to Launch Experiments to Station NASA · 17 Oct 2024 NASA and its international partners are launching scientific investigations on SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station including studies of solar wind, a radiation-tolerant m...
- IAC 2024 - Day 4 ESA · 17 Oct 2024
- Firefly to launch True Anomaly’s Jackal vehicle for U.S. Space Force mission SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 The companies announced an agreement to support the Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Space program
- VAST focus of future space frequencies ESA · 17 Oct 2024 VAST focus of future space frequencies
- ArkEdge Space wins JAXA position, navigation and timing contract SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 MILAN — Japanese startup ArkEdge Space won a contract from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA to study the feasibility of establishing a constellation of position, navigation and timing satellites
- SpiderOak announces open-source initiative for zero-trust cybersecurity SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 Technology manufacturers will be able to embed security features into their own systems
- Nations pursue sovereign space capabilities fortified by commercial services SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 Before launching its own satellite, Peru purchased about 10 Earth observation images annually. Since the Airbus-built PeruSat-1 reached orbit in 2016, Peru has gathered and stored more than 500,000 satellite
- Glasgow’s Craft Prospect selected as European Space Agency’s Rising Star SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 Glasgow-based space industry scale-up Craft Prospect Ltd has been chosen by the European Space Agency as a Rising Star in this year’s awards. Selected from companies across Europe, Craft Prospect
- Artemis Accords signatories look to recruit new members SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 Countries that have signed the Artemis Accords say that even as their numbers continue to grow, they need to redouble their efforts to encourage more nations to join.
- Sirius Space Completes STAR-1 Hot Fire Test Campaign European Spaceflight · 17 Oct 2024 French launch startup Sirius Space Services announced on 17 October that it had completed a hot fire test campaign of the thrust chamber for its STAR-1 rocket engine. In December 2023, the company successfully kicked off...
- Big data, advanced algorithms and new approaches for space missions SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 MILAN – Spacewalks, often a highlight of space missions, are likely to change in the future as given advancements in robotics and teleoperations. Every time an astronaut steps out of
- Future of Copernicus Expansion Missions secured ESA · 17 Oct 2024 The Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions are a major leap forward in Europe’s Earth observation capabilities. With the United Kingdom’s re-entry to the EU’s Copernicus programme, funding has been confirmed to complete...
- Thales Alenia Space and Argotec win IRIDE contracts SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 MILAN – Thales Alenia Space and Argotec announced contracts Oct. 16 to supply satellites for Italy’s IRIDE Earth-observation constellation. Thales Alenia Space will contribute six radar satellites and Argotec will
- NASA further delays first operational Starliner flight SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 NASA will use SpaceX’s Crew Dragon for its two crew rotation missions to the International Space Station in 2025 as it continues to evaluate if it will require Boeing to perform another test flight of its Starliner space...
- Canada’s Mission Control to demonstrate AI on Spire cubesat SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 MILAN – Spire Global and Canadian startup Mission Control announced plans Oct. 16 for Persistence, a technology demonstration mission focused on space-based artificial intelligence. “The Persistence mission will demonstr...
- Axiom Space and Prada Unveil Artemis III Spacesuit at IAC2024 in Milan The Launch Pad · 17 Oct 2024 Axiom Space and Prada Unveil Artemis III Spacesuit at IAC2024 in Milan
- Airbus Defense and Space To Cut 2,500 Jobs Amid Financial Struggles The Launch Pad · 17 Oct 2024 Airbus Defense and Space To Cut 2,500 Jobs Amid Financial Struggles
- NASA weighing options for continuous human presence in LEO after ISS SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 NASA is rethinking its desire for a “continuous human presence” in low Earth orbit during the transition from the International Space Station to commercial platforms to include options where, at least temporarily, the ag...
- PLD Space Unveils Lince Crew Capsule and Miura Next, Mirua Heavy, and Miura Super Heavy Plans The Launch Pad · 17 Oct 2024 PLD Space Unveils Lince Crew Capsule and Miura Next, Mirua Heavy, and Miura Super Heavy Plans
- NASA Pilots Add Perspective to Research NASA · 16 Oct 2024 NASA research pilots are experts on how to achieve the right flight-test conditions for experiments and the tools needed for successful missions. It is that expertise that enables pilots to help researchers learn how an...
- Navigating Space and Sound: Jesse Bazley Supports Station Integration and Colleagues With Disabilities NASA · 16 Oct 2024 A salute is widely recognized as a display of respect, but did you know it also means ‘hello’ in American Sign Language? It is one of the signs that Jesse Bazley, International Space Station/Commercial Low Earth Orbit De...
- The View from Space Keeps Getting Better NASA · 16 Oct 2024 After 50 years of Landsat, discovery of new commercial and scientific uses is only accelerating
- New Team to Assess NASA’s Mars Sample Return Architecture Proposals NASA · 16 Oct 2024 NASA announced Wednesday a new strategy review team will assess potential architecture adjustments for the agency’s Mars Sample Return Program, which aims to bring back scientifically selected samples from Mars, and is a...
- Airbus to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid space segment losses SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2024 The restructuring aims to correct imbalances and restore financial stability to Airbus' defense and space division
- Sacrifice and Success: NASA Engineer Honors Family Roots NASA · 16 Oct 2024 Lee esta historia en Español aquí. Born and raised in Peru, Daniel Velasquez moved to the United States when was 10 years old. While that decision was a big transition for his family, it also created many opportunities f...
- The Marshall Star for October 16, 2024 NASA · 16 Oct 2024 Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter NASA’s Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have...
- China Roundup: reusable satellites, lunar EVA suits, and expanding spaceports NASASpaceflight · 16 Oct 2024 As China prepares to increase its launch cadence further, there are plans to expand the facilities at both Xichang and Haiyang. Meanwhile, the first launch from the new Hainan commercial spaceport is expected very soon....
- SpaceX has officially sued California Coastal Commission for political bias Teslarati · 16 Oct 2024 SpaceX has officially sued the California Coastal Commission (CCC) in a new suit that claims several members of its panel displayed a...
- SpaceX will take Starship catch one step further very soon, Elon Musk confirms Teslarati · 16 Oct 2024 SpaceX is planning to take its Starship catch one step further very soon, CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Tuesday. On Sunday, SpaceX...
- NASA Seeks Innovative Ideas with Revamped Procurement Framework NASA · 16 Oct 2024 NASA is announcing the relaunch of the NASA Acquisition Innovation Launchpad (NAIL), a framework to drive innovation and modernize acquisition processes across the agency, after piloting the program for a year. NASA spen...
- Hubble captures intricacies of R Aquarii ESA · 16 Oct 2024 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colourful close-up look at one of the most boisterous stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. Hubble's images capturing its deta...