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- ESA/NASA’s SOHO Spies Bright Comet Making Debut in Evening Sky NASA · 11 Oct 2024 The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of the second-brightest comet to ever pass through its field of view, comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
- Pioneering NASA Astronaut Health Tech Thwarts Heart Failure NASA · 11 Oct 2024 Prioritizing health is important on Earth, and it’s even more important in space. Exploring beyond the Earth’s surface exposes humans to conditions that can impact blood pressure, bone density, immune health, and much mo...
- Controlled Propulsion for Gentle Landings NASA · 11 Oct 2024 A valve designed for NASA rover landings enables effective stage separations for commercial spaceflight
- Week in images: 07-11 October 2024 ESA · 11 Oct 2024 Week in images: 07-11 October 2024
- Program Executive Dr. Yaítza Luna-Cruz NASA · 11 Oct 2024 “My mom had to leave school after 9th grade to support her family, but she always emphasized the importance of education. And with a lot of sacrifices, got us an encyclopedia in Spanish, ‘Enciclopedia de Las Ciencias’. B...
- Europa Clipper Set to Revolutionize Jovian Science Space Scout · 11 Oct 2024 NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, a 5 billion dollar Jovian orbiter, will aim to answer questions about one of the most tantalizing candidates for life in the solar system: the gas giant’s icy moon of Europa.
- Nammo UK Submits Bid for Argonaut Lunar Lander Main Engine European Spaceflight · 11 Oct 2024 Space propulsion company Nammo UK announced earlier this week that it had submitted a bid to supply the main engine of the European Space Agency’s Argonaut lunar lander. Argonaut is designed to be a multi-use lander that...
- Planning our lunar return? Get a telescope SpaceNews · 11 Oct 2024 Perhaps you’re a propulsion engineer making lunar landers as part of NASA’s CLPS program. Perhaps you’re a lawyer specializing in the OST. Or you are a chemist cracking the codes
- Hubble Spots a Grand Spiral of Starbursts NASA · 11 Oct 2024 The sparkling scene depicted in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is of the spiral galaxy NGC 5248, located 42 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Boötes. It is also known as Caldwell 45. The Cal...
- Shijian-19 reusable satellite lands after 2 weeks in space SpaceNews · 11 Oct 2024 HELSINKI — China’s first retrievable and reusable satellite returned to Earth late Thursday following two weeks of experiments in low Earth orbit. The Shijian-19 satellite touched down at 10:39 p.m.
- Earth from Space: Hardap Dam, Namibia ESA · 11 Oct 2024 Resembling a Martian-like surface, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of the Hardap region in south-central Namibia on the western edge of the Kalahari Desert.
- DOD’s X-37B to Test Aerobraking SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Oct 2024 The U.S. Space Force said today the ultra-secretive X-37B spaceplane, in orbit since December, will test aerobraking maneuvers to change its orbit with a minimum amount of fuel. In the...
- Dragon receives long-planned propulsive landing upgrade after years of development NASASpaceflight · 10 Oct 2024 SpaceX announced a new capability for the Dragon spacecraft on Sept. 27 in the unlikely event of a parachute failure. Dragon now has built-in redundancy to propulsively land using its SuperDraco thrusters, saving the veh...
- Japan’s H3 to launch Emirati asteroid mission SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2024 The United Arab Emirates will launch a mission to visit several asteroids later this decade on a Japanese H3 rocket.
- Aetherflux joins Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2024 Washington, D.C – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) announced the addition of its newest Associate Member, Aetherflux, a new aerospace company focused on building a commercial space-based solar power business....
- Igniting Inspiration: Jennifer Becerra’s STEM Legacy at Johnson NASA · 10 Oct 2024 Jennifer Becerra has nearly three decades of experience in education, both in the classroom and within the NASA community. Leading a team dedicated to fostering a passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathema...
- NASA Awards Aerospace Research, Technology, and Simulations Contract NASA · 10 Oct 2024 NASA has selected Metis Technology Solutions Inc. of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide engineering services as well as develop and maintain software and hardware used to conduct simulations for aerospace research and d...
- NASA Highlights Low Earth Orbit, Sustainability at Space Conference NASA · 10 Oct 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will lead the agency’s delegation at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) from Monday, Oct. 14, to Thursday, Oct. 17, in Milan. During the cong...
- Hera takes flight: Didymos, here we come ESA · 10 Oct 2024 The day began with an 85% chance that bad weather would cause a launch delay: it ended with ESA’s Hera mission successfully in space and enroute to the Didymos binary asteroid system.
- First Greenhouse Gas Plumes Detected With NASA-Designed Instrument NASA · 10 Oct 2024 The imaging spectrometer aboard the Carbon Mapper Coalition’s Tanager-1 satellite identified methane and carbon dioxide plumes in the United States and internationally. Using data from an instrument designed by NASA’s Je...
- Ring Around the Mountain NASA · 10 Oct 2024 On June 10, 2023, the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 acquired this image of Mount Taranaki, a snow-capped mountain in New Zealand that is ringed by a dark green forest. Two older and extinct volcanoes, Kaitake and...
- X-37B to jettison payload module in orbital shift, Space Force announces SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2024 The X-37B’s service module, used to carry experimental payloads and scientific instruments, will be jettisoned during the aerobraking process
- First Greenhouse Gas Plumes Detected With NASA-Designed Instrument Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 10 Oct 2024 The imaging spectrometer aboard the Carbon Mapper Coalition’s Tanager-1 satellite identified methane and carbon dioxide plumes in the United States and internationally.
- U.S. Space Force taps commercial satellites for Hurricane Helene disaster relief SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2024 TacSRT operates as a marketplace where organizations can request specific data on disaster-affected regions from commercial satellite providers
- Lunar Autonomy Mobility Pathfinder Workshop: A NASA Chief Technologist Sponsored Workshop NASA · 10 Oct 2024 OVERVIEW The NASA chief technologist’s team, within the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS), is hosting a Lunar Autonomy Mobility Pathfinder (LAMP) workshop on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, to provide a commu...
- China launches third high orbit internet satellite SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2024 HELSINKI — China launched a new communications satellite towards geostationary orbit Thursday, although its precise role remains undisclosed. A Long March 3B lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest
- Kathryn Sullivan: The First American Woman to Walk in Space NASA · 10 Oct 2024 Forty years ago, in October 1984, Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space. But being the first presented several challenges that started well before she took those historic steps. Things got...
- Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io? NASA · 10 Oct 2024 The existence of a moon located outside our solar system has never been confirmed but a new NASA-led study may provide indirect evidence for one. New research done at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reveals potential si...
- Space-made weld scrutinised in ESA lab ESA · 10 Oct 2024 ESA engineers have focused microscopes, hardness testers and an X-ray computer aided tomography machine onto a special aluminium weld just a single centimetre across – the historic result of the very first autonomous wel...
- Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io? Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 10 Oct 2024 The existence of a moon located outside our solar system has never been confirmed but a new NASA-led study may provide indirect evidence for one.
- First Stage for Vega C Return to Flight Arrives at Launch Pad European Spaceflight · 10 Oct 2024 The P120 solid-fuel first stage that will power the Vega C rocket’s return-to-flight mission has been transferred to the ZLV launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre. Following the failure of the rocket’s second flight, Veg...
- Negar Feher, CEO, Orbital Outpost X – Leading Women in Space SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2024 In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Negar Feher, CEO, Orbital Outpost X.
- Volta Space Technologies unveils plans for lunar power satellite network SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2024 A startup has unveiled plans to develop a network of satellites around the moon to provide power to spacecraft on the lunar surface.
- ViaSat-3 satellite begins service for U.S. Marine Corps SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2024 The satellite, which covers the Americas, is now supporting the Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38 and the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment
- Sound of Earth’s magnetic flip 41 000 years ago ESA · 10 Oct 2024 Approximately 41 000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field briefly reversed during what is known as the Laschamp event. During this time, Earth’s magnetic field weakened significantly—dropping to a minimum of 5% of its curre...
- First all-new MetOp complete and sibling in testing ESA · 10 Oct 2024 With all instruments integrated, the first MetOp Second Generation-A, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite is now fully assembled and on schedule for liftoff next year. Meanwhile, its sibling, MetOp-SG-B1, is undergoing rigoro...
- Space Operations Automation Startup AIKO Secures €3.5M in Funding European Spaceflight · 10 Oct 2024 Torino-based AIKO has secured €3.5 million in Series A funding to expand its presence in Europe and extend its reach into the US market. AIKO was founded in 2017 and offers a suite of AI-powered software solutions for au...
- NASA “really looking forward” to next Starship test flight SpaceNews · 9 Oct 2024 As SpaceX prepares for the test flight of its Starship vehicle, NASA is closely watching as it waits for the company to achieve the next milestones on development of the lunar lander version of the vehicle.
- The Marshall Star for October 9, 2024 NASA · 9 Oct 2024 Marshall Lends Insight, Expertise to Auburn Aerospace Industry Day Event By Rick Smith Nearly 500 students and faculty of Auburn University gathered on campus Sept. 30-Oct. 2 to hear lectures from leading NASA propulsion...
- Debate over Space Guard rekindles amid growing reliance on satellites for disaster relief SpaceNews · 9 Oct 2024 Scott Pace: ‘Seeing the role that Starlink has played in North Carolina’s disaster response, I’m beginning to think there might be room for a Space National Guard’