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- What’s Happening in Space Policy October 6-12, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Oct 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of October 6-12, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess...
- Mission control GO for Hera launch ESA · 6 Oct 2024 Mission control GO for Hera launch
- Leidos Joins NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle Team As Lockheed Martin Departs The Launch Pad · 6 Oct 2024 Leidos Joins NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle Team As Lockheed Martin Departs
- Radian Aerospace Begins Flight Tests of Orbital Spaceplane Prototype The Launch Pad · 6 Oct 2024 Radian Aerospace Begins Flight Tests of Orbital Spaceplane Prototype
- Momentus Space Faces Imminent Nasdaq Delisting Amid Financial Struggles The Launch Pad · 5 Oct 2024 Momentus Space Faces Imminent Nasdaq Delisting Amid Financial Struggles
- NASA Posts Revised Janus Asteroid Mission RFI The Launch Pad · 5 Oct 2024 NASA Posts Revised Janus Asteroid Mission RFI
- Brightness of first Chinese broadband constellation satellites alarms astronomers SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2024 The first satellites of a Chinese broadband constellation are significantly brighter than those of Western systems, posing a new challenge for astronomers.
- Blue Origin Set To Debut Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket Monday The Launch Pad · 5 Oct 2024 Blue Origin Set To Debut Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket Monday
- A new Blue Origin: CEO Dave Limp is bringing urgency and ‘decisiveness’ to Jeff Bezos’ space company CNBC · 5 Oct 2024 Dave Limp had only one question for Jeff Bezos when he interviewed last year to become CEO of Blue Origin, the billionaire’s space venture.
- POLARIS Spaceplanes Receives Approval for Rocket-Powered Flights European Spaceflight · 5 Oct 2024 German startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has received approval to commence with rocket-powered flight tests of its new MIRA II demonstrator. Founded in 2019, Bremen-based POLARIS Spaceplanes is developing its AURORA multipurpo...
- Hera encapsulated within its launcher fairing ESA · 4 Oct 2024 Hera encapsulated within its launcher fairing
- JOB OPPORTUNITIES: NASA OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL NASA · 4 Oct 2024 There are no current openings. Please check back later for opportunities to join our team.
- Vulcan Centaur Completes Second Flight Despite Anomaly Space Scout · 4 Oct 2024 On October 4th at 7:25 AM Eastern Time, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan-Centaur rocket leaped off the pad for the second time, beginning a critical flight test ahead of beginning national security flights. According to U...
- Sunglint on the Alabama River NASA · 4 Oct 2024 In this June 26, 2023, photo taken from the International Space Station, sunlight shines off the smooth waters of the Alabama River in a phenomenon known as sunglint. When photographing Earth, astronauts often take advan...
- Young professionals invited to join ESA Academy Product Assurance Training Course ESA · 4 Oct 2024 Students learning about Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE) components Product Assurance
- Science Activation’s PLACES Team Facilitates Third Professional Learning Institute NASA · 4 Oct 2024 The NASA Science Activation program’s Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship (PLACES) project supports middle and high school educators to engage students in data-rich Earth science learn...
- Impulse Space wins $34.5 million contract for U.S. Space Force missions SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2024 The company will provide two orbital transfer vehicles that will carry space surveillance payloads for the U.S. military’s Tactically Responsive Space program
- ULA Vulcan Centaur Completes Cert-2 Mission Despite SRB Explosion The Launch Pad · 4 Oct 2024 ULA Vulcan Centaur Completes Cert-2 Mission Despite SRB Explosion
- Week in images: 30 September - 04 October 2024 ESA · 4 Oct 2024 Week in images: 30 September - 04 October 2024
- NASA Announces Teams for 2025 Student Launch Challenge NASA · 4 Oct 2024 NASA has selected 71 teams from across the U.S. to participate in its 25th annual Student Launch Challenge, one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges. The competition is aimed at inspiring Artemis Generation student...
- Final Frontier to Raise €150M to Invest in European Space Startups European Spaceflight · 4 Oct 2024 Copenhagen-based venture capital fund Final Frontier is aiming to raise €150 million to invest in European startups developing innovative space and defence capabilities. Final Frontier was founded on 1 October by Niels V...
- NASA Announces Teams to Compete in International Rover Challenge NASA · 4 Oct 2024 NASA has selected 75 student teams to begin an engineering design challenge to build rovers that will compete next spring at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,...
- ULA launches second Vulcan flight, encounters strap-on booster anomaly Spaceflight Now · 4 Oct 2024 United Launch Alliance fired off a next-generation Vulcan rocket Friday in the second of two "certification" test flights needed before the new launcher can be used to carry high-priority national security payloads for t...
- Hera launch: how to watch ESA · 4 Oct 2024 Hera launch animation still
- Vulcan competes second flight despite SRB anomaly SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2024 United Launch Alliance’s second Vulcan Centaur lifted off Oct. 4 on a test flight needed to certify the vehicle for carrying national security payloads, but may have suffered a problem with one of its solid rocket booste...
- Hubble Observes a Peculiar Galaxy Shape NASA · 4 Oct 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy, NGC 4694. Most galaxies fall into one of two basic types. Spiral galaxies are young and energetic, filled with the gas needed to form new stars and sporting...
- ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Lifts Off on Second Certification Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Oct 2024 The United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket lifted off this morning on its second flight. Two successful launches are required before DOD certifies a new rocket to put its most...
- Proba-3 double satellites set for launch following last test ESA · 4 Oct 2024 In a final test before its shipping to its Indian launch site, ESA’s eclipse-making double-satellite Proba-3 mission has received commands from its science team and transmitted images back, exactly as it will operate in...
- Rocket Report: Falcon 9 second stage stumbles; Japanese rocket nears the end Ars Technica · 4 Oct 2024 "I’m pretty darn confident I’m going to have a good day on Friday."
- Commercial Space Transformers Video Series SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2024 The SpaceNews Commercial Space Transformer video series will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the people and companies driving the space industry’s commercial transformation. The weekly series will feature 15-min...
- Vega C ready for return to flight after second motor test SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2024 A second successful test of a redesigned rocket motor clears the way for Europe’s Vega C rocket to return to flight nearly two years after a launch failure.
- Earth from Space: Kunshan, China ESA · 4 Oct 2024 This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures the intricate blend of natural, rural and urban landscapes around Kunshan, a city in eastern China.
- NASA selects X-ray and far-infrared space telescope concepts for study SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2024 NASA has selected proposals for X-ray and far-infrared space telescopes for additional study as part of a new line of astrophysics missions.
- Sols 4323-4324: Surfin’ Our Way out of the Channel NASA · 4 Oct 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 As a member of the group tasked with organizing our campaign to investigate the Gediz Vallis channel and deposit (informally known as the Channel Surfers), I was a little sad...
- ESA’s Hera Ready to Go When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Resumes Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Oct 2024 ESA is ready to launch its Hera planetary defense mission just as soon as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is back in business. The launch window opens on Monday. SpaceX suspended...
- ULA’s Vulcan launches second certification flight NASASpaceflight · 3 Oct 2024 Currently scheduled to launch on Friday, Oct. 4, the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) heavy-lift Vulcan rocket is ready to fly on its second certification mission for the United States Space Force. The mission, named Certi...
- Charter begins beta testing software platform SpaceNews · 3 Oct 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – London-based startup Charter Space has started beta testing its space systems and program management software platform. The platform, called Ubik, is designed to help engineering teams manage
- U.S. Air Force to study use of Sierra Space ‘Ghost’ spacecraft to deliver cargo from orbit SpaceNews · 3 Oct 2024 The Air Force is exploring the potential of space vehicles to rapidly transport critical supplies from orbital warehouses back to Earth.
- NASA Establishes New Class of Astrophysics Missions, Selects Studies Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 3 Oct 2024 After detailed evaluation of those studies, the agency expects to select one concept in 2026 to proceed with construction, for a launch in 2032.
- NRO expanding satellite network designed to support military operations SpaceNews · 3 Oct 2024 Director Chris Scolese said the NRO and DoD are resolving data integration issues as more satellites are deployed