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- NASA Expands Small Business, Industry Engagement Resources NASA · 23 Sep 2024 Two new resources are available for businesses that provide products and services to support NASA’s missions, from supersonic flight to lunar exploration, as well as companies that aim to engage the agency as a customer....
- NASA’s cancellation of VIPER cedes leadership in lunar exploration SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2024 Two months ago, NASA cancelled VIPER, a science rover mission to the moon’s south pole to explore for water ice. This decision was made despite the fact that the rover
- Soyuz brings two cosmonauts, NASA astronaut back to Earth after record-setting mission Spaceflight Now · 23 Sep 2024 Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, now the world’s most experienced spaceman, first-time flier Nikolai Chub and NASA veteran Tracy Dyson undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth Monday, closing out a re...
- U.S. eyes geostationary orbit for next-gen GPS SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2024 The NTS-3 navigation satellite was delivered in early 2023 but Vulcan rocket delays have kept it on the ground
- Find Exoasteroids and Peek into the Future NASA · 23 Sep 2024 What will remain of our solar system a few billion years from now? We’re launching the Exoasteroids project to gather some clues. Join this new citizen science project, and help search for variable white dwarfs – bizarre...
- NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return from Space Station NASA · 23 Sep 2024 NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson completed a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on Monday, returning to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub. The trio departed the s...
- Hera planetary defence mission: solving asteroid mysteries ESA · 23 Sep 2024 There’s a mystery out there in deep space – and solving it will make Earth safer. That’s why the European Space Agency’s Hera mission is taking shape – to go where one particular spacecraft has gone before.
- A Chinese rocket narrowly missed a landing on Sunday—the video is amazing Ars Technica · 23 Sep 2024 Deep Blue Aerospace is just one of several Chinese companies working on vertical landing.
- What every entrepreneur can (and should) learn from early space exploration SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2024 In the race to create the next big thing, today’s entrepreneurs are missing one critical ingredient: a daring spirit. It’s this spirit that first propelled humanity into space but which
- Deep Blue Aerospace hop test suffers anomaly moments before landing SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2024 HELSINKI — Chinese commercial rocket firm Deep Blue Aerospace conducted a first-stage rocket hop test Sunday, experiencing a partial failure during the final moments of landing. Deep Blue Aerospace carried
- Office of Space Commerce ready to turn on initial version of space traffic coordination system SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2024 The Office of Space Commerce is set to turn on the initial version of its civil space traffic coordination system at the end of the month, beginning a transition from the Defense Department that will run through next yea...
- Sentinel-1B journeys back to Earth ESA · 23 Sep 2024 The Sentinel-1B satellite, the second satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, completed its disposal process – which included lowering its orbit and passivating its systems to ensure re-entry into Earth’s atmosph...
- Isar Confirms Hot Fire Testing Has Commenced at Andøya European Spaceflight · 22 Sep 2024 German rocket builder Isar Aerospace has told European Spaceflight that the company is “currently performing hot fire tests of the first and second stages” that will be used for the inaugural flight of its Spectrum rocke...
- What’s Happening in Space Policy September 22-28, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 22 Sep 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of September 22-28, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session...
- U.S. Space Command’s commercial operations group gets expanded role SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2024 The Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations cell is broadening its focus beyond space tracking to battlefield intelligence
- House to Take Up 2024 NASA Authorization Bill Next Week SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Sep 2024 House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s schedule for floor action next week includes consideration of the 2024 NASA Authorization Act. The bipartisan bill cleared the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee...
- NASA creates space sustainability division to consolidate orbital debris activities SpaceNews · 21 Sep 2024 NASA has established a space sustainability division that will consolidate much of the work the agency is doing on orbital debris and related issues.
- Electron launches second set of Kinéis satellites SpaceNews · 21 Sep 2024 An Electron launched a second set of satellites for French startup Kinéis Sept. 20, putting that company on track to begin offering Internet of Things services.
- Evolving artificial intelligence capabilities in space SpaceNews · 20 Sep 2024 Executives discussing emerging space-based computing capabilities Sept. 20 called for stronger collaboration between policymakers and technology leaders to accelerate artificial intelligence’s societal benefits.
- SpaceX sends 20 more Starlink satellites to orbit in successful launch Teslarati · 20 Sep 2024 SpaceX sent 20 additional Starlink satellites to orbit in yet another successful launch, this time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California....
- ARMD Solicitations NASA · 20 Sep 2024 This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available...
- One company appears to be thriving as part of NASA’s return to the Moon Ars Technica · 20 Sep 2024 "This has really been a transformational year for us."
- NASA Awards $1.5 Million at Watts on the Moon Challenge Finale NASA · 20 Sep 2024 NASA has awarded a total of $1.5 million to two U.S. teams for their novel technology solutions addressing energy distribution, management, and storage as part of the agency’s Watts on the Moon Challenge. The innovations...
- Demand outstrips radar satellite supply SpaceNews · 20 Sep 2024 PARIS – Synthetic aperture radar constellations are expanding in response to growing public and private demand. In August, Finland-based Iceye launched four radar satellites. Japan’s Synspective sent aloft its fifth
- Honoring Hidden Figures NASA · 20 Sep 2024 Joylette Hylick, left, and Katherine Moore, right, accept the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of their mother, Katherine Johnson, during a Sept. 18, 2024, ceremony recognizing NASA’s Hidden Figures. Katherine Johnson,...
- NASA Data Helps Protect US Embassy Staff from Polluted Air NASA · 20 Sep 2024 United States embassies and consulates, along with American citizens traveling and living abroad, now have a powerful tool to protect against polluted air, thanks to a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. State Depart...
- Highlights of ESA’s Industry Space Days 2024 ESA · 20 Sep 2024 On 18–19 September, Europe’s space industry from start-up companies to large system integrators gathered at ESA–ESTEC in the Netherlands for Industry Space Days 2024.
- NASA Greenlights Next Phase of Italian Lunar Habitat Project European Spaceflight · 20 Sep 2024 A NASA review board has given the Italian space agency the green light to move ahead with the development of its MPH lunar surface habitat. ASI and NASA signed an agreement in 2022 that saw the Italian space agency take...
- SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Spaceflight Now · 20 Sep 2024 The Starlink 9-17 mission featured the 350th booster landing to date. Liftoff happened at 6:50 a.m. PDT (9:50 a.m. EDT, 1350 UTC).
- Rocket Report: Eutelsat’s surprising decision; Europe complains about SpaceX again Ars Technica · 20 Sep 2024 "We can’t compete on price per kilo."
- Hubble Lights the Way with New Multiwavelength Galaxy View NASA · 20 Sep 2024 The magnificent galaxy featured in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is NGC 1559. It is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Reticulum, approximately 35 million light-years from Earth. The brillia...
- China set to unveil long-term vision for space science SpaceNews · 20 Sep 2024 HELSINKI — The Chinese Academy of Sciences is aiming to accelerate its progress in space science with a newly developed medium- and long-term roadmap for future missions. The plan will
- Earth from Space: Burning Man festival ESA · 20 Sep 2024 The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has snapped a souvenir of the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock desert in Nevada.
- XRISM unveils black hole and supernova remnant surroundings ESA · 20 Sep 2024 XRISM revealed the structure, motion and temperature of the material around a supermassive black hole and in a supernova remnant in unprecedented detail. Astronomers presented the first scientific results of the new X-ra...
- DLR Begins Testing Fairing for Callisto Reusable Booster Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 20 Sep 2024 The German space agency DLR has announced that it has begun testing the qualification model of a fairing that will be used aboard the reusable booster demonstrator, Callisto. Work on the Cooperative Action Leading to Lau...
- SpaceX letter criticizes FAA for “systemic challenges” in launch licensing SpaceNews · 20 Sep 2024 SpaceX fired back at the FAA over the agency’s proposed fines for launch license violations, blaming the FAA for dragging its heels on what the company considered minor changes.
- SASC Tees Up Extension of FAA Learning Period and Third Party Indemnification SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Sep 2024 The Senate Armed Services Committee released a collection of 93 amendments to the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act today. The NDAA is considered one of a very few “must pass”...
- Saudi Arabia plans space industry transformation SpaceNews · 19 Sep 2024 Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund-backed Neo Space Group is looking to lease multi-orbit capacity to bolster its foothold in the satellite market, ahead of likely owning and operating its own constellation.
- NASA, NAACP Partner to Advance Diversity, Inclusion in STEM Fields NASA · 19 Sep 2024 During an event Thursday, NASA and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) signed a Space Act Agreement to increase engagement and equity for underrepresented students pursuing science, tec...
- A geological puzzle ESA · 19 Sep 2024 A geological puzzle