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- El pódcast en español de la NASA regresa con una nueva temporada NASA · 17 Sep 2024 Read this news release in English here. Para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, la NASA publica nuevos contenidos para Universo curioso de la NASA, el primer pódcast en español de la agencia, que inicia ahora su seg...
- NASA’s Spanish-language Podcast Returns for New Season NASA · 17 Sep 2024 Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, NASA is releasing new content for Universo curioso de la NASA, the agency’s first Spanish-language podcast, now in its second seas...
- SpaceX could receive over $600k fine from FAA Teslarati · 17 Sep 2024 SpaceX could potentially receive a fine of over $600,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA says it will give SpaceX...
- Uniting Industry Leaders and Cutting-Edge Solutions to Shape the Future of Manufacturing SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2024 The inaugural Manufacturo Customer Day 2024 (MCD 2024) brings our customers, fellow industry executives, and our product and industry experts together to learn, network, inspire, and celebrate our joint successes.
- Sols 4307-4308: Bright Rocks Catch Our Eyes NASA · 17 Sep 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 We made good progress through Gediz Vallis in the weekend drive, landing in a segment of the channel containing a mix of loose rubble and other channel-filling debris. Amongst...
- Sentinel-2C delivers stunning first images ESA · 17 Sep 2024 Less than two weeks after being launched into orbit, Sentinel-2C has delivered its first images. These spectacular views of Earth offer a sneak peek at the data that this new satellite will provide for Copernicus – Europ...
- Hubble finds more black holes in the early Universe ESA · 17 Sep 2024 With the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of researchers led by scientists in the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University has found more black holes in the early Universe than ha...
- 8 Things to Know About NASA’s Mission to an Ocean Moon of Jupiter Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 17 Sep 2024 The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out if the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable.
- Technicians Work to Prepare Europa Clipper for Propellant Loading NASA · 17 Sep 2024 NASA’s Europa Clipper mission moves closer to launch as technicians worked on Wednesday, Sept. 11, inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to prepare the spacecraft for upcoming propellant loading at the agency’s...
- Celebrating the First Earth Day Event at NASA Headquarters NASA · 17 Sep 2024 Introduction Organized by the Science Mission Directorate’s Science Support Office (SSO), NASA hosted its 12th annual Earth Day Celebration event from April 18–19, 2024. For the first time ever, the two-day event was hel...
- NASA Completes Spacecraft to Transport, Support Roman Space Telescope NASA · 17 Sep 2024 The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once there is now complete after years of construction, installation, and testing. Now that the spacecr...
- Time to be inspired by planet Earth ESA · 17 Sep 2024 Swatch has again teamed up with ESA to give space fans a new opportunity to design a custom watch featuring breathtaking images of Earth from space.
- Rob Garner: Editing Goddard’s Story to Fit the Space NASA · 17 Sep 2024 News Chief Rob Garner shares NASA Goddard’s story with the public, supporting writers and creators in the Office of Communications. Name: Rob GarnerTitle: News ChiefFormal Job Classification: Senior public affairs specia...
- 8 Things to Know About NASA’s Mission to an Ocean Moon of Jupiter NASA · 17 Sep 2024 The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out if the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest the agency has...
- Two new satellites added to Galileo constellation for increased resilience ESA · 17 Sep 2024 The European Galileo satellite navigation system Galileo keeps growing: a new pair of satellites has joined the constellation after a journey on a Falcon 9 rocket, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 18...
- Two new satellites added to Galileo constellation for increased robustness ESA · 17 Sep 2024 The European Galileo satellite navigation system keeps growing: a new pair of satellites has joined the constellation after a journey on a Falcon 9 rocket, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 18 Septembe...
- SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract after United megadeal, director says CNBC · 17 Sep 2024 PARIS — SpaceX nearly doubled its backlog of Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi orders with last week’s United Airlines deal, a company director said Tuesday.
- Capella Space lands $15 million U.S. Air Force contract for radar imaging upgrade SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2024 Capella Space operates a constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites
- NASA’s Hubble Finds More Black Holes than Expected in the Early Universe NASA · 17 Sep 2024 With the help of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of researchers led by scientists in the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University has found more black holes in the early universe than has prev...
- Innovative Instrument Reveals Hidden Features Deep Inside the Van Allen Radiation Belts NASA · 17 Sep 2024 A new instrument is using advanced detection techniques and leveraging an orbit with specific characteristics to increase our understanding of the Van Allen belts—regions surrounding Earth that contain energetic particle...
- Watch the livestream of Industry Space Days 2024 ESA · 17 Sep 2024 On 18–19 September, industry will meet at ESA–ESTEC in Noordwijk for ESA’s biennial Industry Space Days (ISD) event.
- 65 Years Ago: First Powered Flight of the X-15 Hypersonic Rocket Plane NASA · 17 Sep 2024 The X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft, built by North American Aviation (NAA), greatly expanded our knowledge of flight at speeds exceeding Mach 6 and altitudes above 250,000 feet. A joint project among NASA, the U...
- CNES Issues Call to Develop Standardized Launcher Ground Systems European Spaceflight · 17 Sep 2024 CNES has issued a call for the development of standardized ground systems that would allow a single launch pad to be used by multiple rockets. The Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana is owned by the French government an...
- Samara Aerospace claims SpaceWERX contract SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2024 PARIS – Startup Samara Aerospace won a SpaceWERX contract to develop a unique approach to satellite pointing. Under a $1.25 million direct-to-phase two contract awarded in late August, Samara Aerospace
- France kicks off space surveillance program for LEO SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2024 PARIS – The French Defense Innovation Agency and armament agency DGA unveiled a low-Earth orbit space surveillance program at the Space Defense and Security Summit here. French startup U-space will
- Terrae Novae: Earth orbit, Moon and Mars ESA · 17 Sep 2024 Terrae Novae is ESA’s exploration programme.
- NASA, GE Aerospace Advancing Hybrid-Electric Airliners with HyTEC NASA · 17 Sep 2024 Hybrid-electric cars have been a staple of the road for many years now. Soon that same idea of a part-electric-, part-gas-powered engine may find its way into the skies propelling a future jet airliner. NASA is working i...
- Launch companies focus on scaling up flight rates of new vehicles SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2024 Companies that are fielding new launch vehicles are now facing the challenge of scaling up operations to meet the continued high demand for them.
- U.S. military invests $12.5 million in Ursa Major for solid rocket development SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2024 The funding comes through a joint investment from the U.S. Navy and the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital
- Leanspace secures €10.5 Million to Champion Next-Gen Satellite Constellation Operations SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2024 STRASBOURG, France — Leanspace, a leading provider of ground segment solutions, announced on September 17 that it has won the France 2030 “UMBRELLA” Project, valued at €10.5 million, along with
- Ex-Im Bank’s space project pipeline doubles to $9.5 billion in one year SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2024 The pipeline of space-related projects seeking financial support from the U.S. export credit agency has more than doubled in the past year to $9.5 billion, a top official at the Export-Import Bank said Sept. 16.
- Elon Musk reveals SpaceX will sue the FAA Teslarati · 17 Sep 2024 Elon Musk revealed his space exploration company known as SpaceX will be suing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for “regulatory overreach,” the...
- Northrop Grumman wins $54.7 million contract for military satcom antennas SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2024 The three-year contract is part of the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program that leverages commercial space internet constellations for military communications.
- Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 and Electron to extend satellite constellations NASASpaceflight · 16 Sep 2024 This week’s manifest includes the delayed launches of a Falcon 9 with Galileo global positioning satellites and an Electron with a second batch of satellites for Kinéis. SpaceX will also launch one batch of Starlink sate...
- Cybersecurity a top priority for military satellites as threats loom SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2024 As space systems become vital components of national infrastructure, they are also emerging as prime targets for cyberattacks
- U.S. military satellites built by York Space demonstrate optical communications in orbit SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2024 York is the second satellite provider for SDA to demonstrate in-space communications using Tesat terminals, following a previous demonstration by SpaceX.
- Engineer Zaida Hernandez NASA · 16 Sep 2024 “I would say family and part of that ‘first-gen experience’ [shaped me]. Being born in the U.S. gave me a lot of opportunities that my family and parents were robbed of because of situations in their home country. It sha...
- Reaching New Heights to Unravel Deep Martian History! NASA · 16 Sep 2024 The Perseverance rover is reaching new heights as it ascends the rim of Jezero crater (over 300 meters in elevation higher than the original landing site)! The rover is now enroute to its first campaign science stop Dox...
- Station Science Top News: September 13, 2024 NASA · 16 Sep 2024 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) researchers examined the structures of four titanium-based compounds solidified in levitators in microgravity and on the ground and found that the internal microstructures were g...
- Ottawa’s Fall Rhapsody NASA · 16 Sep 2024 An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this view of peak fall foliage around Ottawa, Canada on Oct. 14, 2020. Sugar maple leaves turn orange-red, and hickories turn golden-bronze during autumn, regi...