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- Lynk Global shakes up leadership amid ongoing funding talks SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 Lynk Global has revamped its leadership team as efforts to raise the capital needed to expand its direct-to-smartphone constellation drag on.
- NASA Astronauts to Discuss Mission from Space Station NASA · 9 Sep 2024 Media are invited to hear from NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams during an Earth to space call at 2:15 p.m. EDT, Friday, Sept. 13. The pair will participate in a news conference aboard the International Spa...
- U.S. GPS modernization faces delays, technical challenges: GAO report SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 The annual assessment is part of the GAO's mandate from Congress to evaluate the cost, schedule and performance of GPS acquisition programs.
- The dome-shaped Brandburg Massif near the Atlantic coast of central Namibia NASA · 9 Sep 2024 The dome-shaped Brandburg Massif, near the Atlantic coast of central Namibia, containing Brandberg Mountain, the African nation’s highest peak and ancient rock paintings going back at least 2,000 years, is pictured from...
- Public Affairs Manager Gary Jordan NASA · 9 Sep 2024 “It’s 2 a.m. in the morning on a Sunday. You have your headset in your hand. You’re about to walk into Mission Control. And you understand — in the darkness, the crickets chirping, the lights shining on the building — yo...
- Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night at NASA Goddard NASA · 9 Sep 2024 The public is invited to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. EDT at NASA Goddard’s Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. International Observe the Moon Night is a time...
- Like a Diamond in the Sky: How to Spot NASA’s Solar Sail Demo in Orbit NASA · 9 Sep 2024 Now that its reflective sail has deployed fully open in orbit, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System can be seen in the night sky from many locations across the world! Stargazers can join NASA’s #SpotTheSail campaign...
- Find Me on the Moon: NASA Lunar Navigation Challenge NASA · 9 Sep 2024 NASA’s Artemis campaign is a series of lunar missions to further explore the lunar landscape to prepare for future missions to Mars. The Artemis missions will send humans to land on the moon and explore the lunar south p...
- Leah Harris Joins SpaceNews as Marketing, Advertising Operations, and Audience Development Manager SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 Denver, CO – SpaceNews is proud to announce the addition of Leah Harris as the new Marketing, Advertising Operations, and Audience Development Manager. Leah brings a wealth of experience in
- NASA’s Hubble, Chandra Find Supermassive Black Hole Duo NASA · 9 Sep 2024 Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity. These are located approximately 300 light-years apart and were detected using NASA’s Hub...
- NASA Science for Your Classroom: Opportunities for Educators NASA · 9 Sep 2024 The summer season for educators can be a time of rest and rejuvenation, but it can also offer opportunities for professional learning with new colleagues beyond your own school. The following programs from NASA’s Science...
- China is taking a keen interest in lava tubes as possible lunar habitats SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 HELSINKI — Chinese researchers are taking a serious look at detecting and utilizing lava tubes on the moon as China plans its development of an extensive lunar base. China is
- Ensuring military resilience: spacecraft must integrate alternative PNT solutions SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 The global importance of GPS to military operations and everyday civilian life is well documented, as is the significant vulnerability posed by this reliance. Not just in the articles and
- NASA charts path toward commercial services for Mars SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 It won’t be easy for NASA to buy commercial services to support Mars exploration. The vast distance between Earth and the Red Planet poses a significant challenge, as do the
- ESA performs targeted reentry of Cluster satellite SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 The European Space Agency successfully deorbited the first of four Cluster space science satellites Sept. 8, performing a first-of-its-kind “targeted reentry” over the South Pacific.
- Greece Awards Contracts Totalling €53M to ICEYE and OroraTech European Spaceflight · 9 Sep 2024 As part of its National Microsatellite Programme, Greece has selected ICEYE from Finland and OroraTech from Germany to provide the country with six synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation satellites. The Nationa...
- SpaceX surmounts challenging weather, launches Polaris Dawn astronaut mission Spaceflight Now · 9 Sep 2024 Poor weather forced SpaceX to skip over its first launch opportunity, but it managed to launch on the second go around. Liftoff happened at Tuesday at 5:23 a.m. EDT (0923 UTC).
- Goodnight, Cluster: brilliant end to trailblazing mission ESA · 9 Sep 2024 The first satellite in ESA’s Cluster quartet safely came back down to Earth last night in a world-first ‘targeted reentry’, marking a brilliant end to this remarkable mission.
- Eartheye Space raises $1.5 million SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Singapore startup Eartheye Space raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its online satellite-tasking platform. Eartheye Space, founded in 2022, calls itself the “Uber Eats” of
- FAA to complete orbital debris upper stage regulations in 2025 SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2024 The FAA is moving ahead with efforts to develop rules for the disposal of upper stages as another Centaur upper stage breaks apart in orbit.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy September 8-14, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Sep 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of September 8-14, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- Elon Musk reveals when SpaceX Starship will go to Mars for first time Teslarati · 8 Sep 2024 Elon Musk just revealed when SpaceX will send Starship to Mars for the first time. Starship is SpaceX’s mega-rocket that the company...
- Cluster reentry explained: world's first targeted reentry ESA · 8 Sep 2024 The first of four satellites that make up ESA’s Cluster mission is coming safely back down to Earth, marking a brilliant end to this remarkable mission.
- In the shadow of war, diplomats and experts seek to ban weapons from space SpaceNews · 8 Sep 2024 Even as the community of nations on Earth fractures further into rival blocs, an effort to build greater cohesion in space is gathering momentum. The extent to which this succeeds,
- Starliner returns to Earth uncrewed SpaceNews · 7 Sep 2024 Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully landed in New Mexico early Sept. 7, completing the Crew Flight Test mission but without any crew on board.
- Starliner lands safely in New Mexico Spaceflight Now · 7 Sep 2024 Despite NASA's concerns about earlier thruster problems and multiple helium leaks in the ship's propulsion pressurization system, the Starliner had no trouble undocking and moving away from the station at 6:04 p.m. EDT a...
- NASA, Boeing Welcome Starliner Spacecraft to Earth, Close Mission NASA · 7 Sep 2024 NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space...
- Starliner’s Crew Flight Test Comes to an End SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Sep 2024 Boeing’s Starliner capsule undocked from the International Space Station at 6:04 pm ET and is on its way to a landing in New Mexico about 5 hours from now at
- NASA removes ESCAPADE from inaugural New Glenn launch SpaceNews · 6 Sep 2024 NASA has decided not to launch a pair of Mars-bound smallsats on the first flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn in October out of concerns that the rocket may not be ready in time.
- New Glenn Comes Together, but Plans Change Space Scout · 6 Sep 2024 On Friday, September 6th 2024, NASA announced an official delay of the EscaPADE mission’s launch to March of 2025. The agency specified that the decision came at potential risk to spacecraft health in the event that the...
- Live coverage: NASA, Boeing prepare to undock Starliner, concluding the Crew Flight Test mission Spaceflight Now · 6 Sep 2024 The spacecraft will journey back to Earth without the two astronauts it launched with back on June 5. Undocking is set for 6:04 p.m. EDT (2204 UTC) with landing just after midnight on Saturday.
- Faced with a tight deadline, NASA and Blue Origin agree to delay New Glenn debut Ars Technica · 6 Sep 2024 "We can’t take our foot off the pedal here."
- NASA Selects Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award NASA · 6 Sep 2024 NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a...
- NASA Delays ESCAPADE to 2025, Blue Origin Moves New Glenn Blue Ring Mission Up To November The Launch Pad · 6 Sep 2024 NASA Delays ESCAPADE to 2025, Blue Origin Moves New Glenn Blue Ring Mission Up To November
- NASA to Take Part in Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony NASA · 6 Sep 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will represent the agency during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, recognizing the women who contributed to the space race, including the NASA mathemati...
- NASA Scientific Balloon Takes Flight With Student-Built Payloads NASA · 6 Sep 2024 NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program’s fifth balloon mission of the 2024 fall campaign took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the agency’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (H...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 71 NASA · 6 Sep 2024 NASA astronaut Don Pettit will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will join the Expedition 71 crew...
- Starliner Calypso has undocked and returned to Earth without CFT crew NASASpaceflight · 6 Sep 2024 The Boeing Starliner Calypso, which launched to the International Space Station on June 5 with two experienced astronauts on board, is about to undock from ISS after three months on orbit — but with those fliers staying...
- NASA Invites Media to Discuss Europa Clipper Mission Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 6 Sep 2024 The teleconference will follow a key meeting earlier that day regarding next steps for the mission.
- NASA Invites Media to Discuss Europa Clipper Mission NASA · 6 Sep 2024 NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to provide an update on Europa Clipper, a mission that will study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could be hospitable to life. The teleconference will o...