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- Eclipse Soundscapes AudioMoth Donations Will Study Nature at Night NASA · 28 Aug 2024 During the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, approximately 770 AudioMoth recording devices were used to capture sound data as part of the Eclipse Soundscapes Project — a multisensory participatory science (also known as...
- Hubble Traces Star Formation in a Nearby Nebula NASA · 28 Aug 2024 NGC 261 blooms a brilliant ruby red against a myriad of stars in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Discovered on Sept. 5, 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop, this nebula is located in one of the Mi...
- For the first time in more than three years, SpaceX misses a booster landing Ars Technica · 28 Aug 2024 The fleet leader has met its demise.
- US leaders have been warned to focus on GPS and PNT to protect the nation SpaceNews · 28 Aug 2024 In Ukraine and the Middle East, smart weapons are degraded or neutralized. Drones and missiles are deflected or turned back on attackers. In the Baltic, South China Sea and elsewhere,
- Falcon 9 booster lost in rare unsuccessful landing SpaceNews · 28 Aug 2024 A Falcon 9 booster tipped over in a fiery landing after an Aug. 28 launch, the first unsuccessful booster landing in three and a half years by SpaceX.
- KKR Receives Regulatory Approval for OHB Minority Stake Purchase European Spaceflight · 28 Aug 2024 US-headquartered investment firm KKR has received final regulatory approvals to proceed with the purchase of a 28.6% minority stake in German space company OHB. In August 2023, OHB announced that it had entered into an a...
- Sols 4287-4288: Back on the Road NASA · 28 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 Today’s planning day was a good example of how our team comes together to make quick decisions based on new information and science priorities. The original intent of today’s pl...
- Polaris Dawn Slips Again For a Different Kind of Weather Problem SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Aug 2024 SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission with four private astronauts just scrubbed again, the third night in a row. This time the problem is weather, but not the usual delay because of
- SpaceX Falcon 9 booster collapses in a fireball on the droneship, ending a streak of 267 successful landings Spaceflight Now · 28 Aug 2024 The mission comes on the heels of SpaceX having to stand down from launching the Polaris Dawn astronaut mission due to weather concerns. The lost booster, tail number B1062, was aiming for a record 23rd landing on the dr...
- NASA IG Issues Another Harsh Report On NASA Management of Mobile Launcher-2 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Aug 2024 NASA’s Office of Inspector General is again expressing deep concern about NASA’s management of Mobile Launcher-2, an enormous transporter needed to haul Space Launch System rockets to the launch pad
- Experts warn U.S. falling behind in satellite imaging race: ‘We’ve gone backwards’ SpaceNews · 27 Aug 2024 Former NGA official David Gauthier says current NRO funding for commercial satellite imagery is insufficient to ensure U.S. competitiveness in the sector
- Perseverance Kicks off the Crater Rim Campaign! NASA · 27 Aug 2024 Perseverance is officially headed into a new phase of scientific investigation on the Jezero Crater rim!
- Independent Review Confirms Bad Valve Doomed Astrobotic’s Peregrine-1 Mission SpacePolicyOnline.com · 27 Aug 2024 An independent review of the January failure of Astrobotic’s Peregrine-1 lunar lander has confirmed that a single bad valve doomed the mission. While designated a risk before launch because of
- Polaris Dawn on hold; SpaceX booster fails on landing NASASpaceflight · 27 Aug 2024 Another busy week of spaceflight activities contained a landing failure of a Falcon 9 booster for the first time in over three years. Looking forward, Falcon 9 could launch up to five launches this week, including the Po...
- NASA has to be trolling with the latest cost estimate of its SLS launch tower Ars Technica · 27 Aug 2024 "NASA officials informed us they do not intend to request a fixed-price proposal."
- NASA, Boeing Optimizing Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay for Future SLS Stage Production NASA · 27 Aug 2024 NASA is preparing space at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for upcoming assembly activities of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for future Artemis missions, beginning with Artemis III. Teams a...
- Valve problem blamed for Peregrine lunar lander failure SpaceNews · 27 Aug 2024 Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander was unable to make it to the moon because of a failure of a single valve, leading to work to redesign the valve and overall propulsion system on the company’s larger Griffin lander.
- NASA’s Europa Clipper Gets Set of Super-Size Solar Arrays NASA · 27 Aug 2024 The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for planetary exploration just got its ‘wings’ — massive solar arrays to power it on the journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft recently got outf...
- NASA’s Europa Clipper Gets Set of Super-Size Solar Arrays Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 27 Aug 2024 The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for planetary exploration just got its ‘wings’ — massive solar arrays to power it on the journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
- Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby: the movie ESA · 27 Aug 2024 On 19–20 August 2024, Juice successfully completed a world-first lunar-Earth flyby, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft first past the Moon, then past Earth. The gravity of the two changed Juice’s speed and di...
- Sentinel-2C in the Vega launch tower ESA · 27 Aug 2024 Sentinel-2C in the Vega launch tower
- 40 Years Ago: President Reagan Announces Teacher in Space Project NASA · 27 Aug 2024 On Aug. 27, 1984, President Ronald W. Reagan announced the Teacher in Space project as part of NASA’s Space Flight Participant Program to expand the space shuttle experience to a wider set of private citizens who would c...
- Hungary for space: 4iG seeks vertically integrated capabilities SpaceNews · 27 Aug 2024 One of Hungary’s largest communications providers is on a mission to transform the country into a major European space player.
- Wizards Behind the Curtain: Johnson’s Administrative Team Makes Missions Possible NASA · 27 Aug 2024 For every NASA astronaut who serves as a public face of human spaceflight, there are thousands of people working behind the scenes to make the agency’s missions a success. Even the smallest tasks impact NASA’s ability to...
- Hubble Pinpoints a Dim, Starry Mini-galaxy NASA · 27 Aug 2024 A glittering collection of stars shines against a background of much more distant galaxies in this view from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the Pegasus Dwarf spheroidal galaxy, also known as Andromeda VI. The Andromeda...
- D-Orbit’s Magnificent Monica Space Tug Begins Payload Deployment European Spaceflight · 27 Aug 2024 Italian in-space logistics company D-Orbit has announced that its Celestial Bliss mission has moved into the commercial phase with the deployment of four Spire Lemur-2 satellites. The D-Orbit Celestial Bliss mission was...
- Webb peeks into Perseus ESA · 27 Aug 2024 Webb peeks into Perseus
- Fire, fed by leaking engines, destroyed ABL Space Systems rocket SpaceNews · 27 Aug 2024 ABL Space Systems said it lost its second RS1 rocket after a static-fire test when a fire broke out under the vehicle fed by leaking fuel that could not be extinguished by pad systems.
- Farewell SLIM SpacePolicyOnline.com · 27 Aug 2024 Japan’s space agency has ended attempts to reestablish communications with the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon or SLIM. Despite landing upside down in January, SLIM operated much longer than expected
- Military-commercial space divide persists despite policy push, experts say SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2024 Pentagon initiatives to integrate innovations from the commercial space sector remain a topic of heated debate
- DETAIL OPPORTUNITY: NASA OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL NASA · 26 Aug 2024 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) seeks applicants interested in six to twelve month reimbursable details with the Office of General Counsel (OGC). Applicants must be current Federal Employees. App...
- NASA Seeks Input for Astrobee Free-flying Space Robots NASA · 26 Aug 2024 NASA is seeking input from American companies for the operation and use of a system of free-flying robots aboard the International Space Station as the agency continues to foster scientific, educational, and technologica...
- NASA Develops Pod to Help Autonomous Aircraft Operators NASA · 26 Aug 2024 For self-flying aircraft to take to the skies, they need to learn about their environments to avoid hazards. NASA aeronautics researchers recently developed a camera pod with sensors to help with this challenge by advanc...
- U.S. military space domain awareness lags behind expectations SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2024 Experts say the military has to transition from basic cataloging of space objects to predictive tracking of orbital threats
- SpaceX watching weather for historic Polaris Dawn mission NASASpaceflight · 26 Aug 2024 SpaceX is set to launch a mission that will not only see humans travel the farthest away from Earth since Apollo 17 in 1972 but also conduct the first-ever commercial spacewalk.
- Station Science Top News: August 23, 2024 NASA · 26 Aug 2024 Researchers successfully produced cellulose from bacteria cultured on the International Space Station for four weeks. The bacteria used in the experiment, K. hansenii, is known to produce the highest amount of cellulose...
- Dr. Irene Duhart Long NASA · 26 Aug 2024 Dr. Irene Duhart Long was the first female and the first minority to hold the position of chief medical officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as well as the first African American female to serve in the Seni...
- Webinar Replay – Space: The Next Frontier of Strategic Competition SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2024 In recent years space has transformed from a realm of scientific exploration to a potential battleground and arena for strategic rivalry. Nations are increasingly viewing space capabilities as essential to
- Cassiopeia A, Then the Cosmos: 25 Years of Chandra X-ray Science NASA · 26 Aug 2024 By Rick Smith On Aug. 26, 1999, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory opened its powerful telescopic eye in orbit and captured its awe-inspiring “first light” images of Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant roughly 11,000 light-y...
- One of the most adventurous human spaceflights since Apollo may launch tonight Ars Technica · 26 Aug 2024 Liftoff is set for 3:38 am ET in Florida.