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- SpaceX bails out Boeing and employees are reportedly ‘humiliated’ Teslarati · 26 Aug 2024 SpaceX will rescue the NASA astronauts that are stuck aboard the International Space Station (ISS) bringing them back on the Crew-9 vehicle...
- Launch delay: SpaceX pushes Polaris Dawn astronaut launch due to splashdown weather concerns Spaceflight Now · 26 Aug 2024 The crew trained for more than two-and-a-half years to prepare for their spacewalk and an on-orbit Starlink demonstration. Launch is now no earlier than Friday, Aug. 30, weather permitting.
- NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to New Glenn Launch of Mars Mission NASA · 26 Aug 2024 NASA and Blue Origin are preparing for the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission, which begins on the inaugural launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket. The mission will study...
- Mynaric ousts CEO amid production troubles SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2024 WASHINGTON — Laser communications technology firm Mynaric announced Aug. 26 the immediate dismissal of its CEO Mustafa Veziroglu and the appointment of a chief restructuring officer, following recent reports of
- NASA Invites Public Input on Low Earth Orbit Microgravity Strategy NASA · 26 Aug 2024 As NASA and its partners continue to conduct groundbreaking research aboard the International Space Station, the agency announced Monday it is seeking U.S. industry, academia, international partners, and other stakeholde...
- Sols 4284–4286: Environmental Science Extravaganza NASA · 26 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 One of the many challenges of operating a rover on another planet is that we don’t always know where we’re going to be located before planning starts each day. Although we do pl...
- Sols 4282-4283: Bumping Away from Kings Canyon NASA · 26 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024 Having stayed in place for quite a few sols during our Kings Canyon drill campaign, we’re looking forward to doing a bump (ie: a short drive) and accomplishing some science i...
- Solar Panels for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Key Tests NASA · 26 Aug 2024 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Solar Array Sun Shield has successfully completed recent tests, signaling that the assembly is on track to be completed on schedule. The panels are designed to power and shade t...
- ReOrbit Completes PDR Phase for UKKO Mission SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2024 ReOrbit, a Helsinki-based leading provider of software-first satellites, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase with the European Space Agency (ESA) for its UKKO Mission, part of the
- Webb Finds Early Galaxies Weren’t Too Big for Their Britches After All NASA · 26 Aug 2024 It got called the crisis in cosmology. But now astronomers can explain some surprising recent discoveries. When astronomers got their first glimpses of galaxies in the early universe from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescop...
- Watching Salsa’s reentry live from the sky ESA · 26 Aug 2024 On 8 September 2024, the first of four Cluster satellites will return home and burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere in an uncontrolled ‘targeted reentry’ over a remote area of the South Pacific Ocean.
- RFA Release Footage of Failed RFA ONE Static Fire Test European Spaceflight · 26 Aug 2024 Rocket Factory Augsburg has released footage of its failed RFA ONE static fire test that resulted in the destruction of the first stage the company had planned to use for its inaugural flight into space. The doomed RFA O...
- Hubble Captures Unique Ultraviolet View of a Spectacular Star Cluster NASA · 26 Aug 2024 Roughly 210,000 light-years away, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of our Milky Way galaxy’s closest neighbors. In fact, this small galaxy is one of the Milky Way’s “satellite” galaxies, which orbit our home spira...
- Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander begins pre-launch environmental tests SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2024 Firefly Aerospace has completed its first lunar lander and shipped the spacecraft to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for testing ahead of a launch late this year.
- Space weather: prioritization, not policy, is the missing piece in U.S. resilience SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2024 A recent SpaceNews op-ed outlined an impassioned and emphatic need to get space weather policy right. While the passion behind this article is appreciated, the major gap in improving the
- This is ESA: your perfect introduction to what Europe does in space ESA · 26 Aug 2024 This is ESA: your perfect introduction to what Europe does in space
- What’s Happening in Space Policy August 25-August 31, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Aug 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of August 25-31, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess
- SpaceX completes static fire test of its Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for the Polaris Dawn astronaut mission Spaceflight Now · 25 Aug 2024 The ignition test of the nine Merlin engines at the base of the rocket came after the four crew members step through a dry dress rehearsal of their launch day activities. The T-0 for ignition happened at 6:38 a.m. EDT (1...
- NASA rules out bringing astronauts home on Boeing’s Starliner Spaceflight Now · 24 Aug 2024 After weeks of debate, NASA has ruled out bringing two astronauts back to Earth aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule because of lingering concerns about multiple helium leaks and degraded thrusters, both critical to a succe...
- NASA not comfortable with Starliner thrusters, so crew will fly home on Dragon Ars Technica · 24 Aug 2024 "I would say the White Sands testing did give us a surprise."
- NASA: Starliner Will Return Empty, Still Confident in Boeing SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Aug 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced today that the agency has decided to return Boeing’s Starliner capsule to Earth empty. The two NASA astronauts who flew it up to the International
- Starliner Astronauts to Return Aboard Crew-9 Space Scout · 24 Aug 2024 In a press conference starting at 1:13 PM EST, a panel of NASA program managers officially declared that Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be returning aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon at the conclusio...
- Starliner to return from ISS without astronauts on board SpaceNews · 24 Aug 2024 Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will return from the International Space Station in September without the two astronauts on board who launched on it in June after NASA concluded thruster problems posed too much risk.
- The Making of Our Alien Earth: The Undersea Volcanoes of Santorini, Greece NASA · 24 Aug 2024 The following expedition marks the third installment of NASA Astrobiology’s fieldwork series, the newly rebranded Our Alien Earth, streaming on NASA+. Check out all three episodes following teams of astrobiologists from...
- Boeing Starliner returning without crew – Butch and Suni to fly SpaceX NASASpaceflight · 24 Aug 2024 The eventful Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission crewed by astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams has reached a point where a decision has now been made to return the astronauts home on Crew Dragon Freedom. This...
- NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew NASA · 24 Aug 2024 NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft, the agency announced Saturday. The uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering testi...
- Boeing Starliner returning empty as NASA turns to SpaceX to bring astronauts back from ISS CNBC · 24 Aug 2024 Boeing will return its capsule from the International Space Station without the NASA astronauts that Starliner delivered to orbit, the agency announced on Saturday.
- NASA to announce final determination on how to conclude Starliner Crew Flight Test Spaceflight Now · 24 Aug 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is set to discuss the agency’s decision following a rare mid-mission, agency-level flight readiness review. A press conference will begin no earlier than an hour following the conclusion of...
- Thales Program Manager Shares Italian Lunar Habitat Details European Spaceflight · 24 Aug 2024 Thales Alenia Space Multi-Purpose Habitation module programme manager Nicola Genco has shared several key details about the planned first permanent human presence on the Moon. In 2022, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) sign...
- Space Force awards $200 million contract to Northrop Grumman for UK radar site SpaceNews · 23 Aug 2024 The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability program aims to create a global network of ground-based radar systems to enhance space domain awareness by detecting and tracking objects in geosynchronous orbit
- Blue Origin sets date for next New Shepard flight after completing parachute investigation SpaceNews · 23 Aug 2024 Blue Origin has scheduled its next New Shepard suborbital mission for Aug. 29 after completing an investigation into a parachute that failed to fully open on the vehicle’s previous flight.
- Second Tower complete at Starbase as Flight 5 preps continue NASASpaceflight · 23 Aug 2024 SpaceX completed stacking Launch Tower 2 at Orbital Launch Pad B at Starbase, Texas, in record time, allowing for the next phase of preparations, including adding its own chopstick system. Preparations are also continuin...
- SpaceWERX awards contracts to nine space tech firms for defense projects SpaceNews · 23 Aug 2024 Nine space firms were selected for STRATFI agreements worth about $300 million in government funding
- Supreme Court case could affect orbital debris mitigation rules SpaceNews · 23 Aug 2024 A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling could upend efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to enforce more stringent orbital debris regulations.
- RFA pushes maiden flight to 2025 after launchpad explosion SpaceNews · 23 Aug 2024 Rocket Factory Augsburg no longer plans a maiden flight this year after losing part of its RFA ONE rocket during a static-fire test, the German company said Aug. 23 as it released more details about the incident.
- August 2024 Transformer of the Month: Selina Salgado NASA · 23 Aug 2024 As a Human Resource Business Partner at NASA Headquarters, Selina Salgado describes her job as helping with “all things people” for the enterprise. By facilitating technological solutions to human resources (HR) challeng...
- NASA Ames Stars of the Month: August 2024 NASA · 23 Aug 2024 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane, Taryn Kavanagh, Andro Rios, and Hami Ray. Their commitment to the NASA mission represen...
- First Look at Hybrid Electric Research Aircraft NASA · 23 Aug 2024 In a special unveiling ceremony on Aug. 22, 2024, the public received a first look at magniX’s Dash 7 aircraft that will serve as a testbed for sustainable aviation research with NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demo...
- NASA Funds Studies to Support Crew Performance on Long-Duration Missions NASA · 23 Aug 2024 NASA is funding 11 new studies to better understand how to best support the health and performance of crew members during long-duration spaceflight missions. The awardees will complete the studies on Earth without the ne...
- Solar Orbiter shows how solar wind gets a magnetic push ESA · 23 Aug 2024 ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has provided crucial data to answer the decades-long question of where the energy comes from to heat and accelerate the solar wind. Working in tandem with NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, Solar O...