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- 2025 Human Lander Challenge NASA · 21 Aug 2024 In-space propulsion systems utilizing cryogenic liquids as propellants are necessary to achieve NASA’s exploration missions to the Moon, and later to Mars. In current state of the art (SOA) human scale, in-space propulsi...
- NASA’s DART Team Earns AIAA Space Systems Award for Pioneering Mission NASA · 21 Aug 2024 NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission continues to yield scientific discoveries and garner accolades for its groundbreaking achievements. The mission team was recently recognized by the American Institu...
- Copernicus Trajectory Design and Optimization System NASA · 21 Aug 2024 Copernicus, a generalized spacecraft trajectory design and optimization system, is capable of solving a wide range of trajectory problems such as planet or moon centered trajectories, libration point trajectories, planet...
- Talented Teams Tackle Toasty Planet NASA · 21 Aug 2024 Exoplanets, look out! Two NASA-funded teams of amateur astronomers are tracking you with their backyard telescopes. These two teams, called UNITE (UNISTELLAR Network Investigating TESS Exoplanets) and Exoplanet Watch, ha...
- August 2024 Supermoon Rises Near NASA Marshall NASA · 21 Aug 2024 A super blue Moon rises over Huntsville, Alabama, home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Aug. 19. Visible through Wednesday, Aug. 21, the full Moon is both a supermoon and a Blu...
- How Students Learn to Fly NASA’s IXPE Spacecraft NASA · 21 Aug 2024 The large wall monitor displaying a countdown shows 17 seconds when Amelia “Mia” De Herrera-Schnering tells her teammates “We have AOS,” meaning “acquisition of signal.” “Copy that, thank you,” Alexander Pichler replies....
- Hubble Peers Into the Center of a Star-forming Powerhouse NASA · 21 Aug 2024 This view from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope plunges into the center of spiral galaxy Messier 33 (M33), also known as the Triangulum Galaxy. Located within the triangle-shaped constellation Triangulum and about half the...
- EarthCARE profiles atmospheric particles in detail ESA · 21 Aug 2024 Launched in May, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite has been making waves, with the first images from three of its scientific instruments already delivered. Now, the spotlight is firmly on the atmospheric lidar, the most advanced...
- Axiom Space and Nokia partner to develop high-speed wireless communications for spacesuits SpaceNews · 21 Aug 2024 Axiom Space is working with Nokia to adapt terrestrial wireless technologies to provide high-speed communications for the Artemis spacesuits Axiom is developing.
- Can AI detect anomalies in orbital astrodynamics? Managing a complex challenge SpaceNews · 21 Aug 2024 As space traffic increases and our reliance on satellites grows, the question of how to manage and predict anomalies in orbital astrodynamics becomes ever more critical. The idea that artificial
- Astroscale finalizes contract for Japanese debris removal mission SpaceNews · 21 Aug 2024 Astroscale has finalized a contract with the Japanese space agency JAXA for a mission to remove a defunct upper stage from Earth orbit.
- TrustPoint wins SpaceWERX contracts for alternative PNT SpaceNews · 21 Aug 2024 SAN FRANCISCO — TrustPoint, a startup developing a next-generation global navigation satellite system, won SpaceWERX contracts with a combined value of $3.8 million. Under two SpaceWERX direct-to-phase 2 contracts, Trust...
- Juice rerouted to Venus in world’s first lunar-Earth flyby ESA · 21 Aug 2024 ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has successfully completed a world-first lunar-Earth flyby, using the gravity of Earth to send it Venus-bound, on a shortcut to Jupiter through the inner Solar System.
- UK Space Command Launches £22-Million Spy Satellite European Spaceflight · 21 Aug 2024 The UK Space Command’s Tyche reconnaissance satellite was launched on 16 August aboard the SpaceX Transport 11 mission. Tyche is the first satellite of the UK Space Command’s £127 million MINERVA programme, which is a pr...
- Navigating by sight SpaceNews · 20 Aug 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – A NASA formation-flying experiment shows the promise of autonomous navigation for satellite swarms. The four cubesats in the Starling Formation-Flying Optical Experiment, or StarFOX, calculate their orbit...
- AstroForge raises $40 million SpaceNews · 20 Aug 2024 Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has raised $40 million as the company races the clock to get its next mission ready for launch.
- FCC approves Starlink first generation upgrade plan SpaceNews · 20 Aug 2024 SpaceX has secured permission to gradually replace first-generation Starlink satellites with larger spacecraft designed to provide more broadband capacity.
- NASA Awards 15 Grants to Support Open-Source Science NASA · 20 Aug 2024 NASA awarded $1.4 million to 15 teams developing new technologies that advance and streamline the open sharing of scientific information. High Priority Open-Source Science (HPOSS) awards fund projects that aim to increas...
- NASA Marshall Names Roger Baird Associate Director NASA · 20 Aug 2024 Roger Baird has been selected as associate director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In this role, Baird will lead execution and integration of the center’s business operations, mission supp...
- 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition NASA · 20 Aug 2024 The agriculture industry faces several challenges, including limited resources and growing demands to reduce agriculture’s environmental impact while increasing its climate resilience. NASA Aeronautics is dedicated to ex...
- Tortoise Takes a Leisurely Stroll NASA · 20 Aug 2024 A NASA photographer captured this gopher tortoise walking on the Launch Pad 39B beach road at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 4, 2014. The undeveloped property on Kennedy Space Center is managed by the U.S...
- SpaceX launches another Starlink batch using new Falcon 9 first stage Teslarati · 20 Aug 2024 SpaceX launched yet another batch of 22 Starlink satellites this morning, but it was the first time the company utilized this particular...
- Tyler Parsotan Takes a Long Look at the Transient Universe with NASA’s Swift NASA · 20 Aug 2024 Through a nonlinear path to success, research astrophysicist Tyler Parsotan discovers transformational science using Swift’s observations. Name: Tyler ParsotanFormal Job Classification: Research astrophysicistOrganizatio...
- Danish Instrument Helps NASA’s Juno Spacecraft See Radiation NASA · 20 Aug 2024 Using cameras designed for navigation, scientists count ‘fireflies’ to determine the amount of radiation the spacecraft receives during each orbit of Jupiter. Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission have developed the first...
- FAQ: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Return Status NASA · 20 Aug 2024 Editor’s note: This article was updated Aug. 20, 2024, to reflect the latest information from NASA’s Office of Communications. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the orbiting laboratory on June 6...
- Danish Instrument Helps NASA’s Juno Spacecraft See Radiation Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 20 Aug 2024 Using cameras designed for navigation, scientists count ‘fireflies’ to determine the amount of radiation the spacecraft receives during each orbit of Jupiter.
- Mynaric stock tanks after space lasers company slashes revenue guidance, announces CFO departure CNBC · 20 Aug 2024 Space stock Mynaric tanked in trading Tuesday after the company announced heavy cuts to its previous revenue forecast and the departure of the company’s chief financial officer.
- 55 Years Ago: Apollo 11 Astronauts End Quarantine, Feted from Coast to Coast NASA · 20 Aug 2024 On Aug. 10, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin completed their 21-day quarantine after returning from the Moon. The historic nature of their mission resulted in a ve...
- Against all odds, an asteroid mining company appears to be making headway Ars Technica · 20 Aug 2024 "It's not easy to ever raise for an asteroid mining company, right?"
- New startup seeks to tackle space weather challenges SpaceNews · 20 Aug 2024 Ensemble Space Labs was spun off from a government contracting firm focused on digital services
- Russian pensioners urge Vladimir Putin to rescue Starliner astronauts Ars Technica · 20 Aug 2024 "They don't know how to get back. We ask you to help them."
- Sols 4280-4281: Last Call at Kings Canyon NASA · 20 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 Curiosity successfully completed the drill sequence at the Kings Canyon site within the Gediz Vallis channel. Today was a smooth planning day as we decided to stay put for sols...
- Entrepreneurs Challenge Prize Winner Uses Artificial Intelligence to Identify Methane Emissions NASA · 20 Aug 2024 The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) instituted the Entrepreneurs Challenge to identify innovative ideas and technologies from small business start-ups with the potential to advance the agency’s science goals. Geol...
- Hubble Examines a Possible Relic NASA · 20 Aug 2024 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 4879 or VV124. As this image illustrates, Hubble’s high resolution can detect individual stars, even in the densest parts of the galaxy. This...
- Launch Roundup: Polaris Dawn aims high, Starlink launches continue NASASpaceflight · 20 Aug 2024 A total of five flights are on the worldwide launch manifest for this week. Most notable is the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Polaris Dawn mission. A modified Crew Dragon capsule will carry four astronauts into th...
- Juice snaps Moon en route to Earth ESA · 20 Aug 2024 Juice snaps Moon en route to Earth
- Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch setback SpaceNews · 20 Aug 2024 HELSINKI — Two Chinese spacecraft appear to have successfully reached their intended lunar orbits despite an initial launch issue that left them stranded in low Earth orbit. A slide attributed
- Polaris Dawn astronauts, set to perform first commercial spacewalk, arrive in Florida ahead of launch Spaceflight Now · 20 Aug 2024 The four astronauts, led by businessman Jared Isaacman, will fly onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience. Liftoff is targeting no earlier than Monday, August 26.
- Polaris Dawn Readies for First Commercial Spacewalk SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Aug 2024 Jared Isaacman’s Polaris Dawn private astronaut crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center today a week before their scheduled launch. Isaacman and three crewmates will spend about five days aboard a
- SpaceX launches new Falcon 9 rocket on Starlink mission following ‘water intrusion’ issue Spaceflight Now · 20 Aug 2024 The mission came a little more than 12 hours after SpaceX performed a static fire test of the rocket Monday night. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-5 mission happened at 9:20 a.m. EDT (1320 UTC).