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- Globalstar gets conditional approval to replenish constellation SpaceNews · 20 Aug 2024 Globalstar has secured permission to start deploying up to 17 improved direct-to-smartphone connectivity satellites next year despite SpaceX objections.
- RFA first stage destroyed in static-fire test SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2024 The first stage of the inaugural Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) rocket was destroyed in a static-fire test Aug. 19, dealing a setback to the German company just as it was nearing its first launch.
- RFA Hot Fire Anomaly Results in Loss of RFA ONE First Stage European Spaceflight · 19 Aug 2024 German launch provider Rocket Factory Augsburg has announced that an RFA ONE first stage, which was to be used for the rocket’s inaugural flight, was destroyed during a hot fire test In an official statement published la...
- German cubesat to test quantum key distribution SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Qube, a German cubesat is preparing to test quantum key generation and distribution via optical link. Mission operators in Germany made contact with the 3.53-kilogram Qube approximately
- RFA Hot Fire Anomaly Ends With Loss Of Vehicle The Launch Pad · 19 Aug 2024 RFA Hot Fire Anomaly Ends With Loss Of Vehicle
- SpaceX completes static fire of Falcon 9 rocket ahead of Starlink and Crew 9 missions Spaceflight Now · 19 Aug 2024 The booster will first launch the Starlink 10-5 mission no earlier than the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 20. The static fire test happened Monday evening shortly after 7 p.m. EDT (2300 UTC).
- Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission ready for launch SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2024 A private astronaut mission that will attempt the first commercial spacewalk on a is ready for launch in a week on a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
- Super Blue Moons: Your Questions Answered NASA · 19 Aug 2024 The Moon of August 30-31, 2023, is a full moon, a supermoon, and a blue moon. Here’s what it all means.
- NextSTEP R: Lunar Logistics and Mobility Studies NASA · 19 Aug 2024 Solicitation Number: NNH16ZCQ001K-Appendix-R August 16, 2024 – Draft Solicitation Released Solicitation Overview The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to release a solicitation under the Next S...
- NASA CubeSats Launch as Commercial Rideshares NASA · 19 Aug 2024 A pair of CubeSats from NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator, or PTD, series lifted off on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission at 11:56 a.m. PDT Friday, August 16, from Vandenburg Space Force Base in Californi...
- SpaceX cellular Starlink would cause interference to AT&T, Verizon: FCC document Teslarati · 19 Aug 2024 SpaceX’s Cellular Starlink service plans to offer widespread and effective coverage to users, but AT&T and Verizon are urging the Federal Communications...
- NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food Finale NASA · 19 Aug 2024 NASA has awarded a total of $1.25 million to three U.S. teams in the third and final round of the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge. The teams delivered novel food production technologies that could provide long-duratio...
- NASA Celebrates Ames’s Legacy of Research on National Aviation Day NASA · 19 Aug 2024 NASA works every day to improve air travel – and has been doing so since its creation decades ago. On National Aviation Day, NASA and all fans of aviation get the chance to celebrate the innovative research and developme...
- Revisiting OSIRIS-REx NASA · 19 Aug 2024 An OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule training model parachutes down in this image from Aug. 30, 2023. This drop test was part of NASA’s preparations for the return of samples from the asteroid Bennu on Sept. 24, 2023. OSI...
- Station Science Top News: August 16, 2024 NASA · 19 Aug 2024 Locations designed as a maintenance work area and an exercise area on the International Space Station are commonly used by crew members for stowage and body maintenance activities, respectively. These differences between...
- Sols 4277-4279: Getting Ready To Say Goodbye to the King! NASA · 19 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 It’s time to move on from our “Kings Canyon” drill site, so today’s plan focused on our usual tidy up routine after a drill campaign. First we need to dump out any material in t...
- Why Juice is coming back to Earth ESA · 19 Aug 2024 ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) returns to Earth on 19–20 August 2024, to complete the world's first Lunar-Earth gravity assist. Flight controllers will guide the spacecraft past the Moon and then Earth itself,...
- Planet signs deal with NATO to supply satellite imagery SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2024 The company’s satellite imagery will be used by NATO’s 'Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space' program
- Sentinel-2C fully loaded ESA · 19 Aug 2024 Sentinel-2C fully loaded
- SpaceX tiptoes toward Starship’s fifth test flight Teslarati · 19 Aug 2024 SpaceX is tiptoeing toward Starship’s next test flight, known as Integrated Flight Test 5 (IFT-5), as it gained approval from one federal...
- RS-25 Engine Evolves for the Evolvable SLS Rocket SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2024 NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket demonstrated eye-watering performance and precision during its inaugural flight in November 2022. An upgraded system now in development, known as the SLS Block
- South Korea hires SpaceX to launch GEO satellite in 2027 SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2024 SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch the GEO-KOMPSAT-3 multipurpose communications satellite to geostationary orbit in the second half of 2027, the nation’s
- Hubble Spots Billowing Bubbles of Stellar Floss NASA · 19 Aug 2024 A bubbling region of stars both old and new lies some 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. This complex cluster of emission nebulae is known as N11, and was discovered by American astronomer and NASA ast...
- Rethinking Safety in the Age of Machine Complexity SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2024 In the unforgiving void of space, where errors are measured in milliseconds and millimeters, the Boeing Starliner saga unfolds. As astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams find themselves in their
- At Work and Beyond, NASA Employees Find Joy in Aviation NASA · 19 Aug 2024 The first “A” in NASA stands for aeronautics. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is just one of several NASA centers conducting revolutionary research to make flight cleaner, safer, and quieter. But an interest in flying...
- Rocket Lab-built Mars smallsats arrive at launch site SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2024 A pair of smallsats built by Rocket Lab for a NASA mission to Mars have arrived in Florida for a launch this fall on the inaugural flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
- Merging Art and Analysis: The Collaborative Efforts Behind NASA Johnson’s Visual Legacy NASA · 19 Aug 2024 In the heart of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, a team of photographers, imagery acquisition specialists, analytic scientists, and graphic designers work together to create visual narratives that capture the defi...
- RFA Shareholder Announces RFA ONE Debut “Weeks” Away European Spaceflight · 19 Aug 2024 Major Rocket Factory Augsburg shareholder OHB has revealed that the inaugural RFA ONE rocket launch attempt could occur in “a matter of weeks.” Founded in 2018, Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is developing a three-stage r...
- Orbex working towards 2025 first launch SpaceNews · 18 Aug 2024 Orbex, now projecting a 2025 first launch of its small launch vehicle, plans to focus on the small end of the market even as competitors shift to larger rockets.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy August 18-31, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 18 Aug 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the two weeks of August 18-31, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in
- First RFA launch in a “matter of weeks” SpaceNews · 18 Aug 2024 Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is “a matter of weeks” away from attempting its first orbital launch, according to the chief executive of its corporate parent.
- New satellite demonstrates the power of AI for Earth observation ESA · 17 Aug 2024 Φsat-2, ESA’s groundbreaking cubesat designed to revolutionise Earth observation with artificial intelligence, has launched.
- The first SpaceX spacewalk: What the Polaris Dawn commander says about the bold upcoming mission CNBC · 17 Aug 2024 SpaceX is preparing to launch its next private mission by the end of the month, featuring the first attempt to have the astronauts step out into space.
- Arctic Weather Satellite lifts off to set the stage for better forecasts ESA · 17 Aug 2024 ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite has been launched, paving the way for a potential constellation of satellites that would provide more frequent data not only to enhance short-term weather forecasts for Arctic nations, but...
- NASA-Designed Greenhouse Gas-Detection Instrument Launches Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 16 Aug 2024 Developed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the imaging spectrometer will provide actionable data to help reduce emissions that contribute to global warming.
- NASA-Designed Greenhouse Gas-Detection Instrument Launches NASA · 16 Aug 2024 Developed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the imaging spectrometer will provide actionable data to help reduce emissions that contribute to global warming. Tanager-1, the Carbon Mapper Coalition’s first satell...
- SpaceX launches Transporter-11 smallsat rideshare mission SpaceNews · 16 Aug 2024 SpaceX launched the latest in its series of dedicated rideshare missions Aug. 16, putting more than 100 satellites for commercial and government customers into orbit.
- Orville Wright and National Aviation Day NASA · 16 Aug 2024 Orville Wright wasn’t sure exactly how long his first flight lasted. He and his brother, Wilbur, think it was about 12 seconds, but according to what Orville wrote in his diary of that December day in 1903 at Kill Devil...
- Ideas for Celebrating National Aviation Day NASA · 16 Aug 2024 It was in 1939 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first presidential proclamation designating Aug. 19 – Orville Wright’s birthday – as a day in which citizens are encouraged to participate in activities that...
- The Macroeconomics of Space Symposium NASA · 16 Aug 2024 Join OTPS and NASA’s Agency Chief Economist at the Macroeconomics of Space Symposium on September 5, 2024