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- China could develop dual relay satellite system for Earth-moon communications to reduce geopolitical risks SpaceNews · 15 Aug 2024 HELSINKI — Chinese researchers are proposing to combine separate Earth and lunar orbit relay systems to reduce risks and uncertainty associated with relying on ground stations in other countries. China
- Lockheed Martin to take struggling spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital private in $450 million deal CNBC · 15 Aug 2024 Lockheed Martin is buying Terran Orbital, the company announced Thursday, with the defense giant reaching a deal to take the struggling spacecraft manufacturer private.
- Apex offers GEO version of Aries satellite bus SpaceNews · 15 Aug 2024 Satellite manufacturing startup Apex has developed a version of its Aries bus intended for geostationary orbit missions.
- The Summer Triangle’s Hidden Treasures NASA · 15 Aug 2024 With the Summer Triangle high in the sky, it’s a great time to lie back, relax, and explore some of its hidden treasures: the small constellations of Vulpecula, Sagitta, and Delphinus!
- Lessons Learned from Challenger and Columbia Guide Starliner Decisions SpacePolicyOnline.com · 15 Aug 2024 NASA continues to analyze data about Starliner’s propulsion system before deciding if the Boeing spacecraft is safe enough to bring two NASA astronauts back to Earth from the International Space
- Sols 4275-4276: A Familiar View NASA · 14 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 The star of today’s plan is SAM’s GCMS, which continues our analysis of the “Kings Canyon” drill sample. As Natalie mentioned, this is a relatively energy-hungry activity, bu...
- Sols 4273-4274: Prep Rally NASA · 14 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 12, 2024 The SAM EGA over the weekend was successful, and that means we’re well on our way to planning the GCMS (Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometry) on our “Kings Canyon” drill sample!...
- Redwire to acquire satellite manufacturer Hera Systems, bolstering defense portfolio SpaceNews · 14 Aug 2024 Hera Systems developed a geostationary small satellite platform selected for a U.S. Space Force in-orbit refueling experiment
- SpaceX launches 2nd pair of Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 14 Aug 2024 The mission marked the 200th Falcon 9 launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff happened at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 UTC).
- NASA pushes Starliner return decision to late August SpaceNews · 14 Aug 2024 NASA now expects to make a decision by late August on whether NASA astronauts will return on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as the agency outlined the process it will take to reach that decision.
- Wildland Fire Management Initiative Description NASA · 14 Aug 2024 Background Fire is a natural occurrence in many ecosystems and can promote ecological health. However, wildfires are growing in scope and occurring more often than in the past. Among other causes this is due to human-cau...
- Why NASA astronauts are waiting to return on Boeing’s Starliner CNBC · 14 Aug 2024 Log entry: Day 71.
- Telesat close to securing government funds for Lightspeed SpaceNews · 14 Aug 2024 Telesat expects to finalize government funds covering more than half the $3.5 billion budget for its planned low Earth orbit broadband constellation “in the next couple of weeks,” CEO Dan Goldberg said Aug. 14.
- The Marshall Star for August 14, 2024 NASA · 14 Aug 2024 Marshall Director Joseph Pelfrey Addresses Space and Missile Defense Symposium NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Joseph Pelfrey gives a keynote address during the 2024 Space and Missile Defense Symposium on Aug....
- NASA Invites Media to Watch Artemis II Rocket Adapter Roll Out NASA · 14 Aug 2024 To mark progress toward the first crewed flight test around the Moon in more than 50 years for the benefit of humanity, NASA will welcome media Wednesday, Aug. 21, to see a key adapter for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch...
- A Practiced Escape NASA · 14 Aug 2024 In preparation for NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission, teams at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida practice getting out of the emergency escape, or egress, basket on Aug. 9, 2024. The baskets, similar to gondolas...
- NASA Telescopes Work Out Black Hole’s Snack Schedule NASA · 14 Aug 2024 By using new data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory as well as ESA’s XMM-Newton, a team of researchers have made important headway in understanding how — and when — a supermassive b...
- NASA Funds Research Projects Advancing STEM Career Development Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 14 Aug 2024 JPL is supporting seven projects in the MOSAICS program, which helps build relationships between college faculty and NASA researchers while providing mentorship for students.
- Senate bill would create center to study satellite interference with astronomy SpaceNews · 14 Aug 2024 Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate would create a new center devoted to protecting astronomy from interference caused by satellite constellations even as existing efforts involving organizations and companies make...
- Solar Eclipse Data Story Helps the Public Visualize the April 2024 Total Eclipse NASA · 14 Aug 2024 The NASA Science Activation program’s Cosmic Data Stories team, led by Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, released a new Data Story for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. A Data Story is an interactive, digital sho...
- Perseverance Pays Off for Student Challenge Winners NASA · 14 Aug 2024 As radioisotopes power the Perseverance rover to explore Mars, perseverance “powered” three winners to write essays each year till they achieved their mission goal of winning NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge. These stud...
- Winners of NASA’s Power to Explore Student Challenge Tour NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Meet NASA Engineers NASA · 14 Aug 2024 The three grand prize winners of NASA’s third Power to Explore Challenge visited the NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH on August 8 to learn about the people and technologies that power NASA missions.
- 55 Years Ago: NASA Group 7 Astronaut Selection NASA · 14 Aug 2024 On Aug. 14, 1969, NASA announced the selection of seven new astronauts. The Group 7 astronauts consisted of pilots transferred from the Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) Program canceled two months earlier. The MOL, a join...
- NASA Invites Media to Event with Scientists, Research Plane in Alaska NASA · 14 Aug 2024 NASA invites media to view a research aircraft and interview scientists in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Thursday, Aug. 22, prior to flights of the agency’s Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), which seeks a better un...
- Northrop Grumman continues to trim space workforce in California SpaceNews · 14 Aug 2024 The company this week warned 550 employees of forthcoming job cuts at California space facilities
- NASA Funds Research Projects Advancing STEM Career Development NASA · 14 Aug 2024 NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian Crater Rim NASA · 14 Aug 2024 After 2½ years exploring Jezero Crater’s floor and river delta, the rover will ascend to an area where it will search for more discoveries that could rewrite Mars’ history. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will soon begin...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian Crater Rim Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 14 Aug 2024 After 3½ years exploring Jezero Crater’s floor and river delta, the rover will ascend to an area where it will search for more discoveries that could rewrite Mars’ history.
- How the Moon shaped our world: discover our interactive publication ESA · 14 Aug 2024 How the Moon shaped our world: discover our interactive publication
- Get Space Weather Policy Right SpaceNews · 14 Aug 2024 For those who may not have been paying attention, the sun has become quite active of late. In fact, the sun is more restive in terms of solar flares and
- Xiaoyi Li Engineers Instruments and the Teams that Get Them Done NASA · 14 Aug 2024 Instrument Systems Engineer Xiaoyi Li leads technical teams united by a common vision to achieve mission success.
- The Exploration Company to Increase Workforce by 40% European Spaceflight · 14 Aug 2024 In-space logistics provider The Exploration Company has launched a large recruitment drive. The company is currently hiring for 51 open positions. Founded in 2021, the Exploration Company is developing a spacecraft calle...
- Download the 2024 Small Satellite Conference Dailies Wrap-up SpaceNews · 14 Aug 2024 The SpaceNews editorial team produced three show dailies for the 2024 Small Satellite show during the 2024 Small Satellite show in Logan, Utah, the week of Aug. 5. sponsored by Apogee Semiconductor,
- Intuitive Machines seeks to take over NASA’s VIPER lunar rover SpaceNews · 14 Aug 2024 Intuitive Machines says it is organizing a coalition of organizations that will offer to take over a NASA lunar rover mission, launching it on one of the company’s landers.
- NASA chief to scientists on budget cuts: “I feel your pain” Ars Technica · 13 Aug 2024 "I can't go and print the dollars."
- New Glenn’s maiden flight approaches as hardware undergoes testing NASASpaceflight · 13 Aug 2024 With flight hardware being tested, recovery rehearsals underway, and production facilities growing, Blue Origin is becoming a hive of more visible activity as the company rapidly approaches the first flight of its orbita...
- NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Status Update NASA · 13 Aug 2024 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Mission managers continue to evaluate the Starliner spacecraft’s readiness in advance...
- NASA Challenge Seeks ‘Cooler’ Solutions for Deep Space Exploration NASA · 13 Aug 2024 NASA’s Human Lander Challenge, or HuLC, is now open and accepting submissions for its second year. As NASA aims to return astronauts to the Moon through its Artemis campaign in preparation for future missions to Mars, th...
- Terran Orbital removes Rivada constellation from revenue backlog SpaceNews · 13 Aug 2024 Terran Orbital has removed the broadband constellation it is developing for Rivada Space Networks from the backlog of revenues in its accounts, even though the manufacturer still expects to get $2.4 billion from their co...
- Earth’s Crest Over the Lunar Horizon NASA · 13 Aug 2024 This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken on July 29, 1971, during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Cent...