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- NASA IG Blasts Boeing on Block 1B SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Aug 2024 NASA’s Office of Inspector General issued a highly critical report today on Boeing’s development of an upgraded version of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Block 1B, and NASA’s oversight of
- NASA sends final command to its NEOWISE spacecraft, ending more than a decade of asteroid observations Spaceflight Now · 9 Aug 2024 The spacecraft launched in 2009 as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission before making the pivot to become NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) in 2010. NEOWISE is expected to...
- Virgin Galactic outlines economics of its future spaceplanes SpaceNews · 8 Aug 2024 Virgin Galactic is making the case to the financial community that its new line of suborbital spaceplanes can boost the company towards profitability.
- SpaceX aces 2nd attempt, launching Falcon 9 with 21 Starlink satellites Spaceflight Now · 8 Aug 2024 The batch of 21 Starlink satellites includes another 13 with the Direct to Cell capability. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 8:50 a.m. EDT (1250 UTC) Saturday.
- Viasat shares soar on government and aviation growth SpaceNews · 8 Aug 2024 Viasat’s shares rocketed 38% Aug. 8 after the geostationary fleet operator raised annual revenue expectations amid strong government and aviation broadband business growth.
- NASA Mission Concludes After Years of Successful Asteroid Detections NASA · 8 Aug 2024 Engineers on NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission commanded the spacecraft to turn its transmitter off for the last time Thursday. This concludes more than 10 years of its planet...
- Logan, Utah, bids farewell to the Small Satellite Conference SpaceNews · 8 Aug 2024 LOS ANGELES, California — As the 38th annual Small Satellite conference began this week in Logan, Utah, conference chair Pat Patterson announced Aug. 5 that the conference would, starting next
- NASA Mission Concludes After Years of Successful Asteroid Detections Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 8 Aug 2024 The infrared NEOWISE space telescope relayed its final data to Earth before the project team at JPL sent a command that turned off its transmitter.
- NASA Aircraft Gathers 150 Hours of Data to Better Understand Earth NASA · 8 Aug 2024 Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two months in support of Earth science research and overcame several challenges...
- This Rocks! NASA is Sending Student Science to Space NASA · 8 Aug 2024 NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled to launch a sounding rocket carrying student-developed experiments for the RockSat-X mission on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The Terrier-Improved Malemute rocket is expected t...
- Commerce Department preparing to turn on initial version of space traffic coordination service SpaceNews · 8 Aug 2024 The Department of Commerce remains on schedule to begin the initial version of its space traffic coordination service by the end of September while it works to add capabilities to it.
- Interior of Vacuum Tank at the Electric Propulsion Laboratory NASA · 8 Aug 2024 Interior of the 20-foot diameter vacuum tank at the NASA Lewis Research Center’s Electric Propulsion Laboratory. The Electric Propulsion Laboratory, which began operation in 1961, contained two large vacuum tanks capable...
- Starship is getting a new environmental assessment NASASpaceflight · 8 Aug 2024 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released the details on the new Tiered Environmental Assessment (TEA) for Starbase. This proposal will help SpaceX expand operations in Starbase and better define operations...
- Calling All Innovators: Apply for NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Challenge NASA · 8 Aug 2024 NASA invites teams from colleges, universities, as well as technical and vocational schools around the country to test their engineering skills in the 2025 Lunabotics Challenge. Applications open at 5 p.m. EDT on Friday,...
- A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force Ars Technica · 8 Aug 2024 NASA declines to penalize Boeing for the deficiencies.
- Australia Joins US-Led Landsat Next Program Space Scout · 8 Aug 2024 As the United States prepares to shift from the legacy Landsat program to the next generation Landsat Next constellation, new players in space have been integrated with the program to support broad reaching global observ...
- Sedimentary and Planetary Geologist Dr. Michael Thorpe NASA · 8 Aug 2024 “I didn’t always grow up knowing that I was going to be working for NASA. It was just the way my life unfolded, and I couldn’t be more grateful and lucky to have this opportunity to be here. I think hiking is what really...
- Communications Strategist Thalia Patrinos NASA · 8 Aug 2024 The public perception of NASA has a lot to do with our technological successes and the discoveries that we’ve made, but none of that is possible without the people. “In the six or so years that I’ve worked at NASA, I’ve...
- How NASA Citizen Science Fuels Future Exoplanet Research NASA · 8 Aug 2024 NASA’s upcoming flagship astrophysics missions, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will study planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Over 5,000 exoplanets have bee...
- Gabrielle Carlisle, Millennium Space Systems – Leading Women in Space SpaceNews · 8 Aug 2024 In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Gabrielle Carlisle, Vice President, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Logistics, Millennium Space Systems.
- Promising early tests for variable-thrust landing engine ESA · 8 Aug 2024 Throttleable Liquid Propulsion Demonstrator
- Chinese megaconstellation launch creates field of space debris SpaceNews · 8 Aug 2024 HELSINKI — A Chinese launch to deploy a first batch of communications satellites has created more than 50 pieces of debris which could threaten spacecraft in low Earth orbit. The
- Mermaid on salty Mars ESA · 8 Aug 2024 Mermaid on salty Mars
- Gaia spots possible moons around hundreds of asteroids ESA · 8 Aug 2024 ESA’s star-surveying Gaia mission has again proven to be a formidable asteroid explorer, spotting potential moons around more than 350 asteroids not known to have a companion.
- RFA Complete Second First Stage Static Fire Test European Spaceflight · 8 Aug 2024 German launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has completed a second static fire test of the first stage of its RFA ONE rocket. The RFA ONE rocket is a three-stage rocket that will be capable of delivering payloads of up...
- Sols 4266-4267: Happy ‘Landiversary,’ Curiosity NASA · 8 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 After the usual morning routine of doing some engineering housekeeping, Curiosity continues to take some remote science observations. We take a ChemCam LIBS observation and a Mas...
- NASA Still Deciding If Butch and Suni Will Come Home on Starliner SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Aug 2024 NASA officials said today they expect to decide in mid-August whether Boeing’s Starliner capsule will bring two NASA astronauts back to Earth or return empty. The continued uncertainty is driven
- NASA official acknowledges internal “disagreement” on safety of Starliner return Ars Technica · 7 Aug 2024 "We heard from a lot of folks that had concerns."
- NASA considering returning Starliner astronauts on Crew Dragon SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 NASA is evaluating options to have the two astronauts who flew to the International Space Station on a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft return instead on a SpaceX Crew Dragon in early 2025, given questions about the s...
- U.S. Army gears up for space warfare, drawing lessons from Ukraine SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 The Army's recent guidance on the role of space in land warfare focuses on two objectives: integrating space capabilities into ground forces' operations and developing ways to interdict adversary space systems.
- Firefly Aerospace announces contract with L3Harris for up to 20 launches on Alpha rocket Spaceflight Now · 7 Aug 2024 The deal comes roughly two months after Firefly inked a deal with Lockheed Martin for up to 25 launches in a similar timeframe. The first Alpha launches under this new contract would launch no earlier than 2027.
- Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars NASA · 7 Aug 2024 Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack. NASA’s Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen years on the Red Planet, where...
- NASA ‘getting more serious’ about backup plan to bring Starliner astronauts home if needed Spaceflight Now · 7 Aug 2024 As NASA debates the safety of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in the wake of multiple helium leaks and thruster issues, the agency is "getting more serious" about a backup plan to bring the ship's two crew members back to...
- Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 7 Aug 2024 Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack.
- NASA has about a week to decide on returning Boeing’s Starliner with crew or empty CNBC · 7 Aug 2024 NASA aims to soon decide whether its astronauts will return on Boeing’s misfiring Starliner — or instead turn to SpaceX as a rescue option — with agency leadership on Wednesday saying a decision is about a week away.
- Spanish defense contractor buys small satellite mission specialist Deimos SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 Indra, one of Spain’s largest defense contractors, announced plans Aug. 7 to beef up its newly created space business by acquiring European small satellite mission specialist Deimos.
- The Marshall Star for August 7, 2024 NASA · 7 Aug 2024 NASA Additive Manufacturing Project Shapes Future for Agency, Industry Rocket Makers The widespread commercial adoption of additive manufacturing technologies, commonly known as 3D printing, is no surprise to design engi...
- NASA Optical Navigation Tech Could Streamline Planetary Exploration NASA · 7 Aug 2024 In a dim, barren landscape like the surface of the Moon, it can be easy to get lost. With few discernable landmarks to navigate with the naked eye, astronauts and rovers must rely on other means to plot a course. As NASA...
- Carving Canyons NASA · 7 Aug 2024 Erosion, tectonic uplift, and a human-built dam have all helped shape the Upper Lake Powell area in Utah. This astronaut photograph was acquired on July 28, 2023, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 1,...
- ISS prepares for Starliner contingencies and resumption of EVAs NASASpaceflight · 7 Aug 2024 The last month has been an eventful one for the Expedition 71 crew on the International Space Station and their two helpers from the Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT). It is still not known when – or even if – CFT will re...