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- PLD Space to start building French Guiana launch facilities next month SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 As Arianespace ramps up following Ariane 6’s July maiden flight from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana, a Spanish venture is preparing to become the first non-institutional launcher to reach orbit from the base next ye...
- Long-term moon mission safety depends on sturdy infrastructure SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 GOLDEN, Colorado — A future where the moon serves as a long-term haven for human explorers is within reach but significant challenges like constructing launch and landing facilities, addressing moonquakes,
- Heavier smallsats weigh down market forecasts SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 The number of smallsats forecasted to launch in the next decade is declining as some satellites get heavier.
- As it happened: NASA discusses ISS schedule shuffle, SpaceX Crew-9 launch delay, Boeing Starliner questions Spaceflight Now · 7 Aug 2024 The media briefing came after the agency formally pushed back the launch of the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station from mid-August to late-September.
- Firefly signs multi-launch agreement with L3Harris SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 Firefly Aerospace has won a contract from L3Harris for as many as 20 launches of its Alpha rocket over five years.
- I Am Artemis: Julia Khodabandeh NASA · 7 Aug 2024 Unlike most of her friends in the 80s who covered their walls with posters of bands, Julia Khodabandeh plastered hers with posters of rockets and fighter jets. Khodabandeh’s interest in aerospace and aeronautics develope...
- In the West, ties between space and defense are strengthening SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 The RAND research group, whose aim is to look for ways to fix public policy issues in the United States and make communities safer, healthier and richer, published on June
- Little Place Labs and Loft Orbital to test analytics in orbit SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 LOGAN, Utah – Houston startup Little Place Labs announced a contract to deploy software to Loft Orbital’s YAM-6 satellite. “We’ll pair Loft’s low-latency operations, using its space infrastructure, with our
- Oxford Space Systems shares Yagi antenna deployment SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 LOGAN, Utah — Oxford Space Systems announced the successful deployment Aug. 7 of its Yagi very high frequency, high gain antenna. The U.K. company released images showing Yagi deploy on
- Take a trip to Mars’s largest lake ESA · 7 Aug 2024 Mars once hosted a lake larger than any on Earth. The broken-down and dried-up remnants of this ancient lakebed are shown here in amazing detail by ESA’s Mars Express.
- NASA delays Crew-9 launch as it grapples with Starliner problems SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 NASA is postponing the launch of the next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station by a month as examines when, or if, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft can complete its test flight.
- Airbus Taps Lufthansa to Provide Starlab Astronaut Training European Spaceflight · 7 Aug 2024 Airbus Defence and Space and Lufthansa Aviation Training have agreed to cooperate in the development of an effective training process for the crews of the future Starlab commercial space station. US-based Voyager Space a...
- From Star City to Cape Canaveral, how a cosmonaut trains for a SpaceX flight NASASpaceflight · 6 Aug 2024 Although US astronauts are able to launch from Florida, some American astronauts still launch aboard Soyuz. Tracy Caldwell Dyson, an American, is aboard the ISS as of this writing, arriving after a liftoff from Kazakhsta...
- Crew-9 Launch Slips to Give NASA More Time to Analyze Starliner Data SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Aug 2024 NASA is delaying the launch of the next International Space Station crew exchange mission, Crew-9, as it continues to assess the health of Boeing’s Starliner capsule. Framing the decision as
- Dcubed raises 4.4 million euros for in-space manufacturing SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 LOGAN, Utah — German startup Dcubed raised 4.4 million euros ($4.8 million) in a Series A funding round. With the investment, announced Aug. 5, Dcubed will expand production, demonstrate in-space
- NASA & SpaceX Delay Crew 9 To September 24 Due To Starliner Mission Delays The Launch Pad · 6 Aug 2024 NASA & SpaceX Delay Crew 9 To September 24 Due To Starliner Mission Delays
- NASA chief will make the final decision on how Starliner crew flies home Ars Technica · 6 Aug 2024 "I especially have confidence since I have the final decision."
- Impulse Space announces GEO rideshare program SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 Orbital transfer vehicle developer Impulse Space will offer rideshare services for spacecraft going to geostationary orbit using its Helios tug, along with an upgraded version of its Mira vehicle.
- U.S. Army seeks to expand space expertise among soldiers SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 The Space and Missile Defense Command is backing an initiative to create a dedicated space career field for enlisted troops
- Safran to open electric thruster production line in U.S. SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 Safran Electronics & Defense will establish a new production line for satellite electric propulsion systems in the United States to serve commercial and U.S. government customers.
- Doomed Star Eta Carinae NASA · 6 Aug 2024 Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when – it may be next year, it may be one million years from now. Eta Carinae’s mass – about 100 times greater than our Sun – makes it an excellent candidate for a fu...
- NASA pushes Crew-9 launch to September amid uncertainty of Starliner’s return timeline Spaceflight Now · 6 Aug 2024 The adjustment of the launch manifest is in line with NASA’s desire to have a direct handover between its two long-duration crews on the International Space Station.
- NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test, Space Station Missions Update NASA · 6 Aug 2024 NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 7, to discuss ongoing International Space Station operations, including the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission. Audi...
- Tundra Vegetation to Grow Taller, Greener Through 2100, NASA Study Finds NASA · 6 Aug 2024 Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. It’s a trend that will continue at least through the end of this century, according to NASA researchers. The change in forest struc...
- Leaf Space deploys first ground antenna with high-speed Ka-band SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 Italian ground segment service provider Leaf Space has deployed its first ground station with a Ka-band link to meet demand for higher data rate applications.
- BAE wins $48 million U.S. Air Force contract for data analytics platform SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 BAE Systems will support the Insight program run by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
- Collegiate Teams to Focus on Aviation Solutions for Agriculture in 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition NASA · 6 Aug 2024 In the 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, the theme is AgAir: Aviation Solutions for Agriculture. NASA asks collegiate teams to investigate either new or improved aviation capabilities that could assist the agricul...
- Celebrate Heliophysics Big Year: Free Monthly Webinars on the Sun Touches Everything NASA · 6 Aug 2024 Once a month (usually on the first Tuesday), the Heliophysics Education Community meets online to share knowledge and opportunities. During the Heliophysics Big Year (HBY) – a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on...
- Artemis Emergency Egress System Emphasizes Crew Safety NASA · 6 Aug 2024 Since NASA began sending astronauts to space, the agency has relied on emergency systems for personnel to safely leave the launch pad and escape the hazard in the unlikely event of an emergency during the launch countdow...
- Bindu Rani Explores Black Holes, Mothers Hard, Balances Life NASA · 6 Aug 2024 Bindu Rani had childhood dreams of flight. Today she lifts her gaze even higher, helping researchers study stars, planets beyond our solar system, and black holes billions of times more massive than our Sun. Name: Bindu...
- Tech Today: Flipping NASA Tech and Sticking the Landing NASA · 6 Aug 2024 NASA tech adds gecko grip to phone accessory
- Perceptive Space raises $2.8 million for space weather platform SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 LOGAN, Utah – Space weather startup Perceptive Space raised $2.8 million in a pre-seed investment round announced Aug. 6. Toronto-based Perceptive Space promises “space weather predictions that are more accurate
- Quantum Scale Sensors used to Measure Planetary Scale Magnetic Fields NASA · 6 Aug 2024 Magnetic fields are everywhere in our solar system. They originate from the Sun, planets, and moons, and are carried throughout interplanetary space by solar wind. This is precisely why magnetometers—devices used to meas...
- POLARIS and DLR to Explore Integrating Spaceplanes in Commercial Airspace European Spaceflight · 6 Aug 2024 The German space agency DLR has signed an agreement with POLARIS Spaceplanes to explore how to integrate regular spaceplane and hypersonic vehicle flights into commercial airspace. Founded in 2019, Bremen-based POLARIS S...
- China launches first satellites for Thousand Sails megaconstellation SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 PRESTON, United Kingdom — China successfully launched the first batch of 18 satellites Tuesday for the Thousand Sails low Earth orbit communications megaconstellation. A Long March 6A rocket lifted off
- NASA budget pressures create opportunities for smallsats SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 Tight budgets for NASA could provide new opportunities for smallsats that have increasingly demonstrated their capability to perform low-cost science missions.
- Rosetta and beyond: tales of a mission that left a mark ESA · 6 Aug 2024 Exactly ten years on since Rosetta arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, we dig into how the intrepid explorer has transformed our knowledge of comets, revealed some crucial pieces in the Solar System jigsaw puzzle...
- Benchmark adds Starlight thruster to partner network SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2024 LOGAN, Utah — Benchmark Space Systems announced a strategic partnership Aug. 5 with startup Starlight Engines. Under the agreement announced at the Small Satellite Conference here, Benchmark will offer hybrid
- Sierra Space Begins Final Preparations for Dream Chaser Inaugural Mission The Launch Pad · 6 Aug 2024 Sierra Space Begins Final Preparations for Dream Chaser Inaugural Mission
- Blue Origin Announces Crew for New Shepard’s 26th Mission The Launch Pad · 6 Aug 2024 Blue Origin Announces Crew for New Shepard’s 26th Mission