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- NASA, EPA Tackle NO2 Air Pollution in Overburdened Communities NASA · 5 Aug 2024 NASA data about nitrogen dioxide, a harmful air pollutant, is available in EJScreen, EPA’s widely used environmental justice screening and mapping tool.
- AST SpaceMobile cleared to operate BlueBird direct-to-smartphone satellites SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2024 AST SpaceMobile has received permission to deploy and operate its first five operational direct-to-smartphone satellites slated to launch next month, the Texas-based venture said Aug. 5 as it waits for the nod to provide...
- When Teachers Become the Students: Educators Spend Summer Studying STEM Engagement at Johnson NASA · 5 Aug 2024 The summer months are usually a time for teachers to take a break from the classroom and enjoy some well-earned rest. But at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, two experienced educators dedicated their summer vacati...
- ‘Current’ Events: NASA and USGS Find a New Way to Measure River Flows NASA · 5 Aug 2024 A team of scientists and engineers at NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collaborated to see if a small piloted drone, equipped with a specialized payload, could help create detailed maps of how fast water is flo...
- Solestial and Meyer Burger forge deal to expand solar cell production SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2024 LOGAN, Utah — Solestial announced a strategic partnership Aug. 5 with Meyer Burger Technology to dramatically expand production of silicon solar technology. Tempe, Arizona-based Solestial’s radiation-resistant solar cell...
- NASA likely to significantly delay the launch of Crew 9 due to Starliner issues Ars Technica · 5 Aug 2024 The primary reason for the delay is rather surprising.
- Sols 4263-4265: A Royal Birthday Celebration at Kings Canyon NASA · 5 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 2, 2024 Prepare your party poppers, horns, and confetti! On Aug. 6 (EDT), after 4,265 Martian sols since Curiosity first landed in Gale Crater, the rover will be turning 12 years old. I...
- How Do I Navigate NASA Learning Resources and Opportunities? NASA · 5 Aug 2024 NASA offers a variety of platforms and resources to support kindergarten through college educators in bringing the excitement of exploration and discovery to students in the classroom and beyond. From in-depth lesson pla...
- NASA Engagement Platform Brings Experts to Classrooms, Communities NASA · 5 Aug 2024 With a new school year on the horizon, NASA is introducing a platform to connect communities with agency experts to share their experiences working on agency missions and programs for the benefit of humanity. Continuing...
- Europa Clipper Solar Array Alignment and Install NASA · 5 Aug 2024 Technicians move NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to accommodate installation of its five-panel solar array at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug...
- ESA Completes First Drop Test for Reusable Space Rider Spacecraft European Spaceflight · 5 Aug 2024 The European Space Agency has announced that it has begun drop tests for its reusable Space Rider spacecraft in Sardinia, Italy. The testing will validate the spacecraft’s recovery system and certify it as fit for flight...
- NASA Sends More Science to Space, More Strides for Future Exploration NASA · 5 Aug 2024 Biological and physical investigations aboard the Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply mission NG-21 included experiments studying the impacts of zero gravity on grass, how packed bed reactors could improve water purific...
- Lagniappe for August 2024 NASA · 5 Aug 2024 Explore Lagniappe for August 2024 featuring: Gator Speaks The roll out of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Artemis II core stage from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on July 16 brought warm feelings to th...
- NASA Stennis Flashback: Shuttle Team Achieves Unprecedented Milestone NASA · 5 Aug 2024 As chief of test operations at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, Maury Vander has been involved in some long-duration propulsion hot fires – but he still struggles to describe a pair of 34-minute space shuttle main engine tes...
- NASA’s Stennis Space Center Announces New Deputy Director NASA · 5 Aug 2024 NASA’s Stennis Space Center Director John Bailey announced Aug. 2 that longtime propulsion engineer/manager Christine Powell has been selected as deputy director of the south Mississippi propulsion site, effective Aug. 1...
- NASA Inspires Employee to Reach Full Potential NASA · 5 Aug 2024 NASA employee Kim Johnson’s desire for growth has taken her many places and continues unabated at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The D’Iberville, Mississippi, resident is a contracting offic...
- NASA Trains Machine Learning Algorithm for Mars Sample Analysis NASA · 5 Aug 2024 When a robotic rover lands on another world, scientists have a limited amount of time to collect data from the troves of explorable material, because of short mission durations and the length of time to complete complex...
- Intuitive Machines and SEOPS partner on lunar rideshare services SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2024 Smallsat launch services company SEOPS is partnering with Intuitive Machines to provide lunar rideshare opportunities.
- Knowledge beyond our planet: space-based data centres ESA · 5 Aug 2024 Space is changing, and the number of actors operating in orbit is increasing. Meanwhile, the amount of data collected by satellites is increasing as well. This data-treasure is priceless, supporting human and robotic exp...
- Drop it like it’s hot: Space Rider model falls gracefully ESA · 5 Aug 2024 Space Rider drop test
- Satellite startup Muon Space raises $56.7 million SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2024 The Series B funding round was led by Activate Capital
- Sławosz Uznański from Poland will fly to International Space Station on fourth Axiom Space mission ESA · 5 Aug 2024 Polish project astronaut Sławosz Uznański is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4).
- From Ukraine to Taiwan, Jamming of 50-year-old GPS is a Defense Tech Nightmare SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2024 As warfare becomes more high-tech and billions continue to be invested into smart weapons, an Achilles’ heel has emerged in America’s defense capabilities – the 50-year-old GPS L1 signal. GPS
- DLR Reusable Flight Experiment (ReFEx) Launch Slips to 2025 European Spaceflight · 5 Aug 2024 German space agency DLR has confirmed that the launch of its subscale reusable flyback booster demonstrator has been delayed to no earlier than 2025. The Reusable Flight Experiment (ReFEx) demonstrator was conceived to f...
- Detecting nitrogen dioxide from power plants with Sentinel-2 ESA · 5 Aug 2024 Atmospheric nitrogen dioxide is a harmful pollutant with significant impacts on air quality, climate and the biosphere. Although satellites have mapped nitrogen dioxide concentrations since the 1990s, their resolution wa...
- Lynker Space Unveils New Operational Space Weather Forecasting Capability SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2024 Lynker Space, now a global leader in space weather forecasting, announced today a new capability for predicting and mitigating space weather threats to numerous industries and critical services. Leading the
- Ascending Node Technologies unveils mission-visualization software SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2024 LOGAN, Utah — Ascending Node Technologies unveiled mission-visualization software Aug. 5 at the SmallSat conference here. The software, called Spaceline, is a web-based suite of data analysis and visualization tools
- NASA Furthers Aeronautical Innovation Using Model-Based Systems NASA · 5 Aug 2024 As NASA continues cutting-edge aeronautics research, the agency also is taking steps to make sure the benefits from these diverse technologies are greater than the sum of their parts. To tackle that challenge, NASA is us...
- Hungary and Poland to join India on Ax-4 SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2024 Astronauts from Hungary and Poland will fly alongside an Indian astronaut on Axiom Space’s next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
- Using data from DART’s impact, scientists investigate characteristics of Dimorphos and Didymos NASASpaceflight · 4 Aug 2024 In September 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission successfully slammed into the side of asteroid moonlet Dimorphos. Initial data from the event indicated that DART had successfully altered the orb...
- NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 21st Northrop Grumman Mission to Station NASA · 4 Aug 2024 Following a successful launch of NASA’s Northrop Grumman 21st commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency are bound for the International Space Station. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spac...
- Cygnus spacecraft suffers glitches after launch SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2024 A Falcon 9 launched a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station Aug. 4, but the spacecraft suffered problems that have delayed maneuvers needed to reach the station.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy August 4-10, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Aug 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of August 4-10, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess
- Space Force reshapes for a new era of competition SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2024 The U.S. Space Force is making organizational moves that the industry should closely monitor. These changes, spearheaded by Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, aim to amplify the voices
- Historic flooding possible as TS Debby bears down on southeastern US Ars Technica · 4 Aug 2024 Tropical rainfall and training bands: It's going to be a soggy mess.
- Indian astronauts to start training for ISS mission SpaceNews · 3 Aug 2024 Two Indian astronauts will soon start training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, with one of them flying to the International Space Station on an upcoming private astronaut mission.
- GAO Questions Gateway’s Mass, Schedule SpacePolicyOnline.com · 3 Aug 2024 The Government Accountability Office wants NASA to document and communicate a mass management plan for the Gateway lunar space station before the next program review in September. The first two
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Spaceflight Now · 3 Aug 2024 The launch comes following a scrub for weather of the NG-21 mission at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff of the Starlink 11-1 mission happened at 12:24 a.m. PDT (3:24 a.m. EDT, 0724 UTC) from Space Launch Compl...
- Science and supplies fly on Falcon 9, Cygnus NG-21 NASASpaceflight · 3 Aug 2024 For the second time in 2024, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft will deliver a bounty of science experiments and cargo to the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The CRS NG-21 mission dodged the weather...
- NASA and SpaceX launch a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station Spaceflight Now · 3 Aug 2024 The mission, dubbed NG-21, will be the second out of three planned launches of a Cygnus spacecraft onboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is set for Sunday, Aug. 4, at 11:02 a.m. EDT (1502 UTC).