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- SES searching for cost savings to tackle video woes SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 SES is seeking ways to cut costs as the loss of revenues from a bankrupt broadcast customer in Brazil deals a blow to the satellite operator’s declining video business.
- Boeing Losses $125 Million Amid CST-100 Starliner Program Delays The Launch Pad · 1 Aug 2024 Boeing Losses $125 Million Amid CST-100 Starliner Program Delays
- NASA SpaceX Crew 9 Mission Proceeding Amid Starliner Delays The Launch Pad · 1 Aug 2024 NASA SpaceX Crew 9 Mission Proceeding Amid Starliner Delays
- SDA is set to award satellite servicing contracts SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 LAS VEGAS – The Space Development Agency is preparing to award contracts to companies focused on satellite servicing. Through the contracts, SDA, which is part of the U.S. Space Force,
- NASA Shares its SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for Space Station Mission NASA · 1 Aug 2024 As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, JAXA (J...
- NISAR Satellite Delayed To 2025 Due To Special Coating Work and Orbital Constraints The Launch Pad · 1 Aug 2024 NISAR Satellite Delayed To 2025 Due To Special Coating Work and Orbital Constraints
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 1 Aug 2024 The launch came as SpaceX is also preparing to launch a Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station over the weekend. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-6 mission happened at 1:01 a.m. EDT (0501 UTC).
- Classified US Space Force Satellites Reach Geostationary Earth Orbit Completing Final National Security Atlas 5 Mission The Launch Pad · 1 Aug 2024 Classified US Space Force Satellites Reach Geostationary Earth Orbit Completing Final National Security Atlas 5 Mission
- Exploring Deep Space: NASA Announces 2025 RASC-AL Competition NASA · 1 Aug 2024 NASA has officially announced the 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition, an initiative to fuel innovation for aerospace systems concepts, analogs, and technology prototypi...
- Japan’s expanding role in space domain awareness SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 LAS VEGAS – Space domain awareness remains a priority for Japan’s Space Operations Group, Col. Yuka Nakazato, Japanese Embassy air and space attaché, said July 31 at the AIAA ASCEND
- Claire Leon, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Integration Office director SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Claire Leon, Director (HQE) Space Systems Integration Office, Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, U.S. Spac...
- Telfer Mine, Western Australia NASA · 1 Aug 2024 Landsat 9’s Operational Land Imager-2 captured this image of the open pits and ponds of Telfer Mine and the surrounding rust-colored soil on Dec. 15, 2023. The soils have a reddish tint from the iron oxides that have acc...
- NASA’s Lunar Gateway has a big visiting vehicles problem Ars Technica · 1 Aug 2024 "These defects could lead the flight computers to unexpectedly restart."
- NASA Additive Manufacturing Project Shapes Future for Agency, Industry Rocket Makers NASA · 1 Aug 2024 The widespread commercial adoption of additive manufacturing technologies, commonly known as 3D printing, is no surprise to design engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama whose research cr...
- Ursa Major names former Maxar CEO as its new chief executive SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 Ursa Major develops rocket engines for space launch, hypersonic applications, and solid rocket motors
- Euclid Galaxy Zoo – help us classify the shapes of galaxies ESA · 1 Aug 2024 Example of Euclid galaxies in Galaxy Zoo
- Omega: Subscription-based space mobility service gets a boost ESA · 1 Aug 2024 Omega: Subscription-based space mobility service gets a boost
- Has the Inaugural Callisto Test Flight Slipped to 2026? European Spaceflight · 1 Aug 2024 The French space agency CNES has revealed that the inaugural test flight of its Callisto reusable rocket demonstrator will not take place until late 2025 or early 2026. Conceived in 2015, the Cooperative Action Leading t...
- Space propulsion-as-a-service gets a Boost! ESA · 1 Aug 2024 Omega: a subscription service offering everything a customer needs to fly in space, from arranging launches to executing manoeuvres
- Connecting the Dots: Avoiding space explosions SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 The Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules to manage the risk of debris-generating explosions in space, but whether they go far enough for the new reality in orbit is
- Booz Allen deploys advanced language model in space SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 A generative AI large language model is being run on a supercomputer aboard the International Space Station
- Dawn Aerospace Introduces On-Orbit Docking and Refueling System European Spaceflight · 1 Aug 2024 Delft-based Dawn Aerospace has introduced its Docking and Fluid Transfer port, which will be used in conjunction with its SatDrive propulsion system. Dawn is often associated with its spaceplane development, but the comp...
- Vast offers microgravity lab space on Haven-1 station SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 Commercial space station developer Vast is partnering with two companies to offer microgravity lab facilities on its upcoming Haven-1 station.
- Dawn unveils docking and refueling port SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 LAS VEGAS — Dawn Aerospace unveiled a docking and refueling port for the company’s SatDrive propulsion systems. The Docking and Fluid Transfer port will help Dawn customers gain access to
- Space is not the limit ESA · 1 Aug 2024 Space is not the limit
- Boeing takes additional $125 million loss on Starliner SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 Boeing took another loss on its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program as the company works to prepare the spacecraft for its delayed return from the International Space Station.
- August’s Night Sky Notes: Seeing Double NASA · 1 Aug 2024 Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you – you’re seeing double stars through that telescope! Learn about which double stars to spot this summer with August’s Night Sky Notes!
- Sols 4261-4262: Drill Sol 1…Take 2 NASA · 1 Aug 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 As Cat mentioned on Monday, today’s plan is a second attempt at our Drill Sol 1 activities. We’ve shifted the target on Kings Canyon a little bit, but the activities remain t...
- ASCEND panel cites AI challenges and promise SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2024 LAS VEGAS – Space organizations are continuing to identify promising applications of artificial intelligence, according to speakers at the AIAA ASCEND conference here. At NASA, for example, AI helps aggregate
- Boeing Takes Another Financial Hit Due to Starliner SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Aug 2024 In its quarterly earnings report today, Boeing acknowledged that delays in the Starliner program have cost it another $125 million. The company has had to spend more than $1 billion
- System-Wide Safety Project Description NASA · 1 Aug 2024 A new era of aviation is here, and NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project is developing innovative data solutions to assure safe, rapid, and repeatable access to a transformed National Airspace System (NAS). SWS was cre...
- System-Wide Safety Project Leadership NASA · 1 Aug 2024 System-Wide Safety (SWS) project leaders are listed here. Project ManagerDr. Kyle Ellis Deputy Project ManagerSummer Brandt Associate Project ManagerDr. Wendy Okolo Associate Project ManagerMichael Vincent Project Scient...
- Cooperative Blending of Autonomous Landing Technology (COBALT) NASA · 31 Jul 2024 Cooperative Blending of Autonomous Landing Technology is a reusable platform for spaceflight infusion of guidance, navigation and control (GN&C) as well as precision landing and hazard avoidance technologies.
- Composite Cryotank Technologies and Demonstration (CCTD) NASA · 31 Jul 2024 The primary objective of the Composite Cryotank Technologies and Demonstration (CCTD) project is to mature the technology readiness of composite cryogenic propellant tanks at diameters that are suitable for future heavy...
- The Marshall Star for July 31, 2024 NASA · 31 Jul 2024 SLS Core Stage Rolls Inside Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center....
- Successful Static Fire Leads to Final Preparation Before Full Stack NASASpaceflight · 31 Jul 2024 Activities at Starbase are on full throttle as Starship flight five pulls ever closer. Major work has been completed on Launch Pad B, altering the skyline, glimpses of the future have been witnessed with the first-ever B...
- Autonomous Medical Operations (AMO) NASA · 31 Jul 2024 The Autonomous Medical Operations (AMO) project supports NASA’s strategic thrust to advance “human augmentation” capabilities.
- A Picture-Perfect Portrait: Eliza Hoffman’s Take on Dorothy Vaughan NASA · 31 Jul 2024 On July 19, 2024, NASA officially named Johnson Space Center’s building 12 the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo.” A portrait of Dorothy Vaughan is now the central feature at the entrance of the new...
- 2024 Software of the Year Co-Winner – Orbital Debris Engineering Model (ORDEM) NASA · 31 Jul 2024 NASA Johnson Space Center: ORDEM represents the state of the art in orbital debris models intended for engineering analysis. It is a data-driven model, relying on large quantities of radar, optical, in situ, and laborato...
- 2024 Software of the Year Award Co-Winner -Prognostics Python Packages (ProgPy) NASA · 31 Jul 2024 NASA Ames Research Center: ProgPy is an open-source Python package supporting research and development of prognostics, health management, and predictive maintenance tools. Prognostics is the science of prediction, and th...