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- UK Funds Tech to Purify Water Frozen in Lunar Soil European Spaceflight · 27 Jul 2024 The UK Space Agency has announced the ten finalists of its Aqualunar Challenge, which aims to promote the development of systems that will enable purified water to be extracted from lunar soil. To ensure that a sustained...
- SpaceX launches Falcon 9 return to flight mission from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 26 Jul 2024 The rocket launched more than 340 times successively and successfully before it encountered an issue with its upper stage on July 11. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-9 mission is set for 12:59 a.m. EDT (0459 UTC).
- UK's SaxaVord Spaceport Is Almost Ready For Its Historic First Launch The Launch Pad · 26 Jul 2024 UK's SaxaVord Spaceport Is Almost Ready For Its Historic First Launch
- SpaceNews Welcomes Clara Swan as Sales and Business Development Manager SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2024 Denver, CO – July 26, 2024. SpaceNews is thrilled to announce the appointment of Clara Swan as our new Sales and Business Development Manager. Clara will manage advertising and sponsorship
- Falcon 9’s return to flight reminds spaceflight industry of past anomalies NASASpaceflight · 26 Jul 2024 Nearly every rocket that has flown has had an anomaly. With thousands of components that all need to work in perfect harmony to have a successful mission, there is likely to be one component that is unable to perform eve...
- Three NASA Interns Expand Classroom Access to NASA Data NASA · 26 Jul 2024 This summer, NASA welcomed interns with professional teaching experience to help make the agency’s data more interactive and accessible in the classroom. Their efforts are an important step in fostering the education and...
- Hubble Images a Classic Spiral NASA · 26 Jul 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor. Several other galaxi...
- FAA approves SpaceX to resume Falcon 9 rocket launches after two-week hiatus CNBC · 26 Jul 2024 The Federal Aviation Administration has approved SpaceX to resume flights of its mainstay Falcon 9 rocket after a brief grounding, with Elon Musk’s company planning to launch its next mission carrying satellites as soon...
- NASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt NASA · 26 Jul 2024 What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and a new NASA mission is helping improve data modeling and increasing our understanding of Earth’s rapidly changing climate. Changing ice, ocean, and atmospheric co...
- Op-Ed: VIPER’s Sidelining is a Scientific Disaster Space Scout · 26 Jul 2024 VIPER, NASA’s 500 million dollar Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, is one of the latest victims of turbulent times - with NASA announcing that they would be canceling the mission effective August 1, 2024
- Week in images: 22-26 July 2024 ESA · 26 Jul 2024 Week in images: 22-26 July 2024
- FIA 2024 - Day 5 ESA · 26 Jul 2024 ESA's stand at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024
- Italy’s Lunar Surface Habitat Passes Key Milestone European Spaceflight · 26 Jul 2024 The Italian Space Agency announced 25 July that its lunar surface Multi-Purpose Habitation module has passed a mission definition review. In late 2022, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) signed an agreement with NASA to coop...
- Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: Ambra Pedrazzini ESA · 26 Jul 2024 After taking an astronomy class in school, Ambra Pedrazzini now works for Arianespace on Europe’s newest rocket, Ariane 6. With past experience on Ariane 5, Ambra is now Fluid and Mechanical Interfaces Functional Assista...
- Rocket Report: ABL loses its second booster; Falcon 9 cleared for return to flight Ars Technica · 26 Jul 2024 "The team is investigating root cause."
- Hubble Images a Classic Spiral NASA · 26 Jul 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor. Several other galaxi...
- More thruster tests for Starliner before return SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2024 NASA and Boeing will fire thrusters on the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station this weekend in what may be a final test before approving the spacecraft’s delayed return to Earth.
- Earth from Space: Paris in focus ESA · 26 Jul 2024 This striking high-resolution image offers an in-depth view of central Paris, allowing you to explore and zoom into the city’s most captivating areas in exceptional detail.
- Falcon 9 cleared to resume launches SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2024 SpaceX is ready to resume launches of its Falcon 9 rocket as soon as July 27 after completing an investigation into an upper stage anomaly two weeks earlier.
- U.S. military urged to embrace smallsat revolution SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2024 Mitchell Institute report: Now is the time for the United States to fully leverage the unique attributes of small satellites
- Starliner Tests Still Underway, No Date for Butch and Suni’s Return SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Jul 2024 NASA and Boeing provided an update on the Starliner Crew Flight Test today. They are still conducting tests to determine why the Starliner commercial crew capsule experienced thruster failures and
- Make-or-break tests on tap for Boeing’s Starliner capsule Spaceflight Now · 26 Jul 2024 Critical tests are on tap this weekend to confirm Boeing's Starliner capsule can safety carry its two-person crew back to Earth despite unexpected helium leaks and degraded maneuvering thrusters, officials said Thursday.
- SpaceX Submits FAA Mishap Report, Falcon 9 Set For Return To Flight The Launch Pad · 25 Jul 2024 SpaceX Submits FAA Mishap Report, Falcon 9 Set For Return To Flight
- Morpheus expands production in new Dresden factory SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Morpheus Space is ramping up electric propulsion production in its new Dresden, Germany, factory. In the 1,260-square-meter factory, Morpheus will initially produce 100 GO-2 Field Emission Electric
- AST SpaceMobile ready to ship first commercial satellites for SpaceX launch SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile’s first five commercial direct-to-smartphone satellites are ready to be shipped to Cape Canaveral in a few weeks, the company said July 25 in anticipation of a
- NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Gets Lift on Earth NASA · 25 Jul 2024 Crane operator Rebekah Tolatovicz, a shift mechanical technician lead for Artic Slope Regional Corporation at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operates a 30-ton crane to lift the agency’s Artemis II Orion spacecra...
- NASA Selects Marshall Logistics Support Services II Contractor NASA · 25 Jul 2024 NASA has awarded the MSFC Logistics Support Services II (MLSS II) contract to Akima Global Logistics, LLC to provide logistics support services at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The per...
- Senate Appropriators Approve Slightly More Than House for NASA in FY2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Jul 2024 The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY2025 Commerce-Justice-Science bill today that includes funding for NASA. The agency would get $25.43 billion, a roughly $50 million increase above the $25.38 billion
- No, NASA hasn’t found life on Mars yet, but the latest discovery is intriguing Ars Technica · 25 Jul 2024 "These spots are a big surprise."
- From Intern to Astronaut NASA · 25 Jul 2024 On Sept. 2, 2022, NASA astronauts Anil Menon (left), Deniz Burnham (center), and Marcos Berrios (right) posed for a photograph in front of NASA’s Artemis I SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s K...
- NASA’s Fermi Finds New Feature in Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Yet Seen NASA · 25 Jul 2024 In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT — the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Teles...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock NASA · 25 Jul 2024 The six-wheeled geologist found a fascinating rock that has some indications it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago, but further research is needed. A vein-filled rock is catching the eye of the science...
- Akima lands $480 million Space Force contract to modernize Satellite Control Network SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 The Satellite Control Network supports the launch, tracking, control, and maintenance of U.S. government satellites
- How Europe’s biggest rocket came to be: Ariane 6 montage ESA · 25 Jul 2024 The first half of 2024 saw hundreds of people across Europe building, cajoling, shipping, lowering, integrating, securing and protecting the precious pieces and parts that came together to create Ariane 6 – Europe’s new...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 25 Jul 2024 The six-wheeled geologist found a fascinating rock that has some indications it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago, but further research is needed.
- SpaceX successful in Falcon 9 static fire test Teslarati · 25 Jul 2024 SpaceX completed a successful Falcon 9 static fire test right as midnight struck on Thursday morning, marking a major step forward as...
- Shannon Pallone, United States Space Force – Leading Women in Space SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Shannon Pallone, Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Battle Management Command, Control & Communications, Space Syste...
- Boeing’s crewed Starliner flight won’t return until at least August, NASA says CNBC · 25 Jul 2024 Boeing’s crew spacecraft Starliner will stay docked with the International Space Station into August, NASA confirmed on Thursday, as the mission remains on hold while the company and agency study problems that arose earl...
- NASA, SpaceX Share Updates on ISS Deorbit Vehicle Space Scout · 25 Jul 2024 In a teleconference on July 17th, NASA and SpaceX provided additional information about the United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV), the spacecraft which will be tasked with pushing the International Space Station out of or...
- Pete Beck vs. Chris Kemp: The rocket rivalry you’ve got to see to believe Ars Technica · 25 Jul 2024 “I’m someone who wants to actually succeed from a business perspective."