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- ESA's stand at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024 ESA · 25 Jul 2024 ESA's stand at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024
- FIA 2024 - Day 4 ESA · 25 Jul 2024
- As it happened: NASA, Boeing provide update on the Starliner Crew Flight Test mission Spaceflight Now · 25 Jul 2024 The update comes after NASA said it and Boeing completed ground hot fire testing of a reaction control system (RCS) to better understand some of the in-flight anomalies seen during the spacecraft's rendezvous and docking...
- Meet NASA Interns Shaping Future of Open Science NASA · 25 Jul 2024 Students at NASA’s Office of the Chief Science Data Officer (OCSDO) are working to promote open science during the summer 2024 internship session. Their projects fall across a variety of areas, including user experience,...
- From Concordia to the Moon ESA · 25 Jul 2024 Concordia is a research station in Antarctica that places you farther away from humankind than even the International Space Station. Every year, ESA sponsors a medical doctor to spend a year, or "winterover," at Concordi...
- Tech Today: Space Age Swimsuit Reduces Drag, Breaks Records NASA · 25 Jul 2024 SpeedoUSA, asked NASA’s Langley Research Center to help design a swimsuit with reduced surface drag.
- NASA Supports Burst Test for Orbital Reef Commercial Space Station NASA · 25 Jul 2024 An element of a NASA-funded commercial space station, Orbital Reef, under development by Blue Origin and Sierra Space, recently completed a full-scale ultimate burst pressure test as part of the agency’s efforts for new...
- Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital seeks input on new loan program for critical technologies SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 The office is particularly interested in responses from companies and lenders working in 31 component areas identified in the 2024 NDAA
- How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Illuminate Cosmic Dawn NASA · 25 Jul 2024 Today, enormous stretches of space are crystal clear, but that wasn’t always the case. During its infancy, the universe was filled with a “fog” that made it opaque, cloaking the first stars and galaxies. NASA’s upcoming...
- Former Space Communications, Navigation Interns Pioneer NASA’s Future NASA · 25 Jul 2024 For over a decade, NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Internship Project alumni have played important roles in extending the agency’s long-term vision for exploration. For National Intern Day on Thursday,...
- Hungary to Send Astronaut to ISS aboard Axiom AX-4 Mission European Spaceflight · 25 Jul 2024 Hungary has finalized an agreement with Axiom Space to launch its recently-selected astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the commercial space transportation company’s upcoming AX-4 mission. In 2021, Hungar...
- New report examines Space Force agency’s ambitious satellite network program SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 The Aerospace Corporation in a report highlights the promise and potential pitfalls of the Space Development Agency's innovative satellite acquisition approach
- Sierra Space conducts second full-scale burst test of inflatable module SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 Sierra Space has completed a second full-scale burst test of an inflatable module that the company is developing for the Orbital Reef commercial space station and its own efforts.
- Make the most of ESA’s Industry Space Days 2024 ESA · 25 Jul 2024 Participants of ESA’s Industry Space Days (ISD 2024) share insights and tips on how to make the most of this space technology business event on 18–19 September at ESA-ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
- Rocket engine startup Ursa Major adds 3D printing lab in Ohio SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 Ursa Major's expansion in Ohio builds upon its existing Advanced Manufacturing Lab, established in 2021
- New Frontier Aerospace tests rocket engine for point-to-point travel SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 A space transportation startup with visions of high-speed point-to-point travel has started tests of the engine that will power their vehicle.
- SpaceX completes Falcon 9 static fire test amid return to flight campaign Spaceflight Now · 25 Jul 2024 An upper stage anomaly during the Starlink 9-3 mission on July 11 grounded the Falcon 9 rocket. The FAA is evaluating SpaceX’s request for a public safety determination to resume launches.
- NASA’s FY2025 Budget Proposal Would Doom Chandra SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Jul 2024 If Congress adopts NASA’s FY2025 astrophysics budget request, the Chandra X-ray telescope cannot continue to operate according to an independent review. Chandra advocates have been raising the alarm since the
- 55 Years Ago: One Year Before the Moon Landing NASA · 24 Jul 2024 In July 1968, much work still remained to meet the goal President John F. Kennedy set in May 1961, to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade. No American astronaut had flow...
- 25 Years Ago: STS-93, Launch of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory NASA · 24 Jul 2024 On July 23, 1999, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on its 26th trip into space, to deliver its heaviest payload ever – the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The STS-93 crew included Commander Eileen M. Collins, the firs...
- WestJet Partners with TELUS To Revolutionize Inflight Connectivity With Starlink The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 WestJet Partners with TELUS To Revolutionize Inflight Connectivity With Starlink
- UPDATE: NASA, Boeing to Stream Flight Test Mission Briefing on NASA+ NASA · 24 Jul 2024 NASA and Boeing will host a news conference with mission leadership at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest status of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test aboard the International Space Station. NASA p...
- Thales Alenia Space To Lead Consortium for French DIANE Satellite Capture & Inspection Mission The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 Thales Alenia Space To Lead Consortium for French DIANE Satellite Capture & Inspection Mission
- Japan's Iwatani Giken's Completes Record Setting Manned Stratospheric Balloon Test Flight The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 Japan's Iwatani Giken's Completes Record Setting Manned Stratospheric Balloon Test Flight
- The Future is Bright: Johnson Space Center Interns Shine Throughout Summer Term NASA · 24 Jul 2024 More than 100 interns supported operations at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston this summer, each making an important impact on the agency’s mission success. Get to know seven stellar interns nominated by their ment...
- European Space Agency Unveils UK Expansion Plans The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 European Space Agency Unveils UK Expansion Plans
- ABL Space Systems RS1 Rocket Damaged Beyond Repair Following Static Fire Test The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 ABL Space Systems RS1 Rocket Damaged Beyond Repair Following Static Fire Test
- The Marshall Star for July 24, 2024 NASA · 24 Jul 2024 25 Years On, Chandra Highlights Legacy of NASA Engineering Ingenuity By Rick Smith “The art of aerospace engineering is a matter of seeing around corners,” said NASA thermal analyst Jodi Turk. In the case of NASA’s Chand...
- Astra Space Ends Public Trading Era, Goes Private in Deal with Founders The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 Astra Space Ends Public Trading Era, Goes Private in Deal with Founders
- Star Catcher Industries Raises $12.25 Million For Revolutionary Space Power Grid The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 Star Catcher Industries Raises $12.25 Million For Revolutionary Space Power Grid
- SpaceX reports Starlink satellites make 275 collision-avoidance maneuvers daily Teslarati · 24 Jul 2024 SpaceX recently reported that its Starlink satellites are making a massive number of collision-avoidance maneuvers every day, raising questions about the increased...
- UK Space Agency Awards HyImpulse £5 Million for Suborbital Rocket Launch The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 UK Space Agency Awards HyImpulse £5 Million for Suborbital Rocket Launch
- A Saturnian Summer NASA · 24 Jul 2024 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn and its colossal rings on July 4, 2020, during summer in the gas giant’s northern hemisphere. Two of Saturn’s icy moons are also clearly visible: Mimas at right...
- Webb images new, cold exoplanet 12 light-years away ESA · 24 Jul 2024 An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. While there were hints that the planet existed, it had not been...
- NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 24 Jul 2024 Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory through launch, Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument also revealed jets of gas flowing into space from the twin stars.
- A Graceful Exit, Part 2: What Comes After ISS? Space Scout · 24 Jul 2024 The end of the International Space Station will mark a tectonic shift in human spaceflight. The ISS program united the efforts of fifteen nations, including a landmark union between the United States and Russia, and citi...
- Astranis fully funds Omega with $200 million fundraise SpaceNews · 24 Jul 2024 Astranis has raised $200 million to fully fund its Omega program up to the launch of the first next-generation broadband spacecraft in 2026, the geostationary satellite maker announced July 24.
- NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away NASA · 24 Jul 2024 An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. The planet, Epsilon Indi Ab, is one of the coldest exoplanets observed to d...
- NASA’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs NASA · 24 Jul 2024 After contributing to many important findings on the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission has come to an end. ICON launched in October 2019 and after completin...
- SES providing “managed satcom” services to U.S. Army SpaceNews · 24 Jul 2024 The company received a $3.6 million contract for a pilot program