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- Media Invited to Watch NASA Stream 4K Video to Space NASA · 24 Jul 2024 NASA invites media to attend a real-time laser communications experiment at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Researchers are testing a laser communications networking system that could enable the public t...
- NASA Streams First 4K Video from Aircraft to Space Station, Back NASA · 24 Jul 2024 A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using optical, or laser, communications. The feat was part of...
- 45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Completes Launch Pad Checkout NASA · 24 Jul 2024 On July 23, 1979, space shuttle Enterprise completed its time as a pathfinder vehicle at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Workers towed it back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Durin...
- FIA 2024 - Day 3 ESA · 24 Jul 2024
- China’s domestic turmoil risks escalating space tensions SpaceNews · 24 Jul 2024 China's domestic crackdown on information could impair decision-making about its actions within the global economy and international order.
- Star Catcher banks $12.25 million for orbital energy grid SpaceNews · 24 Jul 2024 Former Made In Space CEO Andrew Rush teamed up earlier this year with Michael Snyder, Made In Space co-founder and former chief engineer, and space investor Bryan Lyandvert to establish Star Catcher.
- EarthCARE’s multispectral imager puts clouds into context ESA · 24 Jul 2024 Launched less than two months ago, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite has already returned images from two of its four instruments. Now, it has also delivered the first images from its multispectral imager, showcasing various typ...
- YPSat witnesses ISTSat-1 & 3Cat-4 CubeSats deployment from Ariane 6 ESA · 24 Jul 2024 Video returned from the ESA Young Professionals Satellite payload, YPSat, attached to the upper stage of the inaugural Ariane 6 rocket, launched on 9 July 2024. This clip shows two cubesats deployment into orbit from the...
- NASA prepares to roll Artemis 2 core stage to the Vehicle Assembly Building Spaceflight Now · 24 Jul 2024 The massive 212-foot-long core stage of the Space Launch System rocket arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center late Tuesday morning. Rollout to the VAB is set to begin around 9 a.m. EDT on Wednesday.
- Hera spacecraft trio to fly safe with inter-linked radio ESA · 24 Jul 2024 ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence involves not just one spacecraft but three: two shoebox-sized CubeSats will fly up to a few dozen kilometres away from their mothership around the Didymos binary asteroid system....
- SaxaVord prepares for first orbital launch SpaceNews · 24 Jul 2024 A spaceport in the Shetland Islands expects to soon be ready to host the first vertical orbital launch from U.K. soil.
- New Avio US Subsidiary Secures US Army Contract European Spaceflight · 24 Jul 2024 Italian rocket builder Avio has broken into the US market, signing agreements with the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center and aerospace defense giant Raytheon. Avio registered its w...
- Review concludes proposed NASA budget cuts would end Chandra SpaceNews · 24 Jul 2024 A NASA committee concluded there is no way to continue operating the Chandra X-ray Observatory at the reduced funding level proposed by NASA in its 2025 budget proposal.
- VIPER Clears Acoustic Tests as Scientists Question Proposed Cancellation SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Jul 2024 NASA’s VIPER lunar rover completed acoustic testing today just a week after NASA announced its intent to terminate the mission because of cost growth. Congress will have the last word
- Sols 4253-4254: Pit Stop for Contact Science NASA · 24 Jul 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, July 22, 2024 Last week we wrapped up activities at Fairview Dome and started heading south towards our next potential drill location in the Upper Gediz Vallis ridge campaign. We had about a...
- Sols 4250-4252: So Many Rocks, So Little Time NASA · 24 Jul 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, July 19, 2024 As usual with our weekend plans, we are packing a lot of science into today’s three-sol plan. I had the fun of planning a complex and large set of arm activities as the Arm Rove...
- 10 Things for Mars 10 NASA · 23 Jul 2024 Scientists from around the world are gathering this week in California to take stock of the state of science from Mars and discuss goals for the next steps in exploration of the Red Planet. In the spirit of Mars 10, form...
- Orbital Insight wins NGA contract for maritime surveillance in Indo-Pacific region SpaceNews · 23 Jul 2024 The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency awarded the company, recently acquired by Privateer, an agreement worth up to $2 million
- Designing Space Exploration With the Human in Mind NASA · 23 Jul 2024 When designing a new spacecraft or exploration vehicle, there is intense focus on its technical performance. Do its systems perform as expected? What kind of power does it need? Will it safely reach its destination? Equa...
- Raytheon partners with Italy’s Avio to boost solid rocket motor production SpaceNews · 23 Jul 2024 The agreement comes as demand for solid rocket motors has surged due to conflicts such as the war in Ukraine
- European Space Agency to expand UK presence SpaceNews · 23 Jul 2024 The European Space Agency unveiled plans July 23 to expand its presence in the United Kingdom as the country announced 2.1 million pounds ($2.7 million) of funding for programs tackling space industry skills gaps.
- NASA Releases First Integrated Ranking of Civil Space Challenges NASA · 23 Jul 2024 This spring, NASA published a document overviewing almost 200 technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs – and asked the aerospace community to rate their...
- NASA, Boeing to Discuss Crew Flight Test Mission, Ground Testing NASA · 23 Jul 2024 Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest status of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission aboard the International Space...
- NASA Sponsors New Research on Orbital Debris, Lunar Sustainability NASA · 23 Jul 2024 As part of NASA’s commitment to foster responsible exploration of the universe for the benefit of humanity, the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) is funding space sustainability research proposals from fi...
- Astronaut Eileen Collins, NASA’s First Female Shuttle Commander NASA · 23 Jul 2024 Astronaut Eileen Collins, STS-93 commander, looks through a checklist on the space shuttle Columbia’s middeck in this July 1999 image. Collins was the first female shuttle commander. Collins graduated in 1979 from Air Fo...
- 25 Years On, Chandra Highlights Legacy of NASA Engineering Ingenuity NASA · 23 Jul 2024 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 Chandra X-ray Observatory, marking its 25th anniversary in space this year...
- Boneyard Airplane Sees New Life as a NASA X-66 Simulator NASA · 23 Jul 2024 NASA’s X-66 aircraft, the centerpiece of its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, is taking the term “sustainable” to heart by reusing an old MD-90 cockpit as a base for its new X-66 simulator. When airplanes are ret...
- SpaceX just stomped the competition for a new contract—that’s not great Ars Technica · 23 Jul 2024 NASA wants a "robust" commercial space community. But it has a long way to go.
- NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch for U.S. Navy Fleet Training NASA · 23 Jul 2024 A rocket-propelled target is scheduled for launch July 27-28, 2024 from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in support of a U.S. Navy Fleet Training exercise. No real-time launch status updates...
- SmallSat Alliance names new executive director SpaceNews · 23 Jul 2024 Retired U.S. Marine Angel Smith replaces Steve Nixon as head of the small satellite industry group
- GMV Completes Testing of its Multi-Use Moon Rover Concept European Spaceflight · 23 Jul 2024 Spanish company GMV has completed the final test campaign of its European Moon Rover System concept. The European Moon Rover System (EMRS) initiative is part of the European Space Agency’s European Exploration Envelope P...
- NASA’s 21st Northrop Grumman Mission Launches Scientific Studies to Station NASA · 23 Jul 2024 NASA and its international partners are sending scientific investigations to the International Space Station on Northrop Grumman’s 21st commercial resupply services mission. Flying aboard the company’s Cygnus spacecraft...
- FIA 2024 - Day 2 ESA · 23 Jul 2024
- China wants 50 countries involved in its ILRS moon base SpaceNews · 23 Jul 2024 China is aiming to work with 50 countries on its lunar south pole base program as efforts to attract partners continue.
- ABL loses rocket after static-fire test SpaceNews · 23 Jul 2024 ABL Space Systems says the rocket it planned to use for the company’s first launch in 18 months suffered “irrecoverable” damage in a fire after a test-firing, further delaying its return to flight.
- Europe sees Ariane 6 launch as an end to its “launcher crisis” SpaceNews · 23 Jul 2024 The European Space Agency is optimistic that its “launcher crisis” is behind it after the mostly successful inaugural launch of the Ariane 6 earlier this month.
- Maxar Intelligence Releases First Images from Next Generation WorldView Legion Satellites The Launch Pad · 22 Jul 2024 Maxar Intelligence Releases First Images from Next Generation WorldView Legion Satellites
- NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for NOAA’s JPSS-4 Mission NASA · 22 Jul 2024 NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) to provide launch services for NOAA’s JPSS-4 mission. The spacecraft is part...
- NASA Rocket Discovers New Energization Process in Upper Atmosphere NASA · 22 Jul 2024 When it comes to discoveries about our upper atmosphere, it pays to know your surroundings. Using data from the Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics (TRICE-2) rocket launch, NASA scientist Francesca Di Mare a...
- Chandra Sees the Peacock’s Galaxy NASA · 22 Jul 2024 To commemorate the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory launch, the Chandra team released this never-seen-before image of NGC 6872, a spiral galaxy in the Pavo (Peacock) constellation, on July 22, 2024. T...