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- Italian Startup FAST Secures €500K for Air-Launched HyperDart Rocket European Spaceflight · 13 Jul 2024 FAST Aerospace has secured a €500,000 “Proof of Concept investment” to begin the development of a prototype of the ramjet engine that will power its carrier aircraft. Officially incorporated in March 2024, FAST is develo...
- NASA Cloud-Based Platform Could Help Streamline, Improve Air Traffic NASA · 13 Jul 2024 Just like your smartphone navigation app can instantly analyze information from many sources to suggest the best route to follow, a NASA-developed resource is now making data available to help the aviation industry do th...
- Starlink satellites lost on Falcon 9 upper stage failure SpaceNews · 12 Jul 2024 SpaceX says it will not be able to recover the 20 Starlink satellites left in a very low orbit after a malfunction of a Falcon 9 upper stage on a July 11 launch.
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Grounded, FAA Requires Public Safety Investigation Following Starlink Mission Failure The Launch Pad · 12 Jul 2024 SpaceX Falcon 9 Grounded, FAA Requires Public Safety Investigation Following Starlink Mission Failure
- Sols 4241–4242: We Can’t Go Around It…We’ve Got To Go Through It! NASA · 12 Jul 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Curiosity is currently trekking across Gediz Vallis channel because, as my nephew’s favorite book says, if we can’t go around it… we’ve got to go through it! Recently we’ve b...
- NASA to Commemorate 55th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing NASA · 12 Jul 2024 As the agency explores more of the Moon than ever before under the Artemis campaign, NASA will celebrate the 55th anniversary of the first astronauts landing on the Moon through a variety of in-person, virtual, and engag...
- SpaceX launch anomaly occurs on Falcon 9 Starlink satellite mission Teslarati · 12 Jul 2024 SpaceX’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday night was set to send 20 Starlink high-speed internet satellites into low-Earth orbit....
- Rare SpaceX Failure Leaves Launch Schedules in Flux SpacePolicyOnline.com · 12 Jul 2024 SpaceX suffered a rare failure of its Falcon 9 rocket last night. The company’s record launch rate — last night’s was the 70th this year — and reliability has made
- NASA’s flagship mission to Europa has a problem: Vulnerability to radiation Ars Technica · 12 Jul 2024 "What keeps me awake right now is the uncertainty."
- US Congress Introduces NASA Reauthorization Act To Fund Programs And Review Key Projects The Launch Pad · 12 Jul 2024 US Congress Introduces NASA Reauthorization Act To Fund Programs And Review Key Projects
- Astroscale's ADRAS-J Spacecraft Continues Inspection of Japanese Upper Stage Following "Unexpected Attitude Anomaly" Abort The Launch Pad · 12 Jul 2024 Astroscale's ADRAS-J Spacecraft Continues Inspection of Japanese Upper Stage Following "Unexpected Attitude Anomaly" Abort
- NASA Evaluating Europa Clipper’s Ability to Withstand Radiation as Launch Nears SpacePolicyOnline.com · 12 Jul 2024 Three months before the scheduled launch of the $5 billion Europa Clipper mission, NASA has revealed that it is evaluating whether the spacecraft can withstand Europa’s intense radiation environment. At
- Dawn Aerospace "GO" for Supersonic Flight Tests of Spaceplane The Launch Pad · 12 Jul 2024 Dawn Aerospace "GO" for Supersonic Flight Tests of Spaceplane
- Two Years Since Webb’s First Images: Celebrating with the Penguin and the Egg NASA · 12 Jul 2024 To celebrate the second science anniversary of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the team has released a near- and mid-infrared image on July 12, 2024, of two interacting galaxies: The Penguin and the Egg. Webb speciali...
- Dawn’s Mk-II cleared for supersonic flight tests SpaceNews · 12 Jul 2024 Dawn Aerospace is poised to begin supersonic testing of its Mk-II Aurora spaceplane.
- NASA Marshall Engineers Unveil Versatile, Low-cost Hybrid Engine Testbed NASA · 12 Jul 2024 In June, engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, unveiled an innovative, 11-inch hybrid rocket motor testbed. The new hybrid testbed, which features variable flow capability and a 20-seco...
- Falcon 9 Grounded after Anomaly Space Scout · 12 Jul 2024 At 7:30 Pacific Standard Time on July 11th, 2024, a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket carrying the Starlink Group 9-3 satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Nearly 2 hours later, SpaceX confirmed that the mission...
- Ariane 6: Thank you Space Team Europe ESA · 12 Jul 2024 The first launch of Ariane 6 is a collective success for all of Europe. First flights are no easy thing, but Europe now has a heavy-lift rocket able to launch any mission into any orbit. From Earth observation satellites...
- Vivid Webb portrait of interacting galaxies Penguin and Egg ESA · 12 Jul 2024 A duo of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142 commemorates the second science anniversary of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.
- Vivid portrait of interacting galaxies marks Webb’s second anniversary ESA · 12 Jul 2024 A duo of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142 commemorates the second science anniversary of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their ongoing interaction was set in motion between 25 and 75 million years ago,...
- U.S. military to award $3 billion contract for AI-driven intelligence SpaceNews · 12 Jul 2024 The U.S. Indo-Pacific command plans to procure a wide spectrum of commercial data and AI-fueled analytics
- Week in images: 08-12 July 2024 ESA · 12 Jul 2024 Week in images: 08-12 July 2024
- SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket suffers rare inflight failure, is grounded during investigation CNBC · 12 Jul 2024 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded, pending an incident investigation, after an inflight failure — a rare misfire for the company’s workhorse vehicle.
- NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission at Risk Of Major Delay Following Radiation Vulnerability Discovery The Launch Pad · 12 Jul 2024 NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission at Risk Of Major Delay Following Radiation Vulnerability Discovery
- Tina Ghataore, Group CSRO and CEO North America, Aerospacelab – Leading Women in Space SpaceNews · 12 Jul 2024 In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Tina Ghataore, Group Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer, and CEO North America at Areospacelab.
- PLD Space Secure €31.2M Loan for Miura 5 Development European Spaceflight · 12 Jul 2024 Spanish launch company PLD Space has secured a €31.2 million bank loan to continue the development of its Miura 5 rocket and to support its corporate growth. Miura 5 is a two-stage launch vehicle designed to carry payloa...
- Vivid Portrait of Interacting Galaxies Marks Webb’s Second Anniversary NASA · 12 Jul 2024 Two for two! A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant observations, including images and highly detailed data known as spectra....
- China’s Long March 6A rocket appears to have an orbital debris problem SpaceNews · 12 Jul 2024 The upper stage of China’s Long March 6A rocket appears to be creating numerous pieces of space debris, adding to the growing issue of orbital debris.
- Rocket Report: Chinese firm suffers another failure; Ariane 6 soars in debut Ars Technica · 12 Jul 2024 "This powers Europe back into space.”
- Hubble Measures the Distance to a Supernova NASA · 12 Jul 2024 Measuring the distance to truly remote objects like galaxies, quasars, and galaxy clusters is a crucial task in astrophysics, particularly when it comes to studying the early universe, but it’s a difficult one to complet...
- Earth from Space: Hainan Strait ESA · 12 Jul 2024 The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Hainan Strait in southern China.
- ESA Mars Earth Return Orbiter Passes Key Milestone European Spaceflight · 12 Jul 2024 The European Space Agency announced on 5 July that its Earth Return Orbiter had passed a key milestone with the completion of its critical design review. ESA’s Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) is the agency’s primary contribut...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Suffers In Flight Engine Failure, Starlink Payloads Lost The Launch Pad · 12 Jul 2024 SpaceX Falcon 9 Suffers In Flight Engine Failure, Starlink Payloads Lost
- Falcon 9 suffers upper stage engine failure SpaceNews · 12 Jul 2024 The engine on the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 malfunctioned during a launch July 11, causing the potential loss of a batch of Starlink satellites and creating repercussions across the space industry.
- Lunar spacecraft receive dozens of collision warnings SpaceNews · 11 Jul 2024 Even a few spacecraft in orbit around the moon can create dozens of warnings of potential collisions that require several maneuvers to avoid.
- NASA Remembers Retired Astronaut, US Air Force Pilot Joe Engle NASA · 11 Jul 2024 Retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Engle died July 10, surrounded by his family at home in Houston. Among his many honors, he is the only astronaut to pilot both the X-15 and space shuttle. He was 91...
- Microsoft leads $40 million funding for Starlink networking startup SpaceNews · 11 Jul 2024 Armada has raised an extra $40 million through a Microsoft-led funding round to develop mobile data centers tailored for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, the San Francisco-based startup announced July 11.
- General Atomics to build second Space Force weather satellite SpaceNews · 11 Jul 2024 General Atomics will provide three years of operational services for two Electro-Optical Weather System, or EWS, satellites.
- Dawn Aerospace gets approvals for supersonic rocketplane tests SpaceNews · 11 Jul 2024 Dawn Aerospace says it has received approvals from the New Zealand government for a new round of supersonic flight tests of a rocket-powered suborbital spaceplane.
- 45 Years Ago: Skylab Reenters Earth’s Atmosphere NASA · 11 Jul 2024 A few days before they left Skylab on Feb. 8, 1974, the final crew to occupy the station raised its altitude, hoping to keep it in orbit until a future space shuttle could revisit it. But higher than predicted solar acti...