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- NASA Selects Astronaut Andre Douglas for Artemis II Backup Crew The Launch Pad · 3 Jul 2024 NASA Selects Astronaut Andre Douglas for Artemis II Backup Crew
- Video: Proba-3's new view on space weather ESA · 3 Jul 2024 Video: Proba-3's new view on space weather
- Ariane 6 launches Peregrinus: students take on the Sun ESA · 3 Jul 2024 Peregrinus during testing
- NASA Announces its Artemis II Backup Crew Member for Moon Mission NASA · 3 Jul 2024 NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign. Douglas will train alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wisem...
- NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close Approaches NASA · 3 Jul 2024 The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently...
- NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close Approaches Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 3 Jul 2024 The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth.
- Chinese satellite manufacturer MinoSpace raises $137 million SpaceNews · 3 Jul 2024 Chinese commercial satellite maker MinoSpace has secured more than $137 million to further its design and production aspirations.
- Exolaunch and UNOOSA to Offer Free Launch Services European Spaceflight · 3 Jul 2024 German launch aggregator Exolaunch has partnered with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) to offer free launch services for two cubesats. The partnership with Exolaunch is part of UNOOSA’s Access t...
- Increasingly feasible, on-orbit servicing has a challenging road to market SpaceNews · 3 Jul 2024 While on-orbit servicing (OOS) is becoming increasingly feasible, there is not a clear path to market for the technology.
- Commercial space stations go international SpaceNews · 3 Jul 2024 Ventures racing to replace the International Space Station are forging new partnerships that echo the cooperation of the ISS era
- Fourth of July Holidays in Space NASA · 3 Jul 2024 It may seem remarkable that no American spent the Fourth of July holiday in space for the first 21 years of human spaceflight. Not until 1982 and the 35th U.S. human spaceflight did Americans awaken in space on Independe...
- Stellar success for ESA's first open day in the UK ESA · 3 Jul 2024 Thousands of visitors flocked to ESA’s establishment in the UK last Saturday to experience first-hand how the agency is pushing the boundaries of exploration and using space to improve life on Earth.
- A snaking scar on Mars ESA · 3 Jul 2024 A fascinating feature takes centre stage in this new image from ESA’s Mars Express: a dark, uneven scar slicing through marbled ground at the foot of a giant volcano.
- CNES Publishes Call to Develop Satellite Black Box European Spaceflight · 3 Jul 2024 The French Space Agency CNES has issued a call for the development of a small capsule designed to collect data during a satellite’s reentry phase. Under the French Space Operations Act, adopted in 2008, CNES developed DE...
- EnduroSat gets order for Botswana’s debut satellite SpaceNews · 3 Jul 2024 Bulgarian cubesat specialist EnduroSat announced plans July 3 to build Botswana’s first satellite in partnership with a university from the landlocked country in Southern Africa.
- SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch gamma-ray astronomy mission SpaceNews · 3 Jul 2024 NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a small gamma-ray astronomy mission on a Falcon 9 in 2027.
- NASA assessment suggests potential additional delays for Artemis 3 lunar lander SpaceNews · 3 Jul 2024 As NASA pushes ahead with a crewed lunar landing on the Artemis 3 mission in September 2026, the agency’s own analysis estimates a nearly one-in-three chance the lander will be at least a year and a half late.
- Launch Roundup: Second half of 2024 begins with more launches from front runners US & China NASASpaceflight · 2 Jul 2024 Moving into the second half of 2024, the first week of July has already begun with the third launch of the Japanese H3 rocket in the early hours of Monday morning UTC—covered in our previous launch roundup.
- Two of the German military’s new spy satellites appear to have failed in orbit Ars Technica · 2 Jul 2024 Did OHB really not test the satellite antennas on the ground?
- Volunteer Crew to Exit NASA’s Simulated Mars Habitat After 378 Days NASA · 2 Jul 2024 The four volunteers who have been living and working inside NASA’s first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission are set to exit their ground-based home on Saturday, July 6. NASA will provide live coverage of the crew’s...
- NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Space Telescope Mission NASA · 2 Jul 2024 NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) mission. The firm-fixed-price contract has a value...
- NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps Burn Risk Across Phoenix Streets Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 2 Jul 2024 Roads and sidewalks in some areas get so hot that skin contact could result in second-degree burns.
- NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps Burn Risk Across Phoenix Streets NASA · 2 Jul 2024 Roads and sidewalks in some areas get so hot that skin contact could result in second-degree burns. Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have mapped scorching pavement in Phoenix where c...
- Studying Hurricane Beryl from Space NASA · 2 Jul 2024 NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station, and posted it to X. The Category 4 hurricane had winds of about 130 m...
- Lagniappe for July 2024 NASA · 2 Jul 2024 Explore Lagniappe for July 2024 featuring: Gator Speaks Conversations filled the room with anticipation for the day ahead. NASA’s Stennis Space Center hosted Take Our Children to Work Day on June 27 with a day set aside...
- How a NASA Engineer Supports the Commercialization of Space NASA · 2 Jul 2024 Chris Barnett-Woods’ favorite movie growing up – Back to the Future – led him to dream of one day building a DeLorean automobile. Instead, the electrical engineer is doing something never imagined as he helps NASA suppor...
- Interview with Xinchuan Huang NASA · 2 Jul 2024 Let’s start with your childhood, where you were born, where you’re from, your young years, your family at the time, what your parents did, and how early it was in your life that you decided you’d like to pursue a career...
- SpaceX launches 100th Direct to Cell Starlink satellite on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 2 Jul 2024 The overnight mission will also see the return of Falcon 9 booster, tail number B1073, which experienced an abort as its engine began firing during the June 14 launch attempt of the Starlink 10-2 mission. Liftoff from pa...
- NASA and SpaceX To Explore New Methods to Minimize Dragon Spacecraft Debris The Launch Pad · 2 Jul 2024 NASA and SpaceX To Explore New Methods to Minimize Dragon Spacecraft Debris
- Japan's H3 Rocket Successfully Launches ALOS-4 The Launch Pad · 2 Jul 2024 Japan's H3 Rocket Successfully Launches ALOS-4
- Orbit Fab Achieves Milestone in In-Space Refueling with Successful GRIP Test The Launch Pad · 2 Jul 2024 Orbit Fab Achieves Milestone in In-Space Refueling with Successful GRIP Test
- NASA’s Boeing Test Flight Crew to Discuss Starliner Mission from Space NASA · 2 Jul 2024 Media are invited to hear from NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts discussing their mission during an Earth to space call at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 10. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will part...
- Webinar Replay – Race to the Moon SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2024 Join our expert panelists as they dive into the growing race for moon resources. With nations and companies now vying for water, metals, and minerals across the lunar surface, will NASA’s commercial strategy prove effect...
- What’s Up: July 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 2 Jul 2024 What to Look for in July The scorpion’s star clusters, and Mars reveals elusive Uranus Follow the tail of Scorpius to locate star clusters M6 and M7, let Mars guide you to observe planet Uranus, and see the Moon gather a...
- NASA Asteroid Experts Create Hypothetical Impact Scenario for Exercise Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 2 Jul 2024 The fifth Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise focused on an asteroid impact scenario designed by NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
- NASA Asteroid Experts Create Hypothetical Impact Scenario for Exercise NASA · 2 Jul 2024 The fifth Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise focused on an asteroid impact scenario designed by NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. A large asteroid impacting Earth is highly unlikely for the fo...
- Cosmic Shielding works with Aethero to protect Nvidia Jetson Orin NX GPU SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2024 Cosmic Shielding Corp. is supporting the upcoming launch of a radiation-hardened edge computer from San Francisco startup Aethero.
- NASA Shares Use Requirements with Commercial Destination Partners NASA · 2 Jul 2024 NASA hosted a meeting to share knowledge with companies developing future commercial destinations at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The discussion could aid in developing safe, reliable, innovative, and co...
- NASA’s Webb Captures Celestial Fireworks Around Forming Star NASA · 2 Jul 2024 The colors within this mid-infrared image reveal details about the central protostar’s behavior. The cosmos seems to come alive with a crackling explosion of pyrotechnics in this new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Te...
- Yes, you should be a little freaked out about Hurricane Beryl Ars Technica · 2 Jul 2024 "It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is."