Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Asteroid Day 2024: A Plethora of New Insights Space Scout · 30 Jun 2024 For Asteroid Day 2024, we’ll be briefly covering updates to various small body missions, and exploring how these vital ambassadors from Earth teach us so much about our origins.
Static Fire Test Failure Launches Space Pioneer's Tianlong 3 Rocket The Launch Pad · 30 Jun 2024 Static Fire Test Failure Launches Space Pioneer's Tianlong 3 Rocket
Chinese rocket static-fire test results in unintended launch and huge explosion SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2024 A rocket stage test firing by Chinese commercial company Space Pioneer ended in catastrophic failure and a dramatic explosion Sunday.
Eumetsat moves weather satellite from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9 SpaceNews · 29 Jun 2024 European weather satellite operator Eumetsat has shifted the upcoming launch of a weather satellite from an Ariane 6 to a Falcon 9, a move that surprised and frustrated European space officials.
SpaceX launches second batch of satellites for NRO’s proliferated constellation SpaceNews · 29 Jun 2024 Approximately half a dozen launches supporting NRO's proliferated architecture are planned for 2024
The French Government Funds Commercial In-Orbit Serving Missions European Spaceflight · 29 Jun 2024 The French government has awarded funding to an Infinite Orbits-led consortium to perform a pair of in-orbit servicing missions. Toulouse-based Infinite Orbits was founded in 2017. The company is working on developing a...
Date for Boeing Starliner CFT Return Still Up in the Air SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Jun 2024 Today NASA and Boeing pushed back on the narrative that the Starliner crew is stranded in space, but declined to provide a date for when they will return. Starliner is
SpaceX launches multiple satellites for the NRO from Vandenberg Space Force Base Spaceflight Now · 29 Jun 2024 The mission is described as the second launch supporting the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) “proliferated architecture.” Liftofff from Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 8:14 p.m. PDT (11:14 p.m. EDT, 0314 U...
Starliner landing now on indefinite hold for more tests, but NASA insists crew not ‘stranded’ in space Spaceflight Now · 29 Jun 2024 The problem for NASA and Boeing is that the Starliner's service module, which houses the helium lines, thrusters and other critical systems, is discarded before re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere. Engineers will not...
Prize winner wants to detect asteroids coming from sun’s direction SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2024 Ground-based telescopes ignore “a huge swath” of the inner solar system because the sky is simply too bright
Starliner to remain on ISS for more thruster tests SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2024 NASA and Boeing plan to keep the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the International Space Station well into July to conduct additional tests, while emphasizing its two-person crew is not “stranded” in space.
House Passes FY2025 Defense Appropriations Bill on Largely Partisan Lines SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Jun 2024 The House passed the FY2025 Defense Appropriations bill today on largely partisan lines, primarily because of social policy provisions that were included. The bill cuts almost $1 billion from the
Military space trackers to keep public informed on Starlink satellite reentries SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2024 U.S. Space Command says it is “working with SpaceX to safely track the orbit lowering and reentry of Starlink satellites”
NASA Awards Contract for Infrared Telescope Facility Operations NASA · 28 Jun 2024 NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. The Management and Operations of NASA’s IRTF is a hybrid firm-f...
NASA Announces Winners of Inaugural Human Lander Challenge NASA · 28 Jun 2024 NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Forum brought 12 university teams from across the United States to Huntsville, Alabama, near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center, to showcase their innovative concepts for...
Boeing delays Starliner return by ‘weeks’ for testing, NASA says astronauts aren’t stranded CNBC · 28 Jun 2024 NASA and Boeing are further extending the first Starliner crewed flight but are not yet setting a new target date for returning the capsule to Earth, the organizations announced on Friday.
The Maze is Afoot NASA · 28 Jun 2024 This labyrinth – with a silhouette of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes at its center – is used as a calibration target for the cameras and laser that are part of SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman...
NASA Opportunities Fuel Growth and Entrepreneurship for Bronco Space Club Students NASA · 28 Jun 2024 NASA’s public competitions can catalyze big changes – not just for the agency but also for participants. Bronco Space, the CubeSat laboratory at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California, matured more...
Mere days before its debut, the Ariane 6 rocket loses a key customer to SpaceX Ars Technica · 28 Jun 2024 "I am impatiently waiting to understand what reasons could have led Eumetsat to such a decision."
In Space Production Applications News NASA · 28 Jun 2024 Technological innovations make headlines every day, and NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) Portfolio of awards are driving these innovations into the future. InSPA awards help U.S. companies demonstrate in-s...
ULA Provides Update on Cert-2 Mission Space Scout · 28 Jun 2024 On Wednesday, June 26 2024, in a media roundtable hosted by United Launch Alliance, company President and CEO Tory Bruno laid out the path for Vulcan Centaur’s second flight, Cert-2.
NASA@ My Library and Partners Engage Millions in Eclipse Training and Preparation NASA · 28 Jun 2024 The Space Science Institute, with funding from the NASA Science Mission Directorate and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, provided unprecedented training, support, and supplies to 15,000 libraries in the U.S. and territ...
Week in images: 24-28 June 2024 ESA · 28 Jun 2024 Week in images: 24-28 June 2024
An Eclipse Megamovie Megastar NASA · 28 Jun 2024 Nazmus “Naz” Nasir is a software engineer by day, and an astrophotographer by night….and sometimes by day as well! This April, Naz participated in NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie 2024 project, photographing the total solar ecli...
Ariane 6: on the launch pad and ready for liftoff ESA · 28 Jun 2024 On 20 June 2024 the first Ariane 6 rocket to launch into space went through its last full ‘wet dress rehearsal’ at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana – it provided an exciting sneak peek of what’s to come, stopping just...
NASA Shares Two New Moon to Mars Architecture White Papers NASA · 28 Jun 2024 NASA has released two white papers associated with the agency’s Moon to Mars architecture efforts. The papers, one on lunar mobility drivers and needs, and one on lunar surface cargo, detail NASA’s latest thinking on spe...
The Space Force no longer has the luxury of time. It needs industry help to stay ahead. SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2024 Space Force recognizes the potential benefits of integrating specialized capabilities present in the commercial marketplace. To adopt them, it needs help from companies like mine.
10 impact craters seen from space ESA · 28 Jun 2024 Have you ever wondered what an impact crater looks like from space? Today, we’re counting down some of our favourite impact craters here on Earth – captured by Earth-observing satellites.
MDA Space receives contract for next phase of lunar Gateway robotic arm development SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2024 MDA Space has received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency worth $1 billion Canadian ($730 million) for the next phase of development of a robotic arm system for the lunar Gateway.
The world’s toughest race starts Saturday, and it’s delightfully hard to call this year Ars Technica · 28 Jun 2024 Setting the stage for what could be a wild ride across France.
Hubble Examines an Active Galaxy Near the Lion’s Heart NASA · 28 Jun 2024 It might appear featureless and unexciting at first glance, but NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of this elliptical galaxy — known as Messier 105 — show that the stars near the galaxy’s center are moving very...
China gears up for deep space missions after collecting 1,935 grams of lunar far side samples SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2024 China is getting set for future deep space missions, having retrieved nearly two kilograms of lunar samples from the moon's far side.
Ariane 6 launches LIFI: light-speed secure communications ESA · 28 Jun 2024 As well as CubeSats and reentry capsules, Ariane 6 will launch four onboard experiments that will carry out research during the rocket’s flight, ending their mission as the rocket does. LIFI is one of them, a new technol...
Earth from Space: Meteor Crater ESA · 28 Jun 2024 Ahead of Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater.
Take off with ESA Impact! Ariane 6 and astronaut news await ESA · 28 Jun 2024 Take off with ESA Impact! Ariane 6 and astronaut news await
CNES Chief Responds Harshly to Eumetsat’s Decision to Ditch Ariane 6 European Spaceflight · 28 Jun 2024 CNES chief Philippe Baptiste has responded to Eumetsat’s decision to ditch Ariane 6 for Falcon 9, saying that it is a “brutal change” and “a very disappointing day for European space efforts.” Late yesterday, French news...
Sols 4226-4228: A Powerful Balancing Act NASA · 28 Jun 2024 Earth planning date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 As documented in a previous blog last week, we continue to juggle power constraints as we focus on analyzing our newest drilled sample on Mars: “Mammoth Lakes 2.” Today, the st...
Interesting Rock Textures Galore at Bright Angel NASA · 28 Jun 2024 Upon the rover’s arrival at Bright Angel, it was so exciting to see all the interesting features in the rocks of this interval! In particular, these rocks contain an abundance of veins and nodules. Veins are linear featu...
China Set to Launch First Satellites Forming G60 Starlink Constellation in Early August The Launch Pad · 27 Jun 2024 China Set to Launch First Satellites Forming G60 Starlink Constellation in Early August
Firefly Aerospace to Launch Alpha Rocket from Sweden's Esrange Space Centre in 2026 The Launch Pad · 27 Jun 2024 Firefly Aerospace to Launch Alpha Rocket from Sweden's Esrange Space Centre in 2026

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