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- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Etched into Collier Trophy, Aerospace History NASA · 18 Jun 2024 NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has been immortalized at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington as the latest awardee of the Robert J. Collier Trophy. Bestowed annually by the National Aeronautic Associa...
- NASA delays Starliner return a few more days to study data Ars Technica · 18 Jun 2024 “I would not characterize it as frustration. I would characterize it as learning.”
- Doubling Down: Actions to Progress on Both Space Debris Mitigation and Remediation SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 It’s been an active spring on the space debris mitigation front. The European Space Agency has announced 12 countries and more than 40 companies and NGOs have joined as initial
- Celebrating Juneteenth NASA · 18 Jun 2024 The crew aboard the International Space Station captured this image of Galveston, Texas, the birthplace of Juneteenth, as the station orbited 224 miles above on Nov. 23, 2011. In the early 1800s, slavers periodically use...
- Happy Birthday, Redshift Wrangler! NASA · 18 Jun 2024 About one year ago the Redshift Wrangler project first asked you to help examine “spectra” of distant galaxies. These spectra are diagrams that show how much light we receive from them as a function of wavelength. “Since...
- Boom Supersonic Completes Construction of Overture Superfactory The Launch Pad · 18 Jun 2024 Boom Supersonic Completes Construction of Overture Superfactory
- Gravitics Partners with NASA to Develop Verification and Validation Approaches for Large Orbital Spacecraft The Launch Pad · 18 Jun 2024 Gravitics Partners with NASA to Develop Verification and Validation Approaches for Large Orbital Spacecraft
- Summary of the 2023 GEDI Science Team Meeting NASA · 18 Jun 2024 Introduction The 2023 Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Science Team Meeting (STM) took place October 17–19, 2023, at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), in College Park, MD. Upwards of 80 people...
- 15 Years Ago: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Begins Moon Mapping Mission NASA · 18 Jun 2024 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) launched together from Cape Canaveral Air Force, now Space Force, Station on June 18, 2009, atop an Atlas V launch ve...
- NASA, MagniX Altitude Tests Lay Groundwork for Hybrid Electric Planes NASA · 18 Jun 2024 At a simulated 27,500 feet inside an altitude chamber at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) facility, engineers at magniX recently demonstrated the capabilities of a battery-powered engine that could help turn hybri...
- Europe Eyes Future in Commercial Space Space Scout · 18 Jun 2024 Throughout the tremendous rise of the commercial space ecosystem, Europe has been eyeing numerous partners in the private sector to facilitate access for the continent in a new and changing world - one that could rewrite...
- NASA Updates Coverage for US Spacewalks 90, 91 Outside Space Station NASA · 18 Jun 2024 NASA will provide live coverage as astronauts conduct two spacewalks outside the International Space Station scheduled for Monday, June 24 and Tuesday, July 2. The first spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. EDT June...
- Sols 4219-4221: It’s a Complex Morning… NASA · 18 Jun 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, June 17, 2024 Who thought it was a good idea to select a name with the word ‘mammoth’ in it? Well, we don’t remember who did it, and if we did, we wouldn’t say anyways… but these rocks take ‘...
- Astronaut Nicole Mann Throws First Pitch at Giants-Angels Game NASA · 18 Jun 2024 NASA astronaut Nicole Mann waves as she is introduced before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the San Francisco Giants versus Los Angeles Angels game at Oracle Park in San Francisco on June 14, 2024. Mann was h...
- Can't stop won't stop: Solar Orbiter shows the Sun raging on ESA · 18 Jun 2024 The hyperactive sunspot region responsible for the beautiful auroras earlier in May was still alive and kicking when it rotated away from Earth’s view. Watching from the other side of the Sun, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter m...
- Perseverance Finds Popcorn on Planet Mars NASA · 18 Jun 2024 After months of driving, Perseverance has finally arrived at ‘Bright Angel’, discovering oddly textured rock unlike any the rover has seen before.
- DLR Publishes Open-Source Reusable Launch Vehicle Model European Spaceflight · 18 Jun 2024 The German Space Agency DLR’s Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology has released an open-source reusable launch vehicle model for simulation-based research. In 2002, the Institute of Fluid Mechanics in Göttingen...
- Ariane 6 launches Curium One: space for all ESA · 18 Jun 2024 Europe’s newest rocket soon launches, taking with it many space missions each with a unique objective, destination and team at home, cheering them on. Whether into Earth orbit to look back and study Earth, peer out to de...
- U.S. and India advance human spaceflight cooperation SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 The governments of the United States and India announced June 17 they are moving ahead with cooperation on human spaceflight that would include flying an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station, although with...
- Will climate change turn the Arctic green? ESA · 18 Jun 2024 Arctic diatoms
- Synspective orders 10 Rocket Lab Electron launches SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 Japanese radar imaging company Synspective has signed a contract for 10 Electron launches from Rocket Lab, the largest contract in the history of the launch provider.
- Second Generation Galileo Satellite Designs Pass Critical Milestone European Spaceflight · 18 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency has announced that the development of both versions of its Galileo Second Generation satellites has reached an important milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Reviews....
- SSC Awards Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics, and Viasat Contracts for Laser Communication Terminal Prototypes The Launch Pad · 18 Jun 2024 SSC Awards Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics, and Viasat Contracts for Laser Communication Terminal Prototypes
- Redwire Wins DARPA Contract for VLEO Satellite with Novel Propulsion The Launch Pad · 18 Jun 2024 Redwire Wins DARPA Contract for VLEO Satellite with Novel Propulsion
- Sols 4216-4218: Another ‘Mammoth’ Plan! NASA · 18 Jun 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, June 14, 2024 At the start of this week, we did a preload test on the target “Mammoth Lakes,” the rightmost bright ellipse (DRT ellipse, so less dusty) on the workspace image above. The prelo...
- China Conducts Static Fire Test Of Future Moon Rocket Engine The Launch Pad · 17 Jun 2024 China Conducts Static Fire Test Of Future Moon Rocket Engine
- SpaceX launches SES’s Astra 1P television satellite following two weather scrubs Spaceflight Now · 17 Jun 2024 SpaceX is preparing Thursday for its third attempt to launch the Astra 1P satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) on behalf of one of its oldest customers: Luxembourg-based SES. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canave...
- Launch Roundup: Electron launches for the 50th time; Falcon 9 returns to normal operations NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2024 Concluding a rare week that was void of any launches and riddled with scrubs, the spaceflight industry looks to return to the planned course of action with four launches from all over the world. This week, the 50th launc...
- NASA Awards Contract for Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations NASA · 17 Jun 2024 NASA has awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace, LLC of Madison, Mississippi, for labor support to ensure continuing safe operations of the Sonny Carter Training Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Ne...
- Spain’s Ienai Space gets funds to demo electrospray thrusters SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2024 Spanish small satellite propulsion developer Ienai Space has raised 3.9 million euros ($4.2 million) to start demonstrating electrospray thrusters in low Earth orbit around the end of this year.
- Space Force taps four firms for laser network project SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2024 Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics, and Viasat will design optical communications terminals for military spacecraft
- Johnson Celebrates LGBTQI+ Pride Month: Meet Maya FarrHenderson NASA · 17 Jun 2024 Maya FarrHenderson’s first day at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston involved the usual new hire setup and training tasks, but also something special: A tour of the CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Ana...
- GAO raises red flags over supply chain issues and delays in DoD space programs SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2024 Watchdog agency says DoD remains ‘alarmingly slow in delivering new and innovative weapon system capabilities, even as national security threats continue to evolve’
- Webb identifies surprising carbon-rich ingredients around young star NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2024 Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international scientists studied a disk of cosmic material surrounding an extremely low-mass star....
- Gilat takes to the air with $245 million Stellar Blu takeover plan SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2024 Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks announced plans June 17 to buy Stellar Blu Solutions, a Texas-based aircraft equipment integration specialist, in a deal worth up to $245 million to chase the emerging market for multi-o...
- NASA Interns Blast Off for Their First Week at Goddard NASA · 17 Jun 2024 Several hundred new faces walked through the gates of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for the first time on June 3. Who is this small army of motivated space-enthusiasts? It’s Goddard’s 2024 su...
- NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn’t Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss NASA · 17 Jun 2024 Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data. Declining water leve...
- Slow Your Student’s ‘Summer Slide’ and Beat Boredom With NASA STEM NASA · 17 Jun 2024 The school year has come to an end, and those long summer days are stretching ahead like an open runway. Parents and educators often worry about the “summer slide,” the concept that students may lose academic ground whil...
- Investigating the Origins of the Crab Nebula With NASA’s Webb NASA · 17 Jun 2024 New data revises our view of this unusual supernova explosion. A team of scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to parse the composition of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away i...
- Redwire wins contract for VLEO demonstration SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2024 Redwire announced a contract June 17 to serve as prime mission integrator for a DARPA satellite with a novel propulsion system for very low Earth orbit.