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- What’s Happening in Space Policy March 3-10, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 3 Mar 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of March 3-10, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate
- Maritime Surveillance Provider Unseenlabs Closes €85M Funding Round European Spaceflight · 3 Mar 2024 French maritime surveillance provider Unseenlabs announced on 27 February that it had closed an €85 million Series C funding round. The company’s Series C funding...
- NASA studying issues with Orion hatch design SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2024 A NASA safety panel says the agency is studying issues with the design of the side hatch of the Orion spacecraft that could affect its ability to be opened in an off-nominal situation.
- NASA, SpaceX has launched Crew-8 mission to ISS NASASpaceflight · 2 Mar 2024 For the second time in 2024, a collection of four humans is flying on a SpaceX rocket and capsule to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew of the Crew-8 mission launched successfully atop a Falcon 9 and Dragon...
- POLARIS Spaceplanes Closes Bridge Funding Round European Spaceflight · 2 Mar 2024 Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has secured additional investors to fund the development of its AURORA multipurpose spaceplane and hypersonic transport system. POLARIS announced on 27...
- Lockheed Martin offers to acquire Terran Orbital SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2024 Lockheed Martin has proposed acquiring smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital, which it already owns a stake in and does business with, for more than $500 million.
- Launch Roundup: SpaceX has launched three Falcon 9 rockets in just over 20 hours; new launcher to debut from Japan NASASpaceflight · 2 Mar 2024 Three missions have now launched this week, starting with Crew-8, which is sending a new crew to the International Space Station for a six-month tour of duty after successfully launching from Florida. Starlink 6-41 from...
- NASA cancels OSAM-1 satellite servicing technology mission SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2024 NASA has canceled a multibillion-dollar project to demonstrate satellite servicing technologies that had suffered extensive delays and cost overruns.
- Boeing gets $439 million contract for U.S. military communications satellite SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2024 The contract is for the WGS-12 Wideband Global Satcom geostationary satellite
- Lockheed Martin looks to acquire spacecraft maker Terran Orbital for nearly $600 million CNBC · 1 Mar 2024 Lockheed Martin submitted a bid to acquire spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital, the defense giant revealed in a securities filing on Friday.
- NASA shuts down $2 billion satellite refueling project after Maxar is cited for poor performance CNBC · 1 Mar 2024 NASA is shutting down a $2 billion project to test satellite refueling in space, it announced on Friday, after the agency’s auditor criticized the program’s lead contractor Maxar for poor performance.
- SpaceX sends 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Leap Day Teslarati · 1 Mar 2024 SpaceX sent 23 more Starlink high-speed internet satellites into orbit on Leap Day. The satellites were launched from a SpaceX Falcon 9...
- MSR problems illustrative of challenges for NASA flagship missions, audit concludes SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2024 As decision loom about its funding and architecture, a NASA review about the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program concluded its problems illustrate ongoing challenges the agency has managing large missions.
- Daily Telescope: Two nebulae in Orion for the price of one Ars Technica · 1 Mar 2024 What happens if you observe the same patch of sky every night all winter?
- Rocket Report: Astra warns of “imminent” bankruptcy; Falcon Heavy launch delay Ars Technica · 1 Mar 2024 "We’ve worked through a number of issues that delayed the launch from last summer."
- The Exploration Company’s Mission Possible Demonstrator Takes Shape European Spaceflight · 1 Mar 2024 The Exploration Company has published an update on the progress of its subscale Mission Possible demonstrator, which the company expects to launch later this...
- Congress Clears New CR, Punting Shutdown Threat Further Into March SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Mar 2024 The House and Senate passed a new Continuing Resolution today extending the deadlines for passing the 12 FY2024 appropriations bills further into March. Without the new CR, funding for departments
- Former NASA Administrator Richard Truly Passes Away SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Mar 2024 Former NASA Administrator and astronaut Richard Truly passed away on February 27, 2024. He was 86. Truly’s career will probably be best remembered for his leadership at NASA in returning
- Viasat links up with Northrop Grumman for Air Force communications experiment SpaceNews · 29 Feb 2024 The companies are working under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program
- Flight 2 Mishap Investigation closed as SpaceX preps for another WDR NASASpaceflight · 29 Feb 2024 After the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officially closed the mishap investigation into the second flight of Starship, which occurred on Nov 18, 2023. SpaceX is preparing to restack Booster 10 and Ship 28 onto th...
- Investing in Space: How Columbia’s fabric tech landed on the surface of the moon CNBC · 29 Feb 2024 One theme I’m always keeping an eye on as a business reporter is whether companies outside the space sector are tapping the industry’s products, services or even just advertising opportunities. We’ve talked a lot about t...
- Constellation primetime is MDA’s time to prime SpaceNews · 29 Feb 2024 MDA chief executive Mike Greenley on the satellite-manufacturing transformation underway at Canada's space hardware specialist.
- Space Force general warns of ‘window of vulnerability’ in satellite defense SpaceNews · 29 Feb 2024 U.S. Space Command’s Gen. Stephen Whiting: “The PRC is moving breathtakingly fast in space”
- China launches first high orbit internet satellite SpaceNews · 29 Feb 2024 China launched the first of a new "high orbit" internet satellite series Thursday, apparently to provide internet services to China and surrounding areas.
- NASA monitoring increased leak in Russian ISS module SpaceNews · 29 Feb 2024 NASA says it is studying a long-running air leak on a Russian International Space Station module that recently doubled in magnitude, but that the leak does not currently pose a safety risk.
- GENESIS mission patch ESA · 29 Feb 2024 GENESIS mission patch
- India targets uncrewed Gaganyaan orbital test mission in July, crewed flight in 2025 SpaceNews · 29 Feb 2024 India plans to conduct a first uncrewed orbital test flight for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program in July this year.
- ESA to Begin Work on Mars Transfer Vehicle Mission Concept European Spaceflight · 29 Feb 2024 The European Space Agency has published a pair of calls aimed at beginning work on an electric propulsion transfer stage that would be used to ferry passenger spacecraft to orbit around Mars.
- Elve raises $15 million to speed up manufacturing of millimeter-wave amplifiers SpaceNews · 29 Feb 2024 Elve, a startup manufacturing millimeter wave amplifiers for terrestrial and space applications, raised $15 million in a Series A investment round.
- NASA and IM Agree: Odysseus Is A Success SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Feb 2024 Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander, the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon in 52 years, is a success as far as the company and NASA are concerned. Despite
- Leak in ISS Russian Segment Increases, But Not an Immediate Concern SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Feb 2024 NASA said today the air leak in the Russian segment of the International Space Station has increased, but along with Russia’s Roscosmos stressed it does not present an imminent threat.
- Intuitive Machines and NASA call IM-1 lunar lander a success as mission winds down SpaceNews · 29 Feb 2024 NASA and Intuitive Machines declared the IM-1 mission, in its final hours, an “unqualified success” despite a hard landing that left the spacecraft askew.
- Congressional Leadership Agrees to Push Shutdown Worries Down the Road SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Feb 2024 The top Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate and House agreed today to pass another Continuing Resolution this week to avoid a partial government shutdown. Funding for departments and
- That moment when you land on the Moon, break a leg, and are about to topple over Ars Technica · 28 Feb 2024 "We hit harder than expected and skidded along the way."
- Space Force top buyer keenly watching ULA and Blue Origin: ‘They need to scale’ SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2024 Frank Calvelli applauded the successful inaugural launch of ULA’s Vulcan rocket and emphasized the need for the company to adapt to a faster-paced launch schedule
- Legislation would make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt bonds SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2024 Legislation introduced in Congress Feb. 28 would give spaceports the same ability as airports and seaports to issue tax-exempt bonds.
- Connecting the Dots | Europe plots constellation manufacturing powerhouse SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2024 Thales Alenia Space is laying groundwork for a small satellite factory in Italy that it hopes will be at the forefront of constellation manufacturing in Europe, bringing the continent closer to mass production capabiliti...
- Virgin Galactic expects no delay to next suborbital flight SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2024 Virgin Galactic says it does not expect an investigation into an issue on its most recent suborbital launch to delay its next one as it turns its focus to a new generation of vehicles.
- Rocket Lab pushing for first Neutron launch in 2024 SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2024 Rocket Lab says it could launch its first Neutron rocket before the end of the year as it outlines a long-term vision for the company that involves its own satellite constellation.
- RFA Environmental Assessment Report Details SaxaVord Operations European Spaceflight · 28 Feb 2024 An Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) report published by the UK Civil Aviation Authority for public consultation has given greater insight into Rocket Factory Augsburg’s (RFA) proposed operations at SaxaVord Spac...