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- The Race for More Space: The flawed logic behind making space a 17th Critical Infrastructure SpaceNews · 26 Sep 2023 A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently introduced the Space Infrastructure Act, which pursues a recommendation made by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 to designate space as the 17th U.S. critical infrastructure...
- Space Critical Infrastructure: Breaking the Binary Debate and a Call for Space Council Action SpaceNews · 26 Sep 2023 Nick Reese is the cofounder and managing partner of Frontier Foundry, a data and artificial intelligence company based in Washington. He was the director of emerging technology policy at the
- Sierra Space raises $290 million SpaceNews · 26 Sep 2023 Sierra Space has raised $290 million in a round led by Japanese investors, providing the company with additional funding to accelerate work on its Dream Chaser vehicle and commercial space stations.
- Charity Weeden is NASA’s New Policy Chief SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Sep 2023 NASA announced today that Charity Weeden in the new Associate Administrator for the Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy. Weeden is well known in Washington space policy circles, most recently
- Boeing’s Quantum Leap: Satellites in Record Time, Boosting National Security and Commercial Connectivity SpaceNews · 26 Sep 2023 In 1963, Boeing heritage company Hughes Space and Communications launched into orbit a 78-pound satellite called Syncom that could receive signals from Earth and send those signals back down to
- Blue Origin CEO Smith to step down SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2023 Bob Smith, chief executive of Blue Origin, will resign from the company in December and be replaced by Dave Limp, the Amazon executive who had been overseeing development of its Project Kuiper constellation.
- Jeff Bezos finally got rid of Bob Smith at Blue Origin Ars Technica · 25 Sep 2023 "I am confident that Blue Origin's greatest achievements are still ahead of us."
- Jeff Bezos Announces New Blue Origin CEO In Message To Employees The Launch Pad · 25 Sep 2023 Jeff Bezos has informed all Blue Origin employees via message that Bob Smith will be retiring and Dave Limp, a key Amazon executive will be taking over as CEO on December 4th.
- Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to replace CEO Bob Smith with former Amazon exec Dave Limp CNBC · 25 Sep 2023 Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will replace CEO Bob Smith with former Amazon executive Dave Limp, CNBC has learned.
- Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to replace CEO Bob Smith with outgoing Amazon exec Dave Limp CNBC · 25 Sep 2023 Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will replace CEO Bob Smith with outgoing Amazon executive Dave Limp, CNBC has learned.
- UAE’s $5 billion commitment opens doors for Yahsat SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2023 Yahsat is considering expanding into new satellite markets after the UAE government made a $5.1 billion pledge to buy broadband services from the Emirati fleet operator until at least 2043.
- U.S. Space Force and Astroscale to co-invest in a refueling satellite SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2023 Astroscale has signed an agreement with the U.S. Space Force to co-invest in an on-orbit refueling vehicle.
- Sierra Space raises nearly $300 million from Japanese consortium at over $5 billion valuation CNBC · 25 Sep 2023 Sierra Space, the subsidiary of private aerospace contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation, raised new funds at a $5.3 billion valuation, the company announced on Tuesday.
- Italian Launch Startup Sidereus Space Raises €5.1M in Seed+ Funding European Spaceflight · 25 Sep 2023 Italian launch startup Sidereus Space Dynamics has closed a €5.1 Million Seed+ investment round. The company aims to utilize the funding to conduct its pre-flight and flight test development phases. Sidereus Space is dev...
- NASA Names New Head of Technology, Policy, Strategy NASA · 25 Sep 2023 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Charity Weeden will serve as associate administrator for the agency’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS), effective immediately. Weeden succeeds Bhavya Lal,...
- Historic Wind Tunnel Facility Testing NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle Rocket NASA · 25 Sep 2023 The same facility that provided valuable testing for NASA missions to low-Earth orbit and the Moon is now helping the agency prepare to launch the first rocket from Mars.
- Triumph in Utah: OSIRIS-REx Returns Home Space Scout · 25 Sep 2023 After 7 years in space, and 3.8 billion miles traveled, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule (SRC) completed a picture perfect touchdown on the muddy sands of the Utah Test and Training Range in Dugway, Utah
- Beijing to foster commercial space and satellite constellations as key future industries SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2023 Beijing’s government intends to support commercial aerospace and satellite constellations and applications in a plan to promote industries of the future.
- Bonanza of Asteroid Riches Lands in Utah SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Sep 2023 Seven years after it left Earth, a capsule landed in Utah today delivering the biggest bonanza of pristine asteroid material in the history of the space program. The approximately 250
- NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean Room NASA · 24 Sep 2023 After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu...
- OSIRIS-REx sample capsule lands in Utah SpaceNews · 24 Sep 2023 A capsule from a NASA spacecraft landed in the Utah desert Sept. 24, completing a seven-year mission to return samples from a near Earth asteroid.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy September 24-30, 2023 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Sep 2023 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of September 24-30, 2023 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate will be in
- Historic OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples successfully return to Earth NASASpaceflight · 24 Sep 2023 In the morning hours of Sept. 24, a small capsule containing surface samples from asteroid 101955 Bennu careened into Earth’s atmosphere after a seven-year journey through space. The landing of this sample capsule is the...
- A Yearlong Odyssey: MS-22/23 Prepares to Return Home Space Scout · 23 Sep 2023 This past year saw an unexpected addition to the list of record-setting flights - Frank Rubio and the crew of MS-22's stay on the International Space Station lasting 371 days.
- Space Force gets another weather satellite from NOAA SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2023 The U.S. Space Force for the second time has taken ownership of a retired National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite to fill gaps in coverage for the U.S. military.
- Office of Space Commerce touts progress on civil space traffic coordination system SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2023 After a slow start, the Commerce Department says it is making progress on establishing a civil space traffic coordination system that will rely on both commercial and government data.
- Air Force validates Boeing’s new WGS satellite SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2023 The Department of the Air Force said that WGS-12 meets specific needs that cannot be met by commercial alternatives.
- NASA ready for OSIRIS-REx sample return SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2023 A NASA spacecraft is on course to return samples from an asteroid to Earth in less than two days as teams prepare for a variety of both technical and fiscal contingencies.
- Sierra Space Conducts 5th LIFE Module Burst Test The Launch Pad · 22 Sep 2023 Sierra Space has conducted another successful test of its inflatable habitat technology, further development of advanced space habitation systems.
- China's Galactic Energy Experiences First Launch Failure The Launch Pad · 22 Sep 2023 Galactic Energy, a Chinese commercial rocket firm, has faced a significant setback on Thursday as its 10th launch attempt ended in failure. The launch incident occurred during a launch attempt from the Jiuquan Satellite...
- NASA Scientists to Discuss Oct. 14 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse NASA · 22 Sep 2023 NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 26, to discuss the upcoming annular solar eclipse. The annular eclipse will cross the U.S. from Oregon to Texas on Saturday, Oct. 14, with a partial s...
- Satellogic relocating to the United States in search of government growth SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2023 Satellogic is relocating from Uruguay to the United States in a bid for more government business as revenues continue falling short of expectations, the publicly traded Earth observation operator announced Sept. 21.
- Pending FAA approval, Starship ready to sport upgrades for upcoming test flight NASASpaceflight · 22 Sep 2023 Following Starship’s debut during Integrated Flight Test One (IFT 1), SpaceX is ready to improve on the vehicle’s objectives by employing a vast series of upgrades. Most of the enhancements have been made to the launch s...
- Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Soon Returns to Earth; Watch Live NASA · 22 Sep 2023 Now the record-holder for the longest single spaceflight by an American, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is scheduled to depart the International Space Station and return to Earth Wednesday, Sept. 27. The agency will provide...
- Spain Partner with ESA to Build €80M Atlantic Constellation European Spaceflight · 22 Sep 2023 Spain has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency for the contracting and technical management of the country’s Constelación Atlántica (Atlantic Constellation). The agreement was announced by the Minister of S...
- House Speaker introduces bill to extend commercial spaceflight regulatory learning period SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2023 Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy has introduced legislation that would extend a restriction on the Federal Aviation Administration’s ability to regulate commercial human spaceflight safety by another eight years.
- Ariane 6 Development Suffers Another Setback European Spaceflight · 22 Sep 2023 An anomaly affecting the Ariane 6 thrust vector control system has delayed a 3 October long-duration hot fire test of the vehicle’s core stage. In preparation for a maiden Ariane 6 flight in 2024, major components of the...
- Sierra Space tests inflatable module technology SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2023 Sierra Space conducted another test of its inflatable habitat technology, demonstrating that the module exceeds its requirements even with the addition of a window in its fabric structure.
- True Anomaly gets $17 million Space Force contract for space domain awareness software SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2023 WASHINGTON — True Anomaly, a space industry startup based in Denver, was awarded a $17.4 million contract by the U.S. Space Force to provide software tools to better understand the
- NASA Mars Sample Return budget and schedule “unrealistic,” independent review concludes SpaceNews · 22 Sep 2023 NASA is delaying plans to move the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program to its next phase of development after an independent review found serious issues with its technical readiness, cost and schedule.