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- Investing in Space: Rocket Lab stock leads the sector in year-to-date gains CNBC · 3 Aug 2023 At the beginning of this year, I included a breakout space stock as one of the three things I’m watching for in 2023. Just past the halfway point we have strong contenders for that title, led by Rocket Lab and followed b...
- Northrop Grumman planning Cygnus upgrades SpaceNews · 3 Aug 2023 Northrop Grumman is planning upgrades to its Cygnus cargo vehicle, such as increased payload capacity, to support both the International Space Station and future commercial space stations.
- Simulating Aeolus’s demise: a bird’s eye view ESA · 3 Aug 2023 Aeolus’s mission is over, but weather forecasting is improved forever, and a new precedent has been set for safe satellite reentries. The trailblazing Earth Explorer returned through our atmosphere on 28 July, following...
- Probing the origin and evolution of water-rich asteroids SpaceNews · 3 Aug 2023 More than half the work of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt is expected to be performed by UAE companies.
- Northrop Grumman Reassessing Government Fixed Price Contracts After Loss on HALO SpacePolicyOnline.com · 3 Aug 2023 Northrop Grumman is reconsidering when to sign fixed price contracts with the government after experiencing a $36 million loss on NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost. Company head Kathy Warden told
- SpaceX set for launch of the Intelsat communications satellite Teslarati · 2 Aug 2023 SpaceX is set for a midnight launch to send a communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit for Intelsat. The two-hour launch window...
- CSMC Hires NASA Astronaut As Executive VP Of Strategy The Launch Pad · 2 Aug 2023 The Canadian Space Mining Corporation (CSMC) has hired NASA Astronaut and Geophysicist Dr. Andrew J. Feustel to be their Executive Vice President of Strategy.
- ULA Stacks Atlas V For Next National Security Launch The Launch Pad · 2 Aug 2023 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has stacked a Atlas V 551 rocket at SLC-41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of their next national security launch.
- Airbus and Voyager Space Announce Commercial Space Station Partnership European Spaceflight · 2 Aug 2023 US-based startup Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space have announced an agreement to develop, build, and operate Starlab, a commercial space station. The pair aim to offer the station that as a destination in low E...
- U.S. intelligence agency selects vendors for space debris tracking project SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2023 The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity selected four vendors to develop technologies and new approaches for tracking small debris objects in space.
- Voyager Space Partners With AirBus To Develop StarLab Commercial Space Stations The Launch Pad · 2 Aug 2023 Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space have announced a groundbreaking partnership for the joint development of the StarLab commercial space stations.
- NSF NOIRLab Observatory Offline Following Cyber Attack The Launch Pad · 2 Aug 2023 The National Science Foundation's NOIRLab has announced that on August 1st it encountered an alarming cyber attack that targeted its computer systems.
- Virgin Galactic Forecasts Low Revenue For Q3 and Q4 The Launch Pad · 2 Aug 2023 Virgin Galactic has officially entered regular commercial operations but the company has advised that these flights will generate only modest revenues in the near future.
- Final Antares flight successfully launches Space Station resupply mission Teslarati · 2 Aug 2023 Antares’ final mission was a 100 percent success as the rocket sent the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The...
- Download the August issue of SpaceNews SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2023 Download a free copy of the August 2023 issue of SpaceNews presented by ReOrbit at SmallSat. **By downloading the issue you consent to SN marketing and partner communications, you can opt-out
- iRocket To Develop & Test At Renowned US Air Force Base Facility The Launch Pad · 2 Aug 2023 The New York-based startup, founded in 2018, has recently entered into a groundbreaking agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to jointly develop and test rocket propulsion hardware.
- Northrop Grumman Launches Final Russia-Ukrainian Build Antares Rocket The Launch Pad · 2 Aug 2023 On Tuesday evening at 8:31:14 PM EDT (00:31:14 UTC), Northrop Grumman ended an era of US space history with the final launch of the Antares 230+ launch vehicle carrying the Cygnus NG-19 spacecraft.
- Startup iRocket signs agreement to develop and test hardware at U.S. Air Force facility SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2023 Innovative Rocket Technologies, known as iRocket, has signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to jointly develop and test rocket propulsion hardware.
- Voyager Space and Airbus create commercial space station joint venture SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2023 Voyager Space is joining forces with Airbus Defence and Space on a joint venture for the development of the Starlab commercial space station.
- Virgin Galactic forecasts limited revenues from initial commercial flights SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2023 Even as Virgin Galactic enters regular commercial operations of its suborbital spaceplane, it is advising that those flights will generate only modest revenues for the near future.
- Ursa Major gets additional funding for its 3D printing manufacturing facility SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2023 Rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major announced Aug. 2 that it has received additional funding from America Makes to produce 3D printed engine hardware.
- Antares launches Cygnus to ISS SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2023 A Cygnus cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after an Aug. 1 launch as part of NASA’s commitment to “full throttle” use of the station through the end of the decade.
- US Space Command To Stay In Colorado The Launch Pad · 1 Aug 2023 President Biden has brought an end to the prolonged dispute over the location of the U.S. Space Command headquarters by announcing that it will remain in Colorado Springs, and not move to Huntsville, Alabama.
- Virgin Galactic banks $2 million in quarterly revenue after first commercial spaceflight CNBC · 1 Aug 2023 Virgin Galactic reported second-quarter losses on Tuesday that were slightly wider the year-ago period, as the space tourism company pushes on toward flying customers on monthly flights after launching commercial service...
- The Atlantic is frying, but so far hurricanes are dying. What’s going on? Ars Technica · 1 Aug 2023 Can wind shear and sinking air hold historically high sea temperatures at bay?
- Mulholland Urges Vocal Advocacy for ISS Amid Budget Gloom SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Aug 2023 Boeing Vice President John Mulholland is urging International Space Station researchers to get busy advocating for the ISS to guard against budget cuts while Congress faces difficult funding decisions. Although
- Boeing’s Mulholland Urges Vocal Advocacy for ISS Amid Budget Gloom SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Aug 2023 Boeing Vice President John Mulholland is urging International Space Station researchers to get busy advocating for the ISS to guard against budget cuts while Congress faces difficult funding decisions. Although
- Sunset over Wallops – One Last Ride on Antares 230+ Space Scout · 1 Aug 2023 On August 1 2023, at 8:31 pm - Northrop Grumman’s Antares launch vehicle will lift off from Wallops Island, bound for the International Space Station with 8,000 pounds of cargo, experiments and food for the multinational...
- Join NASA Administrator, Artemis II Moon Crew for Mission Update NASA · 1 Aug 2023 NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to provide Artemis II mission preparations and crew training updates. Artemis II will send a crew of fou...
- Astro Digital to integrate Astroscale in-orbit servicing docking plates SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2023 Small satellite builder Astro Digital plans to add an Astroscale docking plate to upcoming spacecraft to make it easier for them to use in-orbit services being developed by Astroscale and others.
- Northrup Grumman’s Antares set for its swan song launch Teslarati · 1 Aug 2023 Later this evening at 8:31 p.m. ET (00:31 UTC on the 2nd), the Northrup Grumman Antares 230+ rocket is scheduled to launch...
- Antares 230+ farewell launch flying S.S. Laurel Clark to ISS NASASpaceflight · 1 Aug 2023 The final flight of the Antares 230+ launch vehicle, marking the end of the career of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 200 series of rockets, lifted off Tuesday with the NG-19 mission under the Commercial Resupply Services car...
- Crew 6’s Return: Reflecting on a Record Setting Mission Space Scout · 1 Aug 2023 As SpaceX’s Crew - 7 gears up for launch in August, 2023 - the crew of the sixth rotation mission to the International Space Station are wrapping up a record setting, history-making long duration segment.
- Antares prepares to fly its last mission using Russian and Ukrainian parts The Launch Pad · 1 Aug 2023 Northdrop Grumman set to launch final Antares 230+ containing Russian parts from Wallops.
- Senate committee advances orbital debris removal bill SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2023 As the Senate advances a bill that would direct NASA to support missions to remove orbital debris, the agency is outlining the role it will take assisting the Commerce Department on a new space traffic coordination syste...
- Planet lays off about 10% of workforce as satellite imagery company restructures CNBC · 1 Aug 2023 Satellite-imagery and data-analysis company Planet is restructuring and laying off 117 employees, it announced on Tuesday.
- Science, Hardware Launch on NASA’s Northrop Grumman Cargo Mission NASA · 1 Aug 2023 A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of NASA science investigations and cargo after launching at 8:31 p.m. EDT Tuesday from the agency...
- Rocket Lab’s Electron faces rare last second abort Teslarati · 31 Jul 2023 Rocket Lab’s 40th mission will have to wait a bit longer, as the Electron rocket ignited its 9 Rutherford engines and immediately...
- U.S. Space Command headquarters to remain in Colorado SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2023 President Biden finally settled the drawn-out fight over the location of U.S. Space Command headquarters: It’s staying in Colorado Springs, and not moving to Huntsville, Alabama.
- The Future of Space Scout Space Scout · 31 Jul 2023 Welcome back to Space Scout. We've missed you.