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- Plasmos unveils Space Truck SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2023 Plasmos plans to offer in-space transportation and return payloads to Earth with a Space Truck.
- SpaceX rolls naked Starship prototype to test site Teslarati · 12 Feb 2023 SpaceX has rolled a strange, naked Starship prototype from its Starbase, Texas factory to a nearby test site. Beginning with its cone-tipped...
- White House reviewing input on mission authorization concepts SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2023 The National Space Council is continuing work on a proposed framework for regulating commercial space activities that is being watched closely by both industry and Congress.
- Progress cargo spacecraft at ISS suffers coolant leak SpaceNews · 11 Feb 2023 A Progress cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station experienced a coolant leak Feb. 11, the second such incident involving a Russian spacecraft at the station in less than two months.
- Russian cargo ship docks as second Progress suffers sudden loss of coolant Spaceflight Now · 11 Feb 2023 A Russian Progress supply ship successfully docked with the International Space Station early Saturday but in an unlikely, presumed coincidence, another Progress, docked at a different port, suffered a sudden loss of coo...
- Another Russian spacecraft docked to the space station is leaking Ars Technica · 11 Feb 2023 None of this will comfort NASA as it partners with Russia on the space station.
- Progress MS-22 arrives at ISS, MS-21 develops coolant loop leak NASASpaceflight · 11 Feb 2023 Roscosmos’ latest Progress resupply craft has docked at the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff of the Progress MS-22 mission occurred at 06:15 UTC on Feb. 9 from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...
- SpaceX breaks launch pad turnaround record with midnight mission Spaceflight Now · 11 Feb 2023 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket hauled 55 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit just after midnight Sunday from Cape Canaveral, breaking a record for the shortest time between missions — five days — from the same SpaceX...
- Lunar cubesats encounter technical problems SpaceNews · 11 Feb 2023 One NASA-funded lunar cubesat has recovered from a communications glitch while engineers are developing backup plans for another cubesat that has suffered a propulsion problem.
- Inmarsat remains open to ordering its own LEO constellation SpaceNews · 10 Feb 2023 Inmarsat says it is still considering deploying a low Earth orbit constellation of its own despite comments to the contrary by one of its executives this week.
- Loft Orbital creates new subsidiary for government and defense SpaceNews · 10 Feb 2023 Space infrastructure startup Loft Orbital has formed a new subsidiary, Loft Federal, focused on the U.S. national security market.
- Astronaut Sen. Kelly touts ‘stunning’ space business growth, calls for more rocket competition CNBC · 10 Feb 2023 Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, who flew to space four times over a 15-year career as an astronaut, praised the growth of the industry and gave a rallying cry for intensified competition.
- Rocket Report: SpaceX’s Super Heavy is lit, court strikes down Georgia spaceport Ars Technica · 10 Feb 2023 "... it was dislodged and caused mischief downstream."
- NASA Selects Blue Origin to Launch Mars’ Magnetosphere Study Mission NASA · 9 Feb 2023 NASA has awarded Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington a task order to provide launch service for the agency’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission as part of the agency's Venture-Class...
- SpaceX test-fires 31 engines on Starship’s gigantic Super Heavy booster Spaceflight Now · 9 Feb 2023 In a significant milestone preparing for liftoff of the world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX test-fired 31 of the booster’s 33 methane-fueled engines Thursday in South Texas as the company eyes a launch attempt as soon a...
- SpaceX completes a hot fire test of its massive Super Heavy rocket [Updated] Ars Technica · 9 Feb 2023 "The real goal is to not blow up the launch pad, that is success."
- NASA Launches New Framework for Procurement Ideas, Solutions NASA · 9 Feb 2023 NASA is now seeking procurement ideas and solutions to encourage innovation from diverse perspectives, improve reach, reduce barriers, and ultimately meet and exceed agency goals.
- SpaceX successfully test fires Starship booster in last key step before orbital launch CNBC · 9 Feb 2023 SpaceX on Thursday test fired 31 of the 33 engines in the towering rocket booster of its Starship prototype, as the company prepares to launch the rocket to orbit for the first time.
- Starship program conducts major test, firing 31 of 33 Super Heavy engines NASASpaceflight · 9 Feb 2023 SpaceX’s Starship program has reached a major milestone ahead of its historic launch with a static fire test of Booster 7, successfully firing 31 of the booster’s 33 engines for the full planned duration.
- Investing in Space: Starship in the D.C. spotlight CNBC · 9 Feb 2023 Good morning from our nation’s capital. I’m in D.C. for the 25th annual Commercial Space Transportation conference. It’s a yearly meeting of a few hundred industry leaders and decision makers, centered around the relatio...
- As record rocket launches crowd airspace, the FAA fights to limit travel disruptions CNBC · 9 Feb 2023 WASHINGTON — Space companies are launching more rockets than ever, ratcheting up competition for air space just as travelers return to flying in droves — and leaving the Federal Aviation Administration in the middle to k...
- Russian Progress resupply ship launches on flight to space station Spaceflight Now · 9 Feb 2023 A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, boosting a Progress resupply ship into orbit in pursuit of the International Space Station with more than 5,500 pounds of cargo, fue...
- Watch live: Russian Progress resupply ship ready for launch to space station Spaceflight Now · 9 Feb 2023 A Russian Soyuz rocket is ready for blastoff Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, boosting a Progress resupply ship into orbit in pursuit of the International Space Station with more than 5,500 pounds of...
- Russian weather satellite deployed in geostationary orbit Spaceflight Now · 9 Feb 2023 Russia launched a geostationary weather satellite Feb. 5 on a Proton rocket, heading for a position more than 22,000 miles over the Pacific Ocean to cover Russia’s Far East and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
- SpaceX Starship booster survives record-breaking 31-engine static fire Teslarati · 9 Feb 2023 SpaceX’s Starship rocket has survived a record-breaking engine test – potentially the most powerful static fire in the history of rocketry. According...
- SpaceX ready for 33-engine test of Starship’s Super Heavy booster Spaceflight Now · 8 Feb 2023 SpaceX is gearing up for the first full-up test-firing Thursday of all 33 engines on the booster for the company’s Starship mega-rocket in Texas, a critical milestone on the path to launching the giant vehicle on its fir...
- NASA Awards Environmental Compliance, Operations Contract NASA · 8 Feb 2023 NASA has selected Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for the Environmental Compliance and Operations 3 (ECO3) contract, which provides environmental restoration program services and other su...
- SpaceX prepares for a massive test this week: Firing all 33 Starship engines at once CNBC · 8 Feb 2023 WASHINGTON – SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said Wednesday the company plans to attempt a major Starship milestone this week.
- NASA's Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars' Watery Past NASA · 8 Feb 2023 Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be drier.
- NASA Selects Scientific Support for Goddard Institute for Space Studies NASA · 8 Feb 2023 NASA has selected Autonomic Integra of Gaithersburg, Maryland, for specialized scientific support services to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
- Mysterious Russian satellites are now breaking apart in low-Earth orbit Ars Technica · 8 Feb 2023 "This suggests to me that perhaps these events are the result of a design error."
- SpaceX COO says Starlink had cash-flow-positive quarter in 2022 Teslarati · 8 Feb 2023 COO Gwynne Shotwell says that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet program had a “cash flow positive quarter” in 2022 and “will make money”...
- NASA Awards Simulation and Software Technology Services Contract NASA · 7 Feb 2023 NASA has awarded the Simulation and Software Technology III contract to CACI Federal of Chantilly, Virginia, to provide simulation and software technology support and related services for the agency’s Johnson Space Cente...
- New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station NASA · 7 Feb 2023 Students from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 9 in Rochester, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
- NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2022 Annual Report NASA · 7 Feb 2023 The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, issued its 2022 annual report Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, examining the agency’s safety performance, accomplishments, and ch...
- Here’s why Europe is abandoning plans to fly aboard China’s space station Ars Technica · 7 Feb 2023 Increasingly, the European Space Agency is aligned with NASA and the West.
- Perseverance completes sample return depot, Ingenuity continues flights NASASpaceflight · 7 Feb 2023 As the two-year landing anniversary of NASA’s Perseverance rover and its small scouting helicopter Ingenuity draws near, the pair continue to explore Jezero Crater and unlock the many secrets of the red planet.
- Stoke Space to build SpaceX Raptor engine’s first real competitor Teslarati · 7 Feb 2023 Seattle startup Stoke Space has revealed plans to develop an efficient rocket engine similar to the Raptors that power SpaceX’s Starship. Formed...
- Using Hubble, researchers measure the mass of a single white dwarf for the first time NASASpaceflight · 6 Feb 2023 Of the trillions of stars scattered throughout the universe, one of the most common are the white dwarfs, which are the dormant, burned out, and leftover cores of low/medium mass stars. For decades, scientists have only...
- NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 27th Resupply Launch to Space Station NASA · 6 Feb 2023 Media accreditation is open for SpaceX’s 27th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket is targeted for no earlier than Fr...