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- Major earthquake devastates areas of southern Turkey and northern Syria Ars Technica · 6 Feb 2023 The early death toll is 1,600 people, but this number will grow.
- SpaceX launches communications satellite for Spain’s Hispasat Spaceflight Now · 6 Feb 2023 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday night from Cape Canaveral with Amazonas Nexus, a powerhouse satellite owned by the Spanish company Hispasat to connect trans-Atlantic airline passengers, maritime traffic, and rur...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Spanish Amazonas Nexus satellite Teslarati · 6 Feb 2023 SpaceX has successfully launched Spanish connectivity provider HISPASAT’s Amazonas Nexus satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit. The mission kicks off a surge...
- SpaceX launches Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus satellite NASASpaceflight · 5 Feb 2023 SpaceX has launched the Amazonas Nexus satellite for Hispasat on a Falcon 9 rocket from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:32 PM EST on Monday, Feb. 6 (01:32 UTC on Tuesday, Feb. 7) u...
- Spanish-owned communications satellite ready for launch from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 4 Feb 2023 A nearly five-ton satellite for the Spanish company Hispasat is ready for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Monday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, beginning a mission to provide in-flight internet and other communications ser...
- Inside the ‘Wormhole,’ Relativity Space’s monster factory 3D-printing reusable rockets CNBC · 4 Feb 2023 LONG BEACH, California – It was a few days into the new year yet Relativity Space’s factory was anything but quiet, a din of activity with massive 3D printers humming and the clanging of construction ringing out.
- Why would the Chinese government be flying a large stratospheric balloon? Ars Technica · 3 Feb 2023 It is possible that the balloon's flight termination system failed.
- NASA Awards Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract NASA · 3 Feb 2023 NASA has selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC of Titusville, Florida, and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide commercial payload processing services for agency missions...
- NASA Awards Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Universities NASA · 3 Feb 2023 NASA is awarding $11.7 million to eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority in Research and Education (DEAP) opportunity. These awards will enabl...
- NASA flight software for SLS navigates through clean first launch NASASpaceflight · 3 Feb 2023 The NASA-developed flight software for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle successfully flew the program’s first launch on the Artemis I mission on Nov. 16. The vehicle’s Integrated Avionics and Software condu...
- When will United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket fly? Ars Technica · 3 Feb 2023 The Peregrine lander is ready for launch. Sort of.
- Rocket Report: Tearing down Ariane’s SUSIE concept; is ChatGPT a rocket scientist? Ars Technica · 3 Feb 2023 "If you have someone who is worried, don't slough it off. Deal with it."
- SpaceX Starlink Gen2 mission marks Falcon 9 rocket’s 200th successful launch Teslarati · 2 Feb 2023 A day and a half after its 200th launch overall, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has successfully launched for the 200th time. Falcon...
- Space station astronauts finish preps for next pair of new solar arrays Spaceflight Now · 2 Feb 2023 Continuing work left over from a spacewalk last month, astronauts Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata headed outside the International Space Station Thursday to finish installing a mounting bracket for new solar arrays due to...
- Investing in Space: Picture day CNBC · 2 Feb 2023 Smile. You’re on camera (in space).
- Joe Acabá, de la NASA, será el astronauta jefe de la agencia NASA · 2 Feb 2023 La NASA ha nombrado al astronauta veterano Joe Acabá jefe de la Oficina de Astronautas del Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia. Veterano condecorado de múltiples vuelos espaciales, así como ex marine estadounidense y e...
- NASA’s Joe Acaba to Serve as Agency’s Chief Astronaut NASA · 2 Feb 2023 NASA has appointed veteran astronaut Joe Acaba as chief of the Astronaut Office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. A decorated veteran of multiple spaceflights, as well a former U.S. Marine and former educa...
- Astronauts conduct second EVA to lay groundwork for final iROSA arrays NASASpaceflight · 2 Feb 2023 Astronauts Koichi Wakata and Nicole Mann have completed another spacewalk, continuing work to enable the final set of upgraded ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) “solar wings” to be installed on ISS sometime this summer.
- Watch live: SpaceX set to launch 53 more Starlink internet satellites Spaceflight Now · 2 Feb 2023 SpaceX’s launch team in Florida is counting down to an overnight blastoff early Thursday, with a Falcon 9 rocket set to loft 53 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center is scheduled...
- SpaceX preparing for surge of geostationary satellite launches Teslarati · 2 Feb 2023 SpaceX is preparing for a surge of geostationary communications satellite launches after several slow years. In the late 2010s, orders of large...
- 20 years after Columbia disaster, lessons learned still in sharp focus at NASA Spaceflight Now · 1 Feb 2023 Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart high over Texas on the way to landing in Florida, killing a crew of seven astronauts in a tragedy with long-lasting consequences that still reverberate across the...
- SpaceX conducts cross-country Starlink doubleheader NASASpaceflight · 1 Feb 2023 SpaceX ended January with and began February with two Starlink missions. These launches occurred two days apart from separate launch sites.
- Virgin Orbit receives another small investment from Branson—and it’s worrisome Ars Technica · 1 Feb 2023 More clarity on the company's financial situation should come by late March.
- Two decades after the Columbia disaster, is NASA’s safety culture fixed? Ars Technica · 1 Feb 2023 "We all know that to engineer is human."
- Governments to be major customers of future Axiom Space private astronaut missions SpaceNews · 1 Feb 2023 Axiom Space says the customers for its upcoming private astronaut missions to the International Space Station are dominated by governments rather than individuals.
- Elon Musk teases expendable version of SpaceX’s reusable Starship rocket Teslarati · 1 Feb 2023 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the company could eventually develop an expendable version of its next-generation Starship rocket. Starship is extraordinarily...
- VP Awards Former NASA Astronauts Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA · 31 Jan 2023 On behalf of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris awarded former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor Tuesday for their bravery in NASA’s SpaceX Demonstrat...
- Starlink satellites, Italian space tug launched by SpaceX rocket Spaceflight Now · 31 Jan 2023 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday from California’s Central Coast with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare space tug for the Italian company D-Orbit, itself carrying tech demo experiments and cremated...
- SpaceX launches 200th Falcon 9 rocket Teslarati · 31 Jan 2023 SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the 200th time. Measuring 70 meters (230 ft) tall and 3.7 meters (12 ft)...
- Space Force chief: Satellites are under threat, ‘we have to be ready’ SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2023 Threats to U.S. satellites are becoming more complex and unpredictable, which will require new ways of training and preparing for a possible conflict, Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, U.S. chief of space operations, said Jan. 31...
- NASA Extends Goddard Logistics, Technical Services Contract NASA · 31 Jan 2023 NASA has awarded a modification to extend the period of performance of the Goddard Logistics and Technical Information II (GLTI II) Services Contract with TRAX International Corporation of Las Vegas.
- Orbital Sidekick raises $10 million from customers and existing investors SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2023 Hyperspectral imaging startup Orbital Sidekick raised $10 million in an investment round led by Energy Innovation Capital.
- Capella Space establishes new subsidiary focused on U.S. defense market SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2023 Capella Space announced Jan. 31 it is forming a new business unit, Capella Federal, that will offer “increased Earth observation access to select U.S. defense customers.”
- NASA Spinoffs Bolster Climate Resilience, Improve Medical Care, More NASA · 31 Jan 2023 When it comes to NASA, most people look to the skies as rockets, rovers, and astronauts push the boundaries of space exploration. But the benefits of going above and beyond can be found here on Earth through products and...
- SpaceX launches first flight of cross-country Starlink doubleheader NASASpaceflight · 31 Jan 2023 SpaceX ended January with and will begin February with two Starlink missions. These launches will occur two days apart from separate launch sites.
- Crew Dragon astronauts to receive rare space medal from the White House Ars Technica · 31 Jan 2023 Outside of space circles, the space medal is not a particularly well-known honor.
- China’s CAS Space outlines rocket series, inaugurates manufacturing facility SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2023 A Chinese space launch company has outlined its plans for a series of solid and reusable rockets for launch services and space tourism and opened a new industrial base.
- Xplore announces first launch of remote-sensing smallsat SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2023 Xplore, a startup based in Redmond, Washington, announced Jan. 31 it was granted a remote-sensing license for the company's first mission to low Earth orbit.
- LA-based Embedded Ventures launches inaugural fund, with focus on national security and space tech CNBC · 31 Jan 2023 Los Angeles-based Embedded Ventures kicked off an inaugural $100 million fund, the firm announced Tuesday, as it looks to back companies building for both commercial and national security customers, especially in the spa...
- NASA hits limits of space station utilization SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2023 NASA has effectively reached full utilization of the International Space Station given limitations on crew time and the ability to get cargo to and from the station, an agency official said Jan. 30.