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- KSAT invests in dedicated lunar communications network SpaceNews · 16 Mar 2022
- NASA Awards Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 Contract NASA · 16 Mar 2022 NASA has awarded the Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 (GSMO-3) contract to KBR Wyle Services LLC of Greenbelt, Maryland. The contract will provide services including systems engineering, facility engineering, laun...
- SpaceX schedules spy satellite, NASA astronaut launches on the same day Teslarati · 16 Mar 2022 The US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has confirmed that its next spy satellite is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9...
- California Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station NASA · 16 Mar 2022 Students from Los Angeles will have an opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
- Boeing’s satellite communications payload for U.S. Space Force passes design review SpaceNews · 16 Mar 2022 A satellite communication payload developed by Boeing for the U.S. Space Force has passed a critical design review, the company announced March 16.
- Tomorrow.io weather satellites pass critical design review SpaceNews · 16 Mar 2022 A week after calling off a SPAC merger intended to raise $420 million for a constellation of commercial weather radar satellites, Tomorrow.io said March 16 its two pathfinder spacecraft passed their critical design revie...
- El telescopio Webb de la NASA alcanza un hito en su alineación NASA · 16 Mar 2022 El telescopio Webb de la NASA alcanza un hito en su alineación
- NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully NASA · 16 Mar 2022 Following the completion of critical mirror alignment steps, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team expects that Webb’s optical performance will be able to meet or exceed the science goals the observatory was built to ac...
- NASA’s plant-growing technology could be used to produce food at military bases SpaceNews · 16 Mar 2022 Eden Grow Systems and Rhea Space Activity won a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 contract to look at possible applications of aeroponic technology to grow produce at inhospitable locations where some Space Forc...
- NASA Mourns Passing of Visionary Heliophysicist Eugene Parker NASA · 16 Mar 2022 Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94.
- SpaceX rapidly stacks Starship and Super Heavy with ‘Mechazilla’ Teslarati · 16 Mar 2022 For the second time ever, SpaceX has used Starbase’s ‘Mechazilla’ tower and arms to stack a Starship upper stage on top of...
- Spire to build space situational awareness satellites for NorthStar SpaceNews · 16 Mar 2022 NorthStar Earth & Space, a company planning a satellite constellation to collect space situational awareness (SSA) data, is working with Spire to field an initial fleet of spacecraft.
- NASA completes alignment of JWST mirrors SpaceNews · 16 Mar 2022 NASA has completed the next step in the commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope by fine-tuning the alignment of its primary mirror segments, confirming the telescope’s optics will meet or exceed expectations.
- Astronauts prep for new solar arrays on nearly seven-hour spacewalk Spaceflight Now · 15 Mar 2022 Astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari floated out of the International Space Station airlock for a spacewalk Tuesday, installing brackets and struts to support new solar arrays to upgrade the research lab’s power system...
- NASA Extends Ingenuity Helicopter Mission NASA · 15 Mar 2022 With its recent 21st flight complete, the Red Planet rotorcraft is on its way to setting more records during its second year of operations.
- DoD estimates $2.5 billion price tag for global constellation to track hypersonic missiles SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2022 A $550 million congressional add-on in 2022 would only be a down payment to kickstart the deployment of a 28-satellite constellation of infrared space sensors in low Earth orbit
- Astra’s Rocket 3.3 returns to flight with successful launch SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2022 Astra successfully returned its Rocket 3.3 vehicle to flight March 15, placing several payloads into low Earth orbit.
- Kymeta secures $84 million to scale up antenna production SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2022 Antenna maker Kymeta said March 15 it has raised $84 million to expand manufacturing facilities ahead of deploying its first flat panel, electronically steered user terminals for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites this yea...
- Astra launches first successful mission with operational satellites Spaceflight Now · 15 Mar 2022 Astra’s small satellite launcher returned to flight Tuesday and delivered an unspecified number of small satellites into orbit after a successful liftoff from Alaska, helping clear the way for a series of three launches...
- Ukrainian space industry players continue work, eye European projects amid war SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2022 While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to impact the Ukrainian space sector, senior industry representatives say that local companies have so far managed to adapt their activities to the realities of war, and they...
- ISS astronauts complete spacewalk as busy period of station operations begins NASASpaceflight · 15 Mar 2022 Two NASA astronauts have completed 6.5-hour spacewalk to continue the process of upgrading the space station’s power systems. The spacewalk kicked off a busy period of upcoming operations amid the continued uncertainty o...
- NASA ready to roll out SLS SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2022 NASA is ready to roll out the first Space Launch System rocket this week for a countdown rehearsal ahead of a launch later this year.
- Space station operations remain normal despite geopolitical tensions SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not affected operations of the International Space Station or plans for a NASA astronaut to return home on a Soyuz spacecraft late this month, according to agency officials.
- SpaceX preparing for third Starship ‘full stack’ Teslarati · 15 Mar 2022 SpaceX appears to be preparing Starship 20 and Super Heavy Booster 4 for their third ‘full stack’ demonstration after two seemingly successful...
- Agile supplies thrusters for Astrobotic, ispace and Masten lunar landers SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2022 Agile Space Industries, a Durango, Colorado company focused on in-space chemical propulsion, is additively manufacturing thrusters for robotic lunar landers being built by Astrobotic Technology, ispace and Masten Space S...
- DoD decommissions two missile-tracking satellites after 12 years in orbit SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2022 The two Space Tracking and Surveillance System satellites were taken out of service on March 8. They were launched in 2009 on a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket.
- Launch of U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellite delayed indefinitely SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2022 The launch of a U.S. Space Force mission known as USSF-12 has been put on indefinite pause.
- OneWeb not eager to tear up launch contract with Arianespace Spaceflight Now · 14 Mar 2022 OneWeb working with Arianespace, who owes the satellite internet firm six more Soyuz launches, to find a ride to orbit for more than 200 of its spacecraft left grounded by an embargo on Western payloads flying aboard Rus...
- DoD wants to change how it buys space technology – but can it? SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2022 As the Pentagon prepares for the possibility that adversaries will target national and commercial satellites, the government’s ability to adopt commercial industry’s best technologies has become a major topic of discussi...
- Astra scrubs return-to-flight launch from Alaska Spaceflight Now · 14 Mar 2022 Astra engineers identified two problems — an electrical design issue and a software glitch — that prevented a rocket from reaching orbit last month with a suite of NASA-sponsored CubeSats, clearing the way for a return-t...
- NASA to Discuss Progress as Webb Telescope’s Mirrors Align NASA · 14 Mar 2022 NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at noon EDT Wednesday, March 16, to provide an update on the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror alignment.
- Astra successfully returns to flight with mission for Spaceflight Inc. NASASpaceflight · 14 Mar 2022 Rocket 3.3, the first Astra rocket to successfully launch to orbit, has successfully returned to flight in what was a closely watched mission just over one month after ELaNa-41 failed during fairing and stage separation....
- Astra gears up for next launch, signs Spaceflight contract SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2022 Astra Space says it will attempt its next Rocket 3.3 launch as soon as March 14 as the first flight in a multi-launch contract with Spaceflight.
- SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster spotted at Kennedy Space Center Teslarati · 14 Mar 2022 SpaceX has been spotted transporting a Falcon Heavy booster through NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) facilities, offering a slight glimpse behind the...
- SpaceX drone ship leaves port for sixth consecutive Starlink launch Teslarati · 14 Mar 2022 SpaceX drone ship Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) has departed Port Canaveral in anticipation of the company’s sixth consecutive Starlink launch. Known...
- NASA: Space station operations continue smoothly despite Ukraine invasion Spaceflight Now · 14 Mar 2022 Despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and worsening relations, joint operation of the International Space Station continues normally with plans in place to bring NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei back to Earth as planned aboa...
- Congress gives DoD more money for space, with caveats SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2022 Defense appropriators in the 2022 spending bill added nearly $1.3 billion for U.S. Space Force and Space Development Agency programs above what the Biden administration requested.
- Methalox race likely to be won in 2022, but winner not yet clear NASASpaceflight · 13 Mar 2022 Right now, several methane-fueled rockets are in a race to orbit. With Starship from SpaceX, Vulcan from United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Neutron from Rocket Lab, all of the most active US launch providers are committed...
- From the archives | An untethered Ukraine seeks new orbits for its space industry SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2022 Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 meant Ukraine lost access to a major satellite ground station located there. That annexation, and ongoing unrest in eastern Ukraine, have also cut off most business Ukraine's space i...
- From the archives | How Crimea’s annexation hurt Ukraine’s space program SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2022 Ukraine's space agency, and the country's small but highly specialized space industry, have been hit harder than Russia by the conflict over Crimea. The real problem was the political impact on Ukraine's industrial ties...