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- NASA Announces New Chief Scientist, Senior Climate Advisor NASA · 10 Jan 2022 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that Dr. Katherine Calvin will serve the agency in dual roles as chief scientist and senior climate advisor effective Monday.
- SpaceX simulates lifting Starship with launch tower ‘arms’ Teslarati · 10 Jan 2022 SpaceX has taken Starbase’s rocket-catching launch tower ‘arms’ to new heights during the latest series of proof tests. That process began in...
- All hail the Ariane 5 rocket, which doubled the Webb telescope’s lifetime Ars Technica · 10 Jan 2022 "It would have been criminal not to do it."
- SOFIA makes case for continued operations SpaceNews · 10 Jan 2022 Officials with a NASA airborne observatory responded to a stinging rebuke in the latest astrophysics decadal survey by arguing that the facility, targeted for termination, is essential to the agency’s broader science pro...
- SpaceX preparing for third rideshare launch with dozens of small satellites Teslarati · 9 Jan 2022 One week after SpaceX and the world’s first orbital launch of 2022, the company is a few days out from its second...
- James Webb Space Telescope fully deploys, Northrop Grumman marks sunshield success NASASpaceflight · 9 Jan 2022 At 18:17 UTC on January 8, 2022, the joint NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully deployed the starboard wing of its massive 6.5-meter mirror — m...
- Space Force to take a fresh look at communications satellite needs SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2022 What mix of satellites will be needed to meet rising demand for connectivity will be the subject of a deep-dive study by the U.S. Space Force.
- Other ISS partners start planning for extension to 2030 SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2022 The White House’s decision to extend operations of the International Space Station through the end of the decade is a “trigger” for other partners to make their own plans to continue participation in the station.
- NASA completes major JWST deployments SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2022 The primary mirror of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope unfolded into place Jan. 8, completing the major steps in the post-launch deployment of the giant observatory.
- Remarkably, NASA has completed deployment of the Webb space telescope Ars Technica · 8 Jan 2022 "This is an amazing milestone."
- NASA’s Webb Telescope Reaches Major Milestone as Mirror Unfolds NASA · 8 Jan 2022 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations.
- From contractor to satellite operator: Q&A with Sidus Space CEO Carol Craig SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2022 Sidus Space became a public company in December to help transform the Space Coast government contractor into a commercial satellite constellation operator. SpaceNews interviewed Sidus Space CEO Carol Craig, who became th...
- Expedition 66 concludes 2021 with busy December aboard ISS NASASpaceflight · 7 Jan 2022 While many cultures celebrated their respective holiday traditions on Earth, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) carried on with their busy schedules high above. December 2021 saw three major visiting vehic...
- Arianespace looks to transitions of vehicles and business in 2022 SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2022 After its most active year in two decades capped by the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope for NASA, Arianespace is heading into a period of transition in 2022 marked by the introduction of new vehicles and a chang...
- Rocket Report: SpaceX raises more cash, buy your own New Glenn Ars Technica · 7 Jan 2022 "SpaceX ... is currently drafting responses for the over 18,000 public comments."
- First wing of Webb telescope’s primary mirror folds into place Spaceflight Now · 7 Jan 2022 One of the two wings holding three of the James Webb Space Telescope’s gold-coated mirror segments folded into place Friday, setting the stage for positioning of the other wing Saturday to complete the nearly $10 billion...
- SpaceX kicks off jam-packed new year with Starlink launch and Falcon landing Teslarati · 6 Jan 2022 SpaceX has successfully completed its first launch – a Starlink mission – of 2022, kicking off the most ambitious annual launch manifest...
- Space Force to use navigation data from LEO constellations to detect electronic interference SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2022 Under a $2 million contract from the U.S. Space Force, Slingshot Aerospace will develop an analytics tool that uses location data from commercial satellites in low Earth orbit to identify potential sources of electronic...
- NASA to Host Coverage, Briefing for Webb Telescope’s Final Unfolding NASA · 6 Jan 2022 NASA will provide live coverage and host a media briefing Saturday, Jan. 8, for the conclusion of the James Webb Space Telescope’s major spacecraft deployments.
- SpaceX conducts first orbital launch of 2022 with Starlink Group 4-5 NASASpaceflight · 6 Jan 2022 SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to the fourth shell of the constellation for the first global orbital launch attempt of the year.
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ready for first of dozens of launches in 2022 Teslarati · 6 Jan 2022 Teams have rolled a Falcon 9 out of its integration hangar and raised the rocket vertical at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Pad...
- Loft Orbital orders more LeoStella satellite buses SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2022 Condosat operator Loft Orbital has ordered another batch of small satellite buses from LeoStella after securing undisclosed customers looking to fly payloads in 2023.
- Leidos signs on as HawkEye 360 investor and strategic partner SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2022 Hawkeye 360 extended its Series D funding round to $150 million with a $5 million investment from Leidos.
- Report finds that US accounts for more than half of global space spending Ars Technica · 6 Jan 2022 Nations around the world spent $92 billion on the "space sector" in 2021.
- Angara upper stage reenters after failed launch SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2022 The upper stage of a failed Angara launch harmlessly reentered Jan. 5, capping another setback in the protracted development of that vehicle.
- SpaceX targeting five East Coast Falcon launches in first month of 2022 Teslarati · 6 Jan 2022 In a new statement focused on Cape Canaveral’s “exceptionally busy” 2022 schedule, a senior US Space Force (formerly Air Force) official has...
- Space debris expert warns U.S. ‘woefully behind’ in efforts to clean up junk in orbit SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2022 The United States is a space superpower but is not doing as much as other nations to solve the problem of orbital debris, an industry expert said Jan. 6.
- SpaceX deploys 49 more Starlink satellites in first launch of 2022 Spaceflight Now · 6 Jan 2022 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and deployed 49 more Starlink internet satellites, blazing a new trail to orbit on the first of as many as seven space missions from...
- SpaceX kicks off 2022 with Starlink launch SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2022 After setting a record for launch activity in 2021, SpaceX started 2022 with the Falcon 9 launch of a set of Starlink satellites Jan. 6.
- Webb’s secondary mirror successfully deployed Spaceflight Now · 5 Jan 2022 In another major milestone for the James Webb Space Telescope, a motor-driven tripod unfolded as planned Wednesday, moving a 2.4-foot-wide secondary mirror into position to reflect collected starlight back down to the in...
- The launch of NASA’s titanic SLS rocket slips toward summer 2022 Ars Technica · 5 Jan 2022 The rocket will now roll out of its Florida hangar no earlier than mid-February.
- Space Force wants to help fund technologies to recycle, reuse or remove space debris SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2022 Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson in a video released Jan. 5 called on the private sector to help clean up space junk.
- Amazon’s Alexa to be tested on Artemis 1 SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2022 The upcoming uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft will include a payload to see how a voice recognition technology widely available to consumers today could be used to assist astronauts on future missions.
- Psyche to begin environmental testing ahead of August 2022 launch NASASpaceflight · 4 Jan 2022 As 2022 begins, the ASU (Arizona State University)-led team for the NASA Psyche spacecraft is preparing to conduct thermal vacuum testing in preparation for launch. Psyche is a first-of-a-kind mission set to orbit an M-T...
- The James Webb Telescope is now super cool (thanks to its new sunshield) Ars Technica · 4 Jan 2022 "It was a wonderful moment. A lot of joy. A lot of relief."
- Sunshield Successfully Deploys on NASA’s Next Flagship Telescope NASA · 4 Jan 2022 The James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s 70-foot sunshield, a key milestone in preparing it for science operations.
- Starlink’s head of India resigns as SpaceX refunds preorders SpaceNews · 4 Jan 2022 Starlink’s lead executive in India said he resigned Friday for personal reasons, a month after the country’s government ordered SpaceX to stop preselling the satellite broadband service until it gives regulatory approval...
- Upper stage from failed Russian rocket to make uncontrolled re-entry Ars Technica · 4 Jan 2022 The troubles with the long-in-development Angara A5 continue.
- India’s space program looks to bounce back SpaceNews · 4 Jan 2022 After a year marked by little launch activity and one high-profile failure, the head of India’s space program says he expects much more in 2022, including an uncrewed test flight for its human spaceflight program.
- JWST begins sunshield tensioning SpaceNews · 4 Jan 2022 Spacecraft controllers started the final steps in the deployment of the sunshield of the James Webb Space Telescope Jan. 3 after fixing two minor issues with the spacecraft.