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- SpaceX’s next-gen Starlink plans questioned by a company with zero satellites Teslarati · 1 Sep 2021 In the latest instance of an Amazon-related venture attempting to use regulations and legal routes to suppress competition, Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite...
- NASA Invites Students, Educators to Join Artemis I Mission NASA · 1 Sep 2021 As students and educators return to classrooms online and in-person, NASA welcomes the next generation of explorers – the Artemis Generation – to learn more about the mission that will pave the way to land the first woma...
- Northrop Grumman discusses Antares NG-16’s eventful countdown, talks future missions NASASpaceflight · 1 Sep 2021 On August 10, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The NG-16 countdown was hampered with helium and ground computer issues leading up to the final T0...
- Bipartisan group of lawmakers presses DoD to back Lockheed-Aerojet merger SpaceNews · 1 Sep 2021 A group of 13 members of Congress in a letter argue that DoD should support Lockheed Martin’s proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne.
- Blue Origin hires advisory firm linked to messy JEDI contract process Ars Technica · 1 Sep 2021 Pallas Advisors was co-founded by two former advisors to Jim Mattis.
- NASA Begins Air Taxi Flight Testing with Joby NASA · 1 Sep 2021 NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of the agency’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign.
- Powering sustainability: Satellite propulsion underpins orbital stewardship SpaceNews · 1 Sep 2021 Small satellite propulsion has a critical role to play in keeping space sustainable. While in-orbit debris cleaners and other emerging capabilities capture imaginations, thrusters underpin a healthy operating environment...
- SpaceX Cargo Dragon joins Crew Dragon at the International Space Station Teslarati · 1 Sep 2021 For the fourth time in nine months, SpaceX has docked a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station with a second Dragon...
- Crew completes spaceship fit check ahead of all-private mission to orbit Spaceflight Now · 1 Sep 2021 The four private citizens who will fly into orbit later this month on a chartered SpaceX capsule visited their spaceship at Cape Canaveral this week for fit checks. On Wednesday, officials released the first pictures of...
- House Armed Services Committee approves Space National Guard, challenges DoD on space programs SpaceNews · 1 Sep 2021 The House Armed Services Committee in its version of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed several provisions on national security space policy and DoD procurement of space technologies.
- Starbase Launch Tower enters Mechazilla installation phase NASASpaceflight · 31 Aug 2021 At SpaceX Starbase, Booster 4 and Ship 20 continue processing operations for their test flight from a launch site that is now receiving its Mechazilla hardware.
- NASA Administrator Statement on Meeting with Ukrainian President NASA · 31 Aug 2021 The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit Tuesday to NASA Headquarters in Washington:
- NASA Leadership to Call Space Station Crew NASA · 31 Aug 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station from the Mission Control Center at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Thursda...
- Aerospace Corp. CEO sees winds of change in space procurement SpaceNews · 31 Aug 2021 In an interview with SpaceNews, Aerospace Corp. CEO Steve Isakowitz says unprecedented opportunities are emerging for national security space organizations to capture commercial innovation. Defense programs won’t transfo...
- SpaceX adds Bob and Doug multipurpose ships to streamlined recovery fleet NASASpaceflight · 31 Aug 2021 The arrival of Doug, the newest addition to the SpaceX recovery fleet, indicates further consolidation of the company’s rocket recovery operations. Although the launch cadence has slowed as SpaceX prepares the next gener...
- NASA’s big rocket misses another deadline, now won’t fly until 2022 Ars Technica · 31 Aug 2021 "The agency continues to monitor the rise of COVID cases in the Kennedy area."
- Space agencies support space traffic management but differ on how it should be developed SpaceNews · 31 Aug 2021 Leaders of national space agencies agree that space traffic management (STM) should be a priority but have differing views on who should be responsible for it.
- SpaceX’s second Super Heavy booster might land in Mechazilla’s arms Teslarati · 31 Aug 2021 CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX could attempt to catch a Super Heavy booster out of mid-air with a tower-sized ‘Mechazilla’ robot...
- Pandemic-caused liquid oxygen shortage impacts launch schedules Spaceflight Now · 31 Aug 2021 The effects of a nationwide shortage of liquid oxygen caused by the recent spike in hospitalized coronavirus patients has already delayed the launch of a Landsat imaging satellite by a week, and threatens to impact more...
- NASA’s hopes waning for SLS test flight this year Spaceflight Now · 31 Aug 2021 The earliest NASA’s first Space Launch System moon rocket could roll out from the Vehicle Assembly Building to its seaside launch complex in Florida is at the end of November, officials told Spaceflight Now, leaving litt...
- NASA has no plans to exchange lunar samples with China SpaceNews · 31 Aug 2021 NASA currently has no plans to trade any of its Apollo-era lunar samples with those returned by China’s Chang’e-5 mission, although then agency’s chief scientist held out hope for such an exchange in the future.
- Liquid nitrogen shortage delays Landsat 9 launch SpaceNews · 31 Aug 2021 A one-week delay in the launch of the next Landsat satellite on an Atlas 5 is the result of a ripple effect in the supply chain caused by increased demand for liquid oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients.
- Lamborn and Crow propose establishment of Space Force National Guard SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2021 Reps. Doug Lamborn (R) and Jason Crow (D), both from Colorado, announced Aug. 30 they are introducing legislation to establish a Space National Guard as a reserve component of the U.S. Space Force.
- German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg successfully performs critical tests ahead of 2022 debut NASASpaceflight · 30 Aug 2021 The German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg, or RFA, has concluded another test of their RFA One rocket. In the test, the company performed a destructive cryogenic pressure test of their first stage prototype. The company...
- Space Development Agency to acquire 144 satellites from multiple vendors SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2021 The Defense Department’s space agency on Aug. 30 released a request for proposals from satellite manufacturers that would compete for contracts to build as many as 144 satellites.
- NASA Sets Coverage for Two Russian Spacewalks Outside Space Station NASA · 30 Aug 2021 Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 9, to conduct the first pair of up to 11 spacewalks to prepare the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module...
- HASC chairman wants updated DoD plan for ‘tactically responsive space launch’ SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2021 Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) in his version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 directs the Defense Department to submit a plan for how it will use commercial launch vehicles for so-called tactica...
- US, South Korea agree to enhance security cooperation in outer space SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2021 South Korea’s air force will join U.S. Space Force-led joint military drills aimed at bolstering the latter’s defense capabilities in outer space.
- Small launch vehicles grow up SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2021 Why Relativity Space and Rocket Lab are both developing larger rockets that could vie with Falcon 9 and Vulcan Centaur for some classes of payloads.
- Download your ‘News from the 36th Space Symposium’ special digital edition SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2021 The SpaceNews editorial team produced four show dailies, a nightly email newsletter and all-day web coverage during the 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs the week of Aug. 23.
- Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana and then didn’t really weaken. Why? Ars Technica · 30 Aug 2021 This slow weakening is in stark contrast to a typical hurricane.
- How AWS is opening up space with the cloud SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2021 Clinton Crosier, a retired U.S. Air Force major general who helped organize the standup of the U.S. Space Force, recently celebrated his anniversary of joining cloud giant AWS to lead its newly created Aerospace and Sate...
- SpaceX installs first ‘Mechazilla’ arm on Starship launch tower Teslarati · 30 Aug 2021 One month after SpaceX stacked Starship’s South Texas ‘launch tower’ to its full height, the company has installed the first arm on...
- ExoTerra to provide Blackjack satellite thrusters SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2021 Blue Canyon Technologies selected ExoTerra Resources to provide electric propulsion for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s Blackjack Phase 2 and Phase 3 satellites.
- Dragon supply freighter docks at space station with 2.4 tons of cargo Spaceflight Now · 30 Aug 2021 Closing out a 31-hour flight from a launch pad in Florida, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule autonomously docked with the International Space Station Monday, delivering experiments, supplies, and fresh food to the complex.
- BepiColombo, Solar Orbiter collect data on Venus during historic double flyby NASASpaceflight · 29 Aug 2021 On August 9, 2021, the joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft performed a flyby of Venus, coming within 7,995 km of the Venusian surface. Just 33 hours later, on August 10, the joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft flew...
- Virgin Orbit clears environmental review to launch satellites from Guam SpaceNews · 29 Aug 2021 The Federal Aviation Administration on Aug. 27 released its final environmental assessment that found “no significant impact” for Virgin Orbit to conduct launches from Guam.
- Astra rocket fails after early engine shutdown Spaceflight Now · 29 Aug 2021 Astra’s small satellite launcher suffered an engine failure just after liftoff from Alaska Saturday, causing the rocket to tilt sideways before the booster recovered and climbed into the upper atmosphere. The rocket late...
- SpaceX ends launch hiatus with cargo Dragon mission SpaceNews · 29 Aug 2021 SpaceX performed its first Falcon 9 launch in two months Aug. 29, sending a cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
- Cutting-Edge Science Launches on NASA’s SpaceX Cargo Resupply Mission NASA · 29 Aug 2021 The latest SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is bound for the International Space Station after launching at 3:14 a.m. EDT Sunday from from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying more than...