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- Mars smallsat mission gets second chance with Rocket Lab SpaceNews · 20 Jun 2021 A NASA-funded smallsat mission to Mars that lost its ride last year may get new life through a partnership with Rocket Lab.
- ESA/NASA complete ISS spacewalk to install first new solar array NASASpaceflight · 20 Jun 2021 Two astronauts went outside the International Space Station (ISS) to complete installation of the first of six new Boeing-built solar arrays — part of a program to increase the station’s electrical power generation capac...
- Photos: Surplus missile motor from 1960s launches classified NRO satellites Spaceflight Now · 20 Jun 2021 A Cold War-era missile motor cast with solid propellant in 1966 fired up for the first time Wednesday to catapult a Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 rocket off a launch pad in Virginia with three small spacecraft for the U.S....
- Computer problem takes Hubble offline SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2021 Spacecraft controllers are continuing to work on a faulty computer memory system on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope that has stopped telescope operations for nearly a week.
- SES strengthens Amazon Web Services cloud partnership SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2021 SES has expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services, enabling satellite customers to connect directly to its cloud-based applications.
- SpaceX Starship might skip early retirement for “hypersonic flight test” Teslarati · 18 Jun 2021 In response to a Teslarati report on Starship SN16’s apparent transport to what amounts to a resting place for retired rockets, SpaceX...
- Europa volcanism & interior heating modeled in detail, offers research targets for upcoming missions NASASpaceflight · 18 Jun 2021 Europa, an icy Jovian moon that likely possesses an ocean beneath its icy crust, may have an interior that is hot enough to produce volcanic activity on its seafloor. New research provides evidence that this seafloor vol...
- China launches Chang Zheng 2C with trio of Yaogan-30 satellites NASASpaceflight · 18 Jun 2021 China has successfully launched a Chang Zheng 2C (also known as the Long March 2C) from teh Xichang Satellite Launch Center with three new Yaogan-30 satellites on June 18 at 06:30 UTC / 14:30 local time at the launch sit...
- House hearing rehashes longstanding commercial space transportation issues SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2021 A House aviation subcommittee hearing on commercial space transportation June 16 plowed familiar ground, revisiting a wide range of issues that have yet to be resolved.
- Rocket Report: China launches crew mission, SpaceX runs into road troubles Ars Technica · 18 Jun 2021 "The Space Safari team intends to push the envelope."
- China launches new group of classified Yaogan-30 satellites SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2021 China launched a group of classified Yaogan-30 satellites and one commercial satellite on a Long March 2C rocket early Friday.
- Capella Space wins research contract from U.S. Space Development Agency SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 Radar satellite imagery startup Capella Space on June 14 received a $3 million research contract in support of the Space Development Agency’s National Defense Space Architecture.
- Senate confirms NASA deputy administrator, NOAA administrator SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 The Senate confirmed the nominations June 17 of a former astronaut to be the deputy administrator of NASA and of an ocean scientist to lead NOAA.
- Statements on Pam Melroy’s Senate Confirmation as NASA Deputy Administrator NASA · 17 Jun 2021 The following are statements from Pam Melroy and Administrator Bill Nelson on Thursday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Melroy as deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Japan passes space resources law SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 Japan’s parliament approved legislation that allows companies to extract and utilize space resources as the head of Russia’s space agency criticized similar national laws on the subject.
- Former defense secretary Mark Esper joins CAES board SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 Space-compatible electronics supplier CAES has added former U.S. defense secretary Mark Esper to its board in a push for more government customers.
- Hydrosat raises $5 million in seed funding round SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 Data analytics company HydroSat raised $5 million in seed funding for a satellite constellation to produce a global thermal infrared map.
- Chinese astronauts enter Tiangong space station for first time Spaceflight Now · 17 Jun 2021 Three Chinese astronauts floated into the country’s new Tiangong space station Thursday, becoming the first people to board China’s outpost in orbit just nine hours after a successful launch from a military base in the G...
- SpaceX rocket sticks landing in style after military reuse milestone Teslarati · 17 Jun 2021 SpaceX’s latest launch webcast offered exceptionally clear views of the company’s 88th successful Falcon booster landing minutes after the rocket helped the...
- Tyvak and Lawrence Livermore National Lab release Earth and space images SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 Tyvak released the first high-resolution images of objects in orbit and on the ground captured by telescopes the satellite manufacturer developed with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
- SES seeks speedier summary judgment in C-band case against Intelsat SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 SES is asking Intelsat’s bankruptcy court for a speedier summary judgment on the satellite operators’ C-band dispute instead of a full trial.
- Falcon 9 launches GPS satellite in first national security mission with reused booster SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021
- NASA-DLR Study Finds Sustainable Aviation Fuel Can Reduce Contrails NASA · 17 Jun 2021 Cleaner-burning jet fuels made from sustainable sources can produce 50%-70% fewer ice crystal contrails at cruising altitude, reducing aviation’s impact on the environment, according to research conducted by NASA and the...
- SpaceX launches newest GPS satellite on reused booster NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2021 SpaceX has launched another next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the United States Space Force. Falcon 9 lifted off with the GPS-III-SV05 satellite on June 17 from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Sp...
- SpaceX to break the final frontier in reuse with national defense launch Ars Technica · 17 Jun 2021 Thursday's GPS mission is a high priority for the Space Force.
- NASA Administrator Statement on China Crewed Launch NASA · 17 Jun 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released the following statement Thursday regarding the China National Space Agency’s launch of the first crew to its Tiangong space station:
- NASA and Boeing close out recommendations from Starliner review SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 Boeing has completed all the activities recommended by an independent review of the company’s first uncrewed CST-100 Starliner mission, allowing a second uncrewed mission to proceed for launch in late July.
- Shenzhou-12 docks with Tianhe space station module SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft docked with China’s space station module hours after launch from Jiuquan late Wednesday, marking the first crewed visit to the facility.
- SpaceX launches first national security mission on reused commercial rocket Spaceflight Now · 17 Jun 2021 A fresh GPS navigation beacon destined to replace a nearly 17-year-old satellite rode into orbit from Cape Canaveral on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, marking the first time risk-averse U.S. military space off...
- Lawmakers question Space Force technology investments SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2021 U.S. Space Force technology investments was one of the topics discussed June 16 at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee.
- Three astronauts will be first to board new Chinese space station Spaceflight Now · 16 Jun 2021 Two veteran Chinese astronauts and a first-time space flier will be the first crew members to live and work aboard China’s new space station after launching Wednesday from a remote spaceport in the Gobi Desert.
- Shenzhou-12 and three crew members successfully launch to new Chinese space station NASASpaceflight · 16 Jun 2021 The first crewed mission to the new Chinese Space Station has successfully launched. Shenzhou-12, carrying three taikonauts, lifted off on Thursday June 17 at 01:22 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gob...
- [Update: not so fast…] SpaceX retires brand new Starship to focus on orbital launch buildup Teslarati · 16 Jun 2021 SpaceX has moved its newest finished Starship straight from its Boca Chica, Texas factory to a nearby ‘rocket garden,’ all but guaranteeing...
- Satellite makers are getting to grips with component shortages SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2021 Component shortages have been challenging manufacturers to bolster supply chains as a lack of semiconductors threatens delays and price hikes.
- ESA and EU to sign partnership agreement SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2021 ESA and the EU will sign an agreement next week governing their work on joint projects, one that the agency says will allow ESA members who are not part of the EU to participate on those projects.
- Spacewalkers run out of time before unrolling new space station solar array Spaceflight Now · 16 Jun 2021 Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday and attached a rolled-up solar array, the first of six intended to boost the lab’s power back to factory fresh levels. But a spacesuit glitch and t...
- U.S. Space Force clears reused SpaceX rocket for launch with GPS satellite Spaceflight Now · 16 Jun 2021 A GPS navigation satellite built by Lockheed Martin will be the first operational national security payload to ride a reused SpaceX booster into orbit from Florida Thursday, following years of planning to lay the groundw...
- Air Force defends choice of Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal to host U.S. Space Command SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2021 Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth on June 16 pushed back on suggestions that the recommendation to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama was politically tainted.
- Horizon Technologies orders two surveillance satellites from AAC Clyde Space SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2021 British maritime surveillance startup Horizon Technologies has ordered two more cubesats from Sweden-based AAC Clyde Space, which will operate them after managing securing their launches next year.
- Cold-War-era missile launches three modern-day spy satellites Ars Technica · 16 Jun 2021 The small rockets are not cheap, but they are effective.