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- Long March 5B falls into Indian Ocean after world follows rocket reentry SpaceNews · 9 May 2021 Debris from a large Chinese rocket stage fell into the Indian Ocean late May 8 Eastern as people around the world watched for signs of the fiery reentry event in the skies.
- SpaceX flies historic 10th mission of a Falcon 9 as Starlink constellation expands NASASpaceflight · 8 May 2021 SpaceX conducted the historic 10th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket booster on the Starlink V1.0 L27 mission Sunday. The mission launched from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 9 May at 02:42 EDT / 06:42 UTC wit...
- SpaceX ready to break another rocket reuse record with launch early Sunday Spaceflight Now · 8 May 2021 A Falcon 9 rocket and 60 more Starlink internet satellites set for launch early Sunday at Cape Canaveral will mark the first time SpaceX has flown a first stage 10 times, reaching a milestone that the company once said c...
- U.S. role in global greenhouse gas constellation still up in the air SpaceNews · 8 May 2021 The United States is expected to play a supporting role in an international campaign to monitor greenhouse gas emissions from space.
- NOAA tracks and analyzes the changing climate SpaceNews · 8 May 2021 Many different organizations within NOAA monitor climate change with data and imagery captured by ground-based, airborne, maritime and satellite sensors. NOAA officials then gauge the accuracy of the information, analyze...
- NASA Administrator Statement on Chinese Rocket Debris NASA · 8 May 2021 NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson released the following statement Saturday regarding debris from the Chinese Long March 5B rocket.
- China acknowledges Long March 5B situation as rocket heads for weekend reentry SpaceNews · 7 May 2021 China’s foreign ministry acknowledged the imminent uncontrolled reentry of the Long March 5B Friday as the orbit of the first stage continued to lose altitude.
- NASA Selects Contractor for Quiet Supersonic Flight Community Testing NASA · 7 May 2021 NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, to support a national campaign of community overflight tests using the agency’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology research ai...
- Mission Extension Vehicles succeed as Northrop Grumman works on future servicing/debris clean-up craft NASASpaceflight · 7 May 2021 With the successful docking of Mission Extension Vehicle 2, or MEV-2, to the Intelsat 10-02 satellite last month, Northrop Grumman not only repeated the task of successfully attaching one of their MEV spacecraft to a fun...
- NASA increases prices for ISS private astronaut missions SpaceNews · 7 May 2021 NASA has increased the prices it will charge for future private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, saying the new prices reflect the true costs of supporting those missions.
- Texas Students to Hear from Astronauts on International Space Station NASA · 7 May 2021 Students from Brownsville, Texas will hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station during a call at 10:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 11 that will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s webs...
- Momentus SPAC merger seeking extension SpaceNews · 7 May 2021 The blank-check company proposing to merge with in-space transportation company Momentus is going down to the wire in its effort to convince shareholders to give it more time to close the deal.
- Defense appropriators ‘disappointed’ with management of Space Force acquisitions SpaceNews · 7 May 2021 The Space Force has to make more headway in acquisition programs, the chair of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee said May 7.
- NASA, Axiom Space to Host Media Briefing on Private Astronaut Mission NASA · 7 May 2021 NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station and will host a teleconference with media at 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 10, to discuss more deta...
- NASA's Perseverance Captures Video, Audio of Fourth Ingenuity Flight NASA · 7 May 2021 Sounds of the Mars Helicopter’s whirring rotors add another new dimension to the historic project.
- Sierra Nevada Corporation to advertise space spinoff on Saturday Night Live SpaceNews · 7 May 2021 Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is taking a novel approach to publicizing the spinoff of its space business: buying ads linked to Elon Musk’s appearance on the television show “Saturday Night Live.”
- Virgin Orbit schedules next LauncherOne mission for June SpaceNews · 7 May 2021 Virgin Orbit has scheduled its next LauncherOne mission for June, carrying a mix of defense and commercial cubesats.
- Elon Musk says SpaceX might refly Starship after historic landing Teslarati · 7 May 2021 Update: CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX “might try to refly SN15 soon” after it became the first Starship to ace a...
- Large Chinese rocket tumbling toward toward unguided re-entry this weekend Spaceflight Now · 7 May 2021 For the second time in a year, a large spent Chinese rocket stage intentionally left in orbit is heading for an unguided plunge back into Earth’s atmosphere Saturday or Sunday somewhere between 41.5 degrees north and sou...
- Bezos’s Blue Origin auctions seat on first New Shepard spaceflight with passengers Spaceflight Now · 7 May 2021 Blue Origin plans to begin crew flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft on July 20, launching the highest bidder in an online auction out of the atmosphere and into space for a few minutes of weightlessness and...
- NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes First One-Way Trip NASA · 7 May 2021 The Red Planet rotorcraft headed south in support of furthering research into the potential use of aerial scouts on Mars in the future.
- Starliner test flight scheduled for July 30 SpaceNews · 6 May 2021 NASA and Boeing have scheduled a second uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew spacecraft for July 30.
- Northrop Grumman to supply navigation payloads for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites SpaceNews · 6 May 2021 DARPA awarded Northrop Grumman a $13.3 million contract to provide positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) payloads for the Blackjack program.
- Intelsat and SES on course for mammoth C-band payments SpaceNews · 6 May 2021 Satellite operators Intelsat and SES say they are on track to meet a key C-band spectrum clearing deadline this year, despite ongoing COVID-19 disruption.
- NASA Invites Public, Media to Watch Asteroid Mission Begin Return to Earth NASA · 6 May 2021 NASA invites the public and the media to watch its first asteroid sample return mission begin a two-year cruise home at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, May 10, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
- NASA Awards Earth Science Data and Information System Contract NASA · 6 May 2021 NASA has awarded the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Evolution and Development (EED)-3 contract to Raytheon Company of Riverdale, Maryland.
- China launches four satellites on Long March 2C rocket Spaceflight Now · 6 May 2021 Three Chinese military satellites and a civilian data relay payload launched Thursday aboard a Long March 2C rocket.
- NASA EGS, Jacobs preparing SLS Core Stage for Artemis 1 stacking NASASpaceflight · 6 May 2021 The Core Stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and was moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on April 29. The stage is now in the hands of KSC’s Explor...
- Isar Aerospace wins three-way DLR microlauncher competition SpaceNews · 6 May 2021 German launch startup Isar Aerospace beat out Rocket Factory Augsburg and HyImpulse Technologies to win a DLR endorsement that clears the way for it to secure 11 million euros from the European Space Agency’s Boost! prog...
- Space Force tells troops to focus on digital skills SpaceNews · 6 May 2021 The U.S. Space Force on May 6 released its “Vision for a Digital Service.”
- Starship survives test flight SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 A SpaceX Starship prototype successfully carried out a brief suborbital flight May 5 after four previous vehicles were destroyed during or shortly after landing.
- Media Invited to Virtual Briefing as NASA’s Webb Prepares for Launch NASA · 5 May 2021 Media will have the opportunity to see the iconic golden mirror of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope open for the last time on Earth during a virtual briefing Tuesday, May 11, at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT).
- Hughes and OneWeb get U.S. Air Force contract for Arctic broadband SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has contracted low Earth orbit broadband venture OneWeb to demo managed satcom services in strategic Arctic locations.
- KSAT rapidly expands KSATlite small satellite network SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 KSAT is rapidly installing antennas around the world to keep pace with the dramatic rise in small satellite activity.
- Blue Origin to fly first people on New Shepard in July SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 Blue Origin announced May 5 that it will fly people on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for the first time July 20, and will auction off one of the seats on that launch.
- U.S. Air Force to investigate aborted ICBM test flight SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch experienced a ground abort during the terminal countdown May 5.
- Space Force to clear refurbished Falcon 9 booster for upcoming GPS launch SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 The U.S. Space Force this month will complete a design review of a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that flew a military GPS satellite to orbit last summer. The booster will be cleared to fly another GPS satellite sometime in Jun...
- Loft Orbital wins Space Force contract for edge computing in space SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 Loft Orbital announced it won a small business innovation research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Space Force to support the development of an edge computer that can analyze data in space.
- SpaceX rocket booster aces tenth launch and landing in major reusability milestone Teslarati · 5 May 2021 Update: SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1051 aced its Starlink-27 launch without issue, becoming the first Falcon booster ever to complete ten consecutive...
- SpaceX nails first Starship landing weeks after NASA Moon lander contract [updated] Teslarati · 5 May 2021 Update: For the first time ever, SpaceX has successfully landed a Starship prototype in one piece and kept the giant steel rocket...