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- SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 rocket after booster engine swap Teslarati · 1 Nov 2020
- After 20 years of service, the Space Station flies into an uncertain future Ars Technica · 1 Nov 2020 “We do have to think about the fact that 20 years is a long time.”
- Eta forms, tying Atlantic record for most tropical systems in a season Ars Technica · 1 Nov 2020 Eta to produce flooding in Central America, then may turn north
- NASA’s ML-1 Completes Testing at LC-39B ahead of SLS Stacking NASASpaceflight · 1 Nov 2020 NASA’s Mobile Launcher-1, or ML-1, has rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after completing a series of tests at Launch Complex-39B (LC-39B). This marks the last trip to the launch pad for ML-1 until the first f...
- International Space Station offers ‘blueprint’ for exploration, first crew says Spaceflight Now · 31 Oct 2020 Bill Shepherd, a former Navy SEAL-turned astronaut who arrived at the International Space Station 20 years ago Monday to begin the continuous occupancy of the orbiting research outpost, says the experience gained by NASA...
- Good weather expected for twilight Atlas 5 launch Tuesday Spaceflight Now · 31 Oct 2020 Forecasters predict a 90% chance of good weather for liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral just after sunset Tuesday with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the...
- SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket before GPS launch Spaceflight Now · 31 Oct 2020
- Elon Musk’s Starlink user documents are filled with meme-worthy Easter Eggs Teslarati · 31 Oct 2020
- SLS Program hit by Hurricane Zeta while working through Green Run issues NASASpaceflight · 31 Oct 2020 The law of averages caught up to the New Orleans area and the two NASA facilities located nearby when Hurricane Zeta roared directly through them on the evening of October 28 as a Category Two storm. Several tropical wea...
- Pentagon creates new office to oversee military space policy SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2020
- Space industry seeks continued progress on regulatory reform SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2020
- NASA-ESA agreement a milestone in efforts to develop Artemis international partnerships SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2020
- NASA Awards Contract for Engineering, Science Software NASA · 30 Oct 2020 NASA has awarded a contract to MathWorks Inc. of Natick, Massachusetts, to provide new software licenses, maintenance, and product training for mathematical computing software to be used by all NASA centers and associate...
- China outlines architecture for future crewed moon landings SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2020
- Virgin Orbit to take stake in Sky and Space Global SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2020
- Rocket Report: SpaceX hits the century mark, vote for Atlas V on Election Day Ars Technica · 30 Oct 2020 “Falcon 9 and Delta 4 stopped within seconds of launch? This is good stuff.”
- SpaceX’s next three-Raptor Starship static fire delayed by winds, says Elon Musk Teslarati · 30 Oct 2020
- OSIRIS-REx safely stores asteroid sample SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2020
- Report: Lack of government investment hurting U.S. geospatial intelligence industry SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- NXTCOMM leases Eutelsat capacity to test electronically steered antenna SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- Telesat to announce satellite, launch contracts by year's end SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- House Space Force Caucus co-chair voices concern about orbital debris, supports Commerce assuming debris-tracking role SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- ESA requests 230 million euros more for Ariane 6 as maiden flights slips to 2022 SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- Space industry group pushing for change in security clearance policies SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- Automating Robotics: CSA preparing for future with Canadarm2/Dextre NASASpaceflight · 29 Oct 2020 When Canadarm2 was first launched to ISS onboard Shuttle Endeavour on 19 April 2001 and installed three days later by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski, it was designed to be controlle...
- Parsons to acquire space and cybersecurity firm Braxton Science & Technology Group SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- Finland's Iceye names new CEO for Iceye US: Jerry Welsh SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu NASA · 29 Oct 2020 NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft’s Sample Return Capsule (SRC) and its abundant sample of asteroid...
- NASA Invites Media to Briefing on OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Stowage NASA · 29 Oct 2020 NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today, Thursday, Oct. 29, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSI...
- Redwire acquires Roccor and signals intent to keep growing SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- SpaceX finds cause of Falcon 9 engine abort SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- SpaceX operational astronaut launch debut back on track after “nail polish” delay Teslarati · 29 Oct 2020
- Rocket Lab launches 10 imaging smallsats SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- Craters reveal Titan is still a dynamic world ESA · 29 Oct 2020
- Asteroid samples sealed in OSIRIS-REx return capsule Spaceflight Now · 29 Oct 2020
- General Atomics acquires Guidestar Optical Systems SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- Rocket Lab successfully launches satellites for Planet and Canon Spaceflight Now · 28 Oct 2020
- Air Force Secretary Barrett: Space Force proving naysayers wrong SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2020
- How a tiny bit of lacquer grounded new Falcon 9 rockets for a month Ars Technica · 28 Oct 2020 “Rocketry is tough and requires a lot of attention to detail.”
- Rocket Lab launches “In Focus” mission for Planet, Canon imaging satellites NASASpaceflight · 28 Oct 2020