Space News for Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Overseas firms on a journey to establish themselves as U.S. entities Original Publication Date: 2023-09-12 09:16 Many overseas companies have set up shop in the United States. Notable successes include European firms like BAE Systems and Airbus. New crop of overseas space and intelligence ...

Space News for Monday, September 11, 2023

Former Airbus executive Chris Emerson named chairman of All.Space Original Publication Date: 2023-09-11 10:00 Chris Emerson is the former head of Airbus U.S. Space and Defense. He has been named chairman of the board of All.Space, a British manufacturer of terminals. Emerson joins All.Space as ...

Space News for Sunday, September 10, 2023

FAA closes Starship mishap investigation, directs 63 corrective actions for SpaceX Original Publication Date: 2023-09-08 17:00 FAA says it completed investigation into the April 20 launch of the Starship vehicle. The vehicle suffered several failures of Raptor engines in the booster during its ...

Space News for Friday, September 08, 2023

EU and UK reach deal on Copernicus Original Publication Date: 2023-09-08 01:06 UK will resume participation in the EU elements of the Copernicus Earth observation program. UK had been cut out of both programs after it completed its exit from the EU in 2020. UK government said that scientists in ...

Space News for Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Chandrayaan-3 success to boost India’s space ambitions, global standing Original Publication Date: 2023-09-05 23:41 Chandrayaan-3 landed on the moon on Aug. 23. Indian space agency ISRO put the lander into sleep mode late Sept. 3. ISRO has not announced any formal plans for sample return or ...

Space News for Saturday, September 02, 2023

Ball, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire claim NOAA contracts Original Publication Date: 2023-09-01 17:32 Ball Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire Global won contracts. The four companies will conduct studies and design sounders for the Near-Earth Orbit ...

Space News for Thursday, August 31, 2023

Spiral Blue offers to run Your Code in Space Original Publication Date: 2023-08-31 00:33 Spiral Blue is inviting developers and researchers to run custom code on its SE-1 computer. Spiral Blue issued a call Aug. 31 to people interested in sending code to space. Applications for the initiative, ...

Space News for Wednesday, August 30, 2023

NASA Deep Space Network reaches “critical point” as demand grows Original Publication Date: 2023-08-29 23:48 NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) is under increasing pressure, officials say. DSN provides communications for science missions and Artemis lunar expeditions. DSN's annual budget has ...

Space News for Saturday, August 26, 2023

Update #2: Scrubbed no more when SpaceX’s Crew-7 and Starlink plan launches of ‘doubleheader’ Saturday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-08-25 00:00 NASA and SpaceX teams stood down from a first launch attempt of the Crew-7 mission late Thursday night. The next attempt is tentatively ...

Space News for Monday, August 21, 2023

UPDATE: Hilary impacts new launch of Starlinks depending on SpaceX’s rocket recovery – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-08-20 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Monday, August 21 at 11:04 p.m. PT (6:04 UTC on August 22) for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The storm ...