United Launch Alliance successfully launches first mission in partnership with Amazon – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-10-06 00:00
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 158 times with 100 percent mission success. Today’s forecast shows a 70 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch.
ESA + Axiom Space forge partnership for future space exploration – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-10-06 00:00
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Axiom Space have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) The MoU explores collaborative opportunities in human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialization. The first ESA-sponsored commercial astronaut mission to the ISS is with Axiom Space on Axiom Mission 3 in January 2024.
UK joins mission to trace back to the start of the Universe – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2023-10-06 00:00
UK Space Agency has committed an initial £2.7 million to the LiteBIRD mission. The UK also committed £1.7 million from its £20 million International Bilateral Fund to support Viasat’s on-orbit telemetry relay service, In-Range, for use on Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s H3 launch vehicle.
OSIRIS-REx Delivers NASA’s First Asteroid Sample to Earth
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The Edward Stone Award for Outstanding Research Publication
The award consists of a certificate of recognition and an award of $10,000 (subject to withholdings) Four (4) awards will be given each year, nominally two in science and two in technology/engineering. In return, each recipient will be asked to give a public lecture to the JPL community.
Keck Institute for Space Studies
2022 Study Program Guidelines The Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) is soliciting proposals for Study Programs to be carried out during the 2022 calendar year. Study program concepts are solicited in the areas of space engineering, planetary science, remote sensing and earth system science, astrobiology, and astronomy and physics from space.
6 Things to Know About NASA’s Asteroid-Exploring Psyche Mission
Psyche could also suggest a different story of how solar system objects formed. While rocks on Mars, Venus, and Earth are flush with iron oxides, Psyche’s surface doesn’t seem to feature much of these chemical compounds. If the asteroid proves to be leftover core material from a planetary building block, scientists will learn how its history differs from that of the rocky planets.