Space News for Tuesday, July 09, 2024

House spending bill directs NASA to study asteroid and orbital debris missions Original Publication Date: 2024-07-09 06:54 House Appropriations Committee releases report accompanying its spending bill. Report directs NASA to spend $5 million on a plan for a public-private partnership mission to ...

Space News for Tuesday, October 24, 2023

SwRI wins QuickSounder weather satellite contract Original Publication Date: 2023-10-23 22:53 San Antonio-based SwRI will develop the QuickSounder spacecraft. It will handle transportation, launch, three years of operations and satellite decommissioning. QuickSounder is the first element of a ...

Space News for Saturday, December 31, 2022

China looks to build space partnerships with Gulf nations Original Publication Date: 2022-12-30 13:44 China is aiming to grow cooperation with emerging space nations including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Space was named as one of a number of priority areas for the next three to ...

Space News for Wednesday, December 28, 2022

NASASpaceFlight.com India launches a new ocean monitoring satellite on Saturday morning. The EOS-06 spacecraft is placed into a low Earth orbit. The mission, PSLV C54, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 11:56 local time (06:26 UTC) Commercial Archives SpaceX is set to launch a ...

Space News for Monday, December 26, 2022

Hazards don’t stop at the Kármán line - SpaceNews Original Publication Date: 2022-12-26 09:59 The U.S. Lacks continuous oversight throughout commercial human spaceflight. The FAA regulates commercial aviation through all phases of flight. The U.S. Could adopt a policy of “Selective On-orbit ...

Space News for Sunday, October 30, 2022

For U.S. Space Force, Raymond’s retirement marks the end of an era Original Publication Date: 2022-10-30 09:01 Gen. John “Jay” Raymond will relinquish command to Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to attend the change-of-command ceremony. As the first official ...

Space News for Monday, September 26, 2022

NASA postpones Artemis 1 launch because of tropical storm Original Publication Date: 2022-09-24 16:05 NASA won't proceed with the next launch opportunity for the Artemis 1 mission. It cited the threat posed by Tropical Storm Ian, currently in the Caribbean Sea. NASA deferred a decision on ...

Space News for Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Lander companies prepare to shoot for the moon Original Publication Date: 2022-09-21 14:54 NASA has issued task orders for eight missions to five companies. Some of those companies are finally getting close to flying their missions. Another company, though, has stumbled long before taking its ...

Space News for Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Astrobotic announces plans for lunar power service Original Publication Date: 2022-09-19 16:55 Astrobotic unveils plans to develop a commercial power service for the moon. LunaGrid project will combine solar arrays with tethered rovers. The first operational LunaGrid system is planned for 2028, ...