White House directs NASA to develop lunar time standard Original Publication Date: 2024-04-03 01:52 White House policy calls for new time standard for use on cislunar missions. New time standard based on Coordinated Universal Time on Earth but adapted to moon. Policy provides little technical ...

A Leap Forward in Satellite Monitoring Original Publication Date: 2024-04-01 09:33 Beyond Gravity has launched a new SSA solution distinguished by its outstanding accuracy and data quality. The solution leverages over six years of data collection from diverse sources and was built together with ...

India launches X-ray astronomy satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-01-01 14:34 India launches an astronomy satellite to start a year that will feature key tests. XPoSat carries two instruments to conduct X-ray polarimetry measurements. Astronomers plan to use data collected by XPoSat to ...

SpaceX alums offer telemetry stack through startup Sift Original Publication Date: 2023-12-18 04:05 Sift is a startup founded by former SpaceX software engineers. It developed a proprietary telemetry stack to improve the way machine data is recorded. Potential customers include space companies ...

China is working on a design for a reusable air-launched orbital rocket Original Publication Date: 2023-11-30 10:49 Chinese launch vehicle maker is working on designs for an air-launched rocket. System is designed to provide “flexible, affordable and dedicated launch” for small satellites. It ...

China’s Landspace aims to build a stainless steel rocket Original Publication Date: 2023-11-22 23:08 Chinese launch startup Landspace has unveiled plans to develop a reusable stainless steel rocket. The Zhuque-3 (Vermillion Bird 3) will use stainless propellant tanks and clusters of Tianque ...

Europe leans on SpaceX to bridge launcher gap Original Publication Date: 2023-07-06 22:29 Europe temporarily has no ability to launch payloads into orbit. The Ariane 5’s successor, Ariane 6, is still in development. The Soyuz is no longer available in Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ...

China’s mystery reusable spaceplane lands after 276 days in orbit Original Publication Date: 2023-05-08 07:30 China state media and the spacecraft’s maker announced the spacecraft had landed late May 8 Beijing time. The apparently successful mission was stated to be an important breakthrough in ...

NASA and DARPA to partner on nuclear thermal propulsion demonstration Original Publication Date: 2023-01-24 18:04 NASA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to cooperate on nuclear propulsion. Nuclear thermal propulsion offers more efficient propulsion than conventional chemical rockets. ...

SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s first mission of 2023 on Falcon Heavy Original Publication Date: 2023-01-15 23:18 USSF-67 was Falcon Heavy's second national security space launch. Both side boosters landed back at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2. The primary payload was the U.S. Space Force’s ...