Space News for Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Nelson satisfied with NASA authorization act Original Publication Date: 2022-08-10 11:24 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says agency has "gotten what we need" From bill. President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act Aug. 9. The bill was intended to stimulate domestic production ...

Space News for Tuesday, August 09, 2022

Northrop Grumman and Firefly to partner on upgraded Antares Original Publication Date: 2022-08-08 17:04 Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace announce partnership. Partnership would solve Northrop's reliance on Ukrainian and Russian suppliers. The new version of the Antares, called the Antares ...

Space News for Wednesday, August 03, 2022

NASA revises requirements for ISS private astronaut missions Original Publication Date: 2022-08-02 11:36 NASA announces changes in requirements for future solicitations for private astronaut missions. One of the biggest changes is a requirement that such missions have a former NASA astronaut. ...

Space News for Monday, July 25, 2022

Streamlined and ready for Africa’s growth markets: Q&A with Avanti Communications CEO Kyle Whitehill Original Publication Date: 2022-07-25 07:11 Avanti Communications is ready to expand across Africa. Investors agreed in April to swap debt for equity in a deal that slashed Avanti’s $810 million ...

Space News for Wednesday, July 20, 2022

DirecTV says 5G plan would degrade satellite TV reception Original Publication Date: 2022-07-18 23:14 DirecTV: Mobile operations in the band would cause extensive harmful interference. Both Dish and DirecTV are already using frequencies in the band to provide linear TV programming. OneWeb and ...

Space News for Thursday, July 07, 2022

Virgin Galactic selects Aurora Flight Sciences to build new motherships Original Publication Date: 2022-07-06 20:05 Virgin Galactic says it has signed an agreement with a Boeing subsidiary. Aurora Flight Sciences will build two carrier aircraft, or motherships. The planes will be used as launch ...