Space News for Saturday, November 05, 2022

FCC proposes new bureau for space activities Original Publication Date: 2022-11-03 15:04 FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces plans to reorganize agency. She wants to create a bureau devoted to the commission's increasing work with space systems. Rosenworcel: reorganization would give ...

Space News for Monday, September 19, 2022

NASA requests proposals for second Artemis crewed lunar lander Original Publication Date: 2022-09-18 11:03 NASA has released a request for proposals for a second human lunar lander. The lander would join the Starship lander under development by SpaceX. The winning company would carry out an ...

Space News for Saturday, September 10, 2022

FCC to set five-year deadline for deorbiting LEO satellites Original Publication Date: 2022-09-09 02:57 The FCC issued a draft order Sept. 8 setting a “five-year rule’ for post-mission disposal of LEO satellites. The commission will take up the order at its Sept. 29 open meeting. The rule would ...

Space News for Saturday, September 03, 2022

Countdown begins for second Artemis 1 launch attempt Original Publication Date: 2022-09-02 08:01 NASA restarted the countdown for the first launch of its Space Launch System vehicle. Countdown clocks started ticking down after a mission management team meeting Sept. 1. Launch attempt at 2:17 ...

Space News for Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Astra launch of NASA TROPICS cubesats fails Original Publication Date: 2022-06-12 19:02:19+00:00 Astra's Rocket 3.3 vehicle, designated LV0010, lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:43 p.m. Eastern. The launch was the first of three for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure ...