ASCEND panel cites AI challenges and promise Original Publication Date: 2024-08-01 04:31 NASA uses AI to aggregate complex datasets from various Earth-observation sensors. Slingshot Aerospace is exploring ways to combine AI with existing physics-based modeling. Another potential AI application ...

Capella to use SpaceX for two Acadia satellite launches Original Publication Date: 2023-12-06 10:49 Capella Space will launch two radar imaging satellites on SpaceX rideshare missions. Capella signed a contract in February with Rocket Lab for four launches of its new line of Acadia satellites. ...

Intuitive Machines planning up to three lunar lander missions in 2024 Original Publication Date: 2023-11-14 08:44 Intuitive Machines says it's planning for up to three lunar lander launches in 2024. Company confirmed it is working towards a Jan. 12 launch of its IM-1 mission. Intuitive Machines ...

SpaceX launches ninth dedicated rideshare mission Original Publication Date: 2023-11-11 21:32 SpaceX launched more than 100 satellites in the ninth in a series of dedicated smallsat rideshare missions. Transporter-9 carried 90 payloads deployed over the course of half an hour, starting about 55 ...

ViaSat-3 failure investigation to conclude next week Original Publication Date: 2023-11-09 04:54 Viasat expects to know next week what caused antenna deployment issue. Issue severely impaired debut ViaSat-3 broadband satellite over the Americas. Viasat has also stopped work on ViaSat-4, a high ...

Canadian government backs 2024 space accelerator in Southern California Original Publication Date: 2023-11-07 04:38 Canadian space entrepreneurs are invited to join the 2024 SoCal-Canadian Space Accelerator. The two-month virtual accelerator is backed by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service. ...

House bill would fully fund Mars Sample Return, block cooperation on ExoMars Original Publication Date: 2023-11-03 23:04 House appropriators would fully fund NASA’s Mars Sample Return program. The Senate bill provided only $300 million for the program, less than a third of NASA’s request. The ...

Hazards don’t stop at the Kármán line - SpaceNews Original Publication Date: 2022-12-26 09:59 The FAA regulates commercial aviation through all phases of flight. FAA’s oversight of air travel is not limited to the riskiest phases of takeoff and landing. The U.S. Could adopt a policy of ...

Orion splashes down to end Artemis 1 Original Publication Date: 2022-12-11 17:50 Orion spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Baja California at 12:40 p.m. Eastern Dec. 11. The splashdown took place near recovery forces led by the USS Portland. “This has been an extraordinarily successful ...

NASA awards SpaceX $1.15 billion contract for second Artemis lander mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-16 00:52 NASA has awarded SpaceX a $1.15 billion contract to develop a lunar lander. The contract includes a second crewed demonstration landing mission. NASA is currently soliciting ...