Tag: Space

Space. FAA grounds SpaceShipTwo after problem on July flight (Jeff Foust, Space News)

The Federal Aviation Administration will not allow Virgin Galactic to resume flights of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane until it completes an investigation into a...

Space. Thales Alenia Space crea un Centro digitale di eccellenza in Lussemburgo (Analisi Difesa)

Thales Alenia Space, joint venture tra Thales (67%) e Leonardo (33%), apre un Centro Digitale di Eccellenza in Lussemburgo. Questa iniziativa, con il sostegno...

Space. Meteosat Third Generation takes major step towards its first launch (ESA)

After many technical and programmatic challenges, the first satellite of the next generation of the Meteosat family has taken a major step towards its...

Space. Powering sustainability: Satellite propulsion underpins orbital stewardship (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

Enpulsion’s Nano R3 is roughly the size of a Rubik’s Cube, weighs about a kilogram, and produces 350 micronewtons of nominal thrust. Small satellite propulsion...

Space. China is developing its own Mars helicopter (Andrew Jones, Space News)

NASA's Ingenuity, imaged by the Perseverance rover April 7. China has now developed its own prototype Mars rotorcraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech China is looking at ways...

Space. DLR opens applications for free launch services aboard Isar Aerospace demo missions (Andrew Parsonson, Space News)

Credit: GSA German space agency DLR began accepting applications this week for institutional payloads to fly aboard a pair of Isar Aerospace Spectrum launches free...

Space. House Armed Services Committee approves Space National Guard, challenges DoD on space programs (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

The House Armed Services Committee marked up its version of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act Sept. 1, 2021. Credit: HASC livestream The House Armed...

Space. SpaceX says Amazon’s call to dismiss Starlink amendment is a delay tactic (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

A phased array antenna that is part of Starlink's $499 self-install starter kit for its first generation. Credit: Spacex SpaceX has hit back at Amazon...

Space. Space agencies support space traffic management but differ on how it should be developed (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Leaders of several national space agencies agreed that space traffic management should be a priority but disagreed how it should be regulated. Credit: Thomas...

Space. Aerospace Corp. CEO sees winds of change in space procurement (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

An architectural rendering of the new R&D facility Aerospace Corp. expects to open in Colorado Springs, Colo., in spring 2022 to focus on classified...

Space. Liquid nitrogen shortage delays Landsat 9 launch (Jeff Foust, Space News)

An Atlas 5 launch from Vandenberg has slipped a week because trucks that normally supply liquid nitrogen to the base have been pressed into...

Space. NASA has no plans to exchange lunar samples with China (Jeff Foust, Space News)

A panorama returned by the Chang'e-5 lander, showing robotic sampling arm and scoop marks in lunar regolith. Credit: CNSA/CLEP NASA currently has no plans to...

Space. NASA Sets Coverage For Two Russian Spacewalks Outside Space Station (Eurasia Review)

Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 9, to conduct the first pair of up to 11...

Space. Satellite data provide valuable support for IPCC climate report (ESA)

Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest assessment report laying out the accumulating evidence of the climate crisis....

Space. How AWS is opening up space with the cloud (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

Clinton Crosier, director of Aerospace and Satellite at AWS. Credit: Thomas Kimmell Clinton Crosier, a retired U.S. Air Force major general who helped organize the...

Space. Small launch vehicles grow up (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Relativity Space’s Terran R, while similar in performance to the Falcon 9, looks more like SpaceX’s Starship vehicle, from its metallic finish to the...