Tag: Space

Mike Griffin critical of U.S. response to China’s advances in hypersonic weapons (Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews)

China’s successful demonstration of a hypersonic glide vehicle — a weapon that is boosted to space, orbits the Earth and reenters the atmosphere before it strikes...

NASA inspector general warns of space station gap (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

Concerns about the long-term viability of some existing International Space Station modules and the potential of delays in development of commercial space stations heighten...

SpaceX grapples with Raptor production problems (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

Problems increasing production of the Raptor engines that power SpaceX’s Starship vehicle have led to personnel shakeups at the company and a warning from...

2022 Artemis Mission Debuts America’s Powerful New Launch Capability (Boeing, Space News)

In the coming months, NASA will launch the first Artemis mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This milestone not only puts the United States...

Sentinel-6 returning most precise data ever on sea level (ESA)

Sea-level rise is one of the most immediate consequences of climate change, as highlighted recently through urgent pleas from leaders of island nations at...

Army to work with satellite radar imagery provider ICEYE (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The U.S. Army will work with radar satellite imagery provider ICEYE to understand how that technology can be integrated into current and future Army...

ESA accelerates 5G digital transformation (ESA)

ESA is working with Eureka, an international organisation for research and development funding and coordination, and its Celtic-Next cluster, which is developing next-generation communications...

Using space to foster development assistance for disaster resilience (ESA)

ESA’s Global Development Assistance Programme, brought to life by ESA Member States at Space19+, has officially kicked off its first action focused on agile...

Russian ASAT Test Highlights (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

Russia has joined the anti-satellite test frenzy, conducting a successful test on November 15. The United States Space Command issued a statement confirming that...

Solar Orbiter returns to Earth before starting its main science mission (ESA)

Solar Orbiter is returning to Earth for a flyby before starting its main science mission to explore the Sun and its connection to ‘space...

Planetary defenders: after NASA’s DART comes ESA’s Hera (ESA)

The world will be watching the milestone launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART, spacecraft on Wednesday, 24 November, intended to alter one small part...

RadCube reaches out (ESA)

ESA’s latest CubeSat – RadCube, for surveying space weather in low-Earth orbit – has completed its rigorous commissioning phase, culminating in the extension of...

Tuning in to Earth’s climate (ESA)

Satellites observe the Earth using a range of wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum. Different wavelengths allow us to probe different aspects of Earth’s land,...

US company Viasat to acquire Britain’s Inmarsat in $7.3 billion deal (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

U.S. communications firm Viasat is set to acquire British satellite comms company Inmarsat for $7.3 billion, the American business announced Nov. 8. “This is a...

Western countries reluctant to support Moscow’s initiatives on space – Russian diplomat (TASS)

Western countries are unwilling to support Russia's initiatives on space on the United Nations' platform for political reasons, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the...

How to Help Mars Robots With Their Missions (John Breeden II, Nextgov)

This weekend I spent quite a bit of time helping Mars rovers learn how to avoid various mission-killing traps like the large rock fields...