The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich sea level satellite has taken over from its predecessor, the Jason-3 orbiter. Other satellites that measure sea surface height will now compare their data with that generated by Sentinel-6 to ensure that their readings are accurate. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will continue the sea surface height measurement mission that the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that the giant rocket known as the Space Launch System, with the Orion spacecraft attached, has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center‘s Launch Pad 39B for final tests prior to its actual launch. It took 10 hours and 28 minutes for the crawler-transporter to wheel the 322-foot tall, […]
The Perseverance rover will head to a river delta within the planet’s Jezero Crater, a trip that started on March 14 and will cover three miles. The rover is using artificial intelligence to navigate its way through Martian terrain. Ken Farley, the project scientist for Perseverance, said the rover will take images of the delta […]
The launch of the first-ever all-private crewed mission to the International Space Station, Ax-1, will not push through on its original March 30 schedule, according to Axiom Space, the company funding the mission. Instead, the company and its launch service provider, SpaceX, is targeting a flight “no earlier than April 3,” Space .com reported Saturday. […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it has awarded the Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 contract to Maryland-based KBR Wyle Services. The total maximum ordering value of the cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is $640 million, with an effective ordering period from June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2027, NASA said Wednesday. Under the GSMO-3 […]
NASA activated a new antenna that allows ground-based personnel to communicate with spacecraft that are exploring the solar system. DSS-53 is a 111-foot beam waveguide antenna located at the Deep Space Network site just outside Madrid, Spain, which is operated for NASA by Spain’s National Institute of Aerospace Technology. The antenna will support the DSN’s […]
Eden Grow Systems and Rhea Space Activity announced Wednesday that they were awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract by the Air Force to look at possible applications of aeroponic technology for growing food in inhospitable locations. The technology to be used by the two companies is an off-shoot of research pioneered by […]
The U.S. Space Force has confirmed that it will delay the USSF-12 mission indefinitely. Launch service provider United Space Alliance previously said that the two-satellite mission was halted “due to a customer request.” Neither the Space Force nor ULA disclosed a reason for the postponement, SpaceNews reported Monday. “We will continue to work with SSC […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday announced that the first Space Launch System rocket is ready for a countdown rehearsal ahead of its maiden launch scheduled for May. NASA officials said that inspections of the giant rocket have been completed and it is now ready to be rolled out from the Kennedy Space […]
The Missile Defense Agency has decommissioned two Space Tracking and Surveillance System satellites after over 12 years of service. The satellites stopped collecting data in September 2021. The STSS satellites were created by Northrop Grumman and were launched to low-Earth orbit on a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket in 2009. Their mission was to […]
