The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that its Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment mission is officially underway with the successful launch of the CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit. The early morning take-off via the Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle took place in New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula, NASA […]
The chief of the Space Operations Command announced that a new unit has been formed within the Space Force specifically to provide quality intelligence to policymakers about the space domain. Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting said the newly created Space Delta 18 will focus on threat analysis to help inform national defense policy and space systems […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that its Psyche asteroid mission will not be able to meet its 2022 launch schedule. Delays in the delivery of the spacecraft’s flight software and testing equipment have held back preparations and will ultimately lead to a delay in the launch, NASA said Saturday. In a statement, the […]
NASA has concluded the wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis mission’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft. The two components are part of NASA’s Artemis mission. During the rocket test on June 20, teams demonstrated cryogenic loading operations throughout all phases of the propellant loading, performed key countdowns, conducted a launch scrub practice […]
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has appointed four new persons to the NASA Advisory Council, a team tasked with advising agency leadership on programs and issues of importance. According to NASA’s website, the council has committees for aeronautics, audit and finance, exploration, human capital, sciences and space operations. Each committee conducts fact-finding missions in support of […]
NASA has awarded Spire Global a 12-month, $6 million contract extension for the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program. With the award, Spire Global will continue to deliver various Earth observation data, metadata and other necessary information. Spire will provide surface data, atmospheric data, space weather-related information and domain awareness. Information will be gathered through a […]
NASA has awarded $103.4 million in contracts, including options, to four companies tasked with supporting the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Science Applications International Corporation, Rothe Development, ASRC Federal Aerospace Services and Mathematical Research were selected to provide specialized spaceflight and aircraft management support to the center’s Flight Operations Directorate, NASA said Wednesday. The […]
NASA and aerospace company SpaceX will start testing strategies that would prevent autonomous satellites from colliding with each other as part of the agency’s Starling mission. The Starling mission is a series of experiments that would test autonomous swarm communications, navigation and autonomy. After the tests are completed, NASA’s Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis group, the […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that together with the Department of Energy, it has selected three design concept proposals for generating nuclear power on the moon’s surface. This effort is expected to yield a suitable fission surface power system that would be ready for actual lunar testing by the end of the decade, […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is getting set to launch Starling, its first satellite swarm designed to work together by receiving instructions and sending back data as a single entity, according to the project’s manager. Howard Cannon said satellite swarms have the potential to revolutionize science by allowing scientific data to be gathered from […]
