Purple space ‘lightning’ spews from stellar corpse, creating cosmic shock waves
The stunning new imagery comes courtesy of two NASA space telescopes. A streak of purple “lightning” sprawls across the cosmos in a gorgeous new image from NASA.
Relativity and SpaceX bid on NASA commercial space station competition
WASHINGTON — Launch companies Relativity Space and SpaceX were among the companies that submitted proposals last year to NASA for initial development of commercial space stations.
GOES-T launch preparations underway
WASHINGTON — Preparations are underway for the launch of the next in a series of geostationary weather satellites that will also mark the end of a decades-long streak for one company.
India targets August launch for Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander
SEOUL, South Korea — India aims for an August launch of its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander mission, the nation’s science and technology minister said on Feb. 2.
Space Force communications satellite WGS-11 clears critical design review
WASHINGTON — A new satellite developed by Boeing for the military’s Wideband Global Satcom constellation passed a critical design review and will transition to production, the Space Force said in a news release Feb. 1.
NASA delays SLS rollout for launch rehearsal
WASHINGTON — NASA is postponing the rollout of the first Space Launch System for a final prelaunch test by a month to give workers more time to complete vehicle preparations.
Mars’ suspected underground lake could be just volcanic rock, new study finds
A suspected Martian underground lake is probably volcanic rock masquerading as water, according to a new study.
China’s Galactic Energy raises $200 million for reusable launch vehicle development
HELSINKI — Chinese commercial rocket maker Galactic Energy raised $200 million in two funding rounds during the second half of 2021, the company announced Monday.
Bigelow Aerospace transfers BEAM space station module to NASA
WASHINGTON — NASA has hired a new company to provide engineering support for an inflatable module on the International Space Station originally built and managed by Bigelow Aerospace.
Space Norway restores redundancy for Svalbard ground stations
TAMPA, Florida — Space Norway has restored communications on an undersea fiber-optic cable it operates between its Svalbard satellite station and mainland Norway, which had left the Arctic region without a backup connection after failing Jan. 7.
ExoMars on schedule for September launch
WASHINGTON — After missing its initial launch window in 2020 in part because of the pandemic, the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission is on schedule for a launch in September.
NOAA seeks continuity of space weather observations
SAN FRANCISCO — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking ahead to a future generation of space weather instruments. The agency’s first priority is ensuring the continuity of measurements to be made by the Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) mission sensor suite scheduled to travel to Lagrange Point 1 in 2025 on NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration probe.
After a successful 2021, Avio is looking forward to the future
Space-based services and applications are increasingly important in our daily life, for the economy, the environment, the resources’ management and for our security. In 2011, the United States National Security Space Strategy defined space as “a domain that no nation owns but on which all rely, [which] is becoming increasingly congested, contested, and competitive”.
Axiom Space plans to build a movie studio module for the International Space Station by 2024
U.K.-based Space Entertainment Enterprise (SEE) has announced plans to launch a movie production studio module intended to connect to the International Space Station (ISS).
