NASA, Boeing aiming for July launch of Starliner space capsule
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:21
The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place in July, Boeing and NASA officials said Wednesday.
The CST-100 Starliner mission, which had previously been planned for April, will take place no earlier than July 21, the officials said.
"We've deliberated and decided that the best launch attempt is no earlier than July 21 for CFT," the crew flight test, Steve Stich, the manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, told reporters.
"We feel pretty confident with that date," added Mark Nappi, the Starliner program manager at Boeing.
Stich said more time was needed to certify the parachute system designed to bring the astronauts and the spacecraft safely back to Earth, and a ground test of the parachutes will be conducted in May.
Planet acquires Slovenian startup Sinergise
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 19:11
Planet announced plans March 29 to acquire Sinergise Labs, a Slovenian startup known for making Earth-observation data accessible through cloud-based APIs.
Don't take batteries to the moon or Mars, 3D print them when you get there
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:25
When the Artemis astronauts and future explorers go to the moon and Mars, they'll need power. Lots of it. Of course, they'll use solar panels to generate the juice they need for habitats, experiments, rovers, and so on.
SES confirms Intelsat merger talks
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 13:38
SES confirmed March 29 it is in talks about potentially merging with rival satellite operator Intelsat.
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Israel launches Ofek spy satellite
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 12:24
Israel launched the latest in a series of Ofek reconnaissance satellites March 28 on the country’s Shavit rocket.
Impact Observatory raises $5.9 million to apply AI to satellite imagery
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 12:00
Impact Observatory, a company that pairs satellite imagery with artificial intelligence for mapping and monitoring, raised $5.9 million in seed funding.
The Making of Juice – Episode 10.2
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 12:00
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The Making of Juice series takes the viewer behind the scenes of the European space industry, space technology and planetary science communities around ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission.
Juice has a state-of-the-art science payload comprising remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. This episode focuses on the remote sensing instruments, which will study the atmosphere of Jupiter and the surfaces and exospheres of the icy moons.
Juice’s camera (JANUS) will image Jupiter’s clouds and geological features on the moons in high resolution. The Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) will observe cloud features and atmospheric constituents on
Leaky Russian space capsule lands safely in Kazakhstan
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 09:43
Russia's uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan Tuesday morning after suffering a major coolant leak in December.
The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan at 7:46 a.m. EDT on Tuesday after leaving the docking port of the Russian-built Rassvet module of the International Space Station.
"It's de-orbiting and descent to Earth went smoothly," Roscosmos officials announ BlackSky's completes commissioning within 18 hours of orbital delivered on news satellites
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 09:43
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) successfully commissioned two new satellites that began revenue-generating commercial operations within 18 hours of "The Beat Goes On" launch mission.
"BlackSky has more than doubled our on-orbit capacity in the last 18 months, with enough capacity to support growth over the next two years," said Nick Merski, BlackSky chief operating officer. "Our flex Flight 49 Preview - By the Numbers
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 09:43
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is preparing for its 49th flight on Mars, with a flight date scheduled for March 29th, 2023. The helicopter's goal for this flight is to reposition itself and conduct imaging science targets. During the flight, Ingenuity will travel a horizontal distance of 893.9 feet (272.5 meters) and reach a maximum altitude of 40 feet (12 meters), with a pop-up to 52.5 feet ( Journey to Tenby!
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 09:43
Over the past several weeks, Perseverance has traveled up Jezero's western fan and has begun exploring its upper surface, a potential treasure-trove of information about the river systems that flowed into the crater and the rocks they may have brought in from other areas!
After dropping off our first sample depot at Three Forks, we began to explore further up the fan then we had ever been H3 failure could delay Japanese science missions
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 08:53
The failure of Japan’s H3 rocket on its inaugural flight in March could delay several science missions, including two scheduled to launch on another rocket.
First Eurostar Neo satellite reaches operational orbit
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 07:32
The first Eurostar Neo satellite built under ESA’s Neosat Partnership Project has completed its electric orbit raising to reach its geostationary position some 36 000 kilometres above Earth.
Lockheed Martin subsidiary to offer commercial lunar communications and navigation services
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 03:07
Lockheed Martin is establishing a new company that will offer communications and navigation services for what it foresees to be a growing number of government and commercial lunar missions.
Ovzon gets deadline extension for debut satellite
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 22:43
Mobile satcom services provider Ovzon said March 28 it has secured a deadline extension enabling it to keep priority spectrum rights for its first broadband satellite, as long as it launches early enough in a July-September window SpaceX has set for the mission.