A week after calling off a SPAC merger intended to raise $420 million for a constellation of commercial weather radar satellites, Tomorrow.io said March 16 its two pathfinder spacecraft passed their critical design review.

Following the completion of critical mirror alignment steps, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope team expects that Webb’s optical performance will be able to meet or exceed the science goals the observatory was built to achieve.

El telescopio Webb de la NASA alcanza un hito en su alineación

Eden Grow Systems and Rhea Space Activity won a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 contract to look at possible applications of aeroponic technology to grow produce at  inhospitable locations where some Space Force units are deployed.

Orlando FL (UPI) Mar 16, 2022
Two NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk Tuesday to prepare for the installation of new solar arrays at the International Space Station, amid tension between Russia and the United States over the Ukraine conflict. Astronauts Kayla Barron, 34, and Raja Chari, 44, spent six hours and 54 minutes on their spacewalk, having exited the station around 8:15 a.m. EDT - their second and first spac

Orlando FL (UPI) Mar 16, 2022
NASA on Wednesday planned to release details about how the agency is sharpening the focus of the large main mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope, which will start peering at the earliest galaxies in the universe soon. NASA plans to update the press and the public on James Webb progress during a virtual press conference at noon EDT. Previously, the agency released early images fro

San Francisco (SPX) Mar 02, 2022
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has announced the general availability of the next generation of its PlanetScope Monitoring product, offering high quality, analysis-ready data to all existing PlanetScope customers. While previously offering four spectral bands, PlanetScope will now include eight spectral bands in addition to a series of enhancements, providing customers with richer, cleaner, and more

NorthStar Earth & Space, a company planning a satellite constellation to collect space situational awareness (SSA) data, is working with Spire to field an initial fleet of spacecraft.

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R&D Days on Propulsion and Flight Vehicles

Register for a 22–24 March 2022 ESA webex on current and future propulsion technologies with Q&A

On 18 February, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope was photographed by ESA’s Gaia observatory.