China's International Lunar Research Station advances
Sunday, 30 April 2023 08:44
China National Space Administration (CNSA) and Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) Sign Joint Statement on International Lunar Research Station Cooperation
On April 25, the first International Conference on Deep Space Exploration (Tiandu), themed "Flying to Deep Space through Win-win Cooperation," commenced in Hefei, Anhui. During the opening ceremony, the China National Sp Around the world in 10 Days
Sunday, 30 April 2023 08:44
NASA's football-stadium-sized scientific super pressure balloon crossed the 169.24 east longitude line at about 11:32 p.m. EDT, April 25, officially completing its first mid-latitude circumnavigation after launch April 15 (U.S. Eastern time) from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand.
NASA achieved the milestone just 10 days, 3 hours, and 50 minutes after launch. Th Latest two O3b mPOWER satellites successfully launched for SES
Sunday, 30 April 2023 08:44
Two additional O3b mPOWER satellites were successfully launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, at 6:12 pm local time, SES announced Friday.
The second pair of O3b mPOWER satellites will join the first two satellites launched in December 2022, which have arrived at their target medium earth orbit (MEO) and are currently undergo Astra announces spacecraft engine contract with Apex
Sunday, 30 April 2023 08:44
Astra Space (Nasdaq: ASTR) and Apex Technology, Inc. have announced a contract for Astra to initially provide 5 Spacecraft Propulsion Kits for Apex's satellite bus platform. Astra is expected to begin delivering the Spacecraft Propulsion Kits in 2023.
The Spacecraft Propulsion Kit disaggregates the four subsystems of the Astra Spacecraft Engine module: (1) thruster, (2) power processing un Exo-Space hardware delivered to Sidus Space for LizzieSat
Sunday, 30 April 2023 08:44
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU) reports that Exo-Space has delivered its hardware for integration and testing in preparation for launch aboard LizzieSat.
As previously announced, Sidus Space will integrate Exo-Space's FeatherEdge Data Processing Platform into its hybrid 3D printed satellite, LizzieSat. Through collaboration on data processing and storage technology in space, on-orbit testi USSPACECOM forum discusses need for space-savvy medical personnel
Sunday, 30 April 2023 08:44
US Space Command's office of the Command Surgeon hosted the 2nd USSPACECOM Joint Space Medicine Forum April 18-19, at the Catalyst Campus in Colorado Springs, Colo. The two-day event brought together 37 medical leaders from combatant commands, service components, academia and NASA. This year's event emphasized a growing need for medical personnel to be "space savvy," placing a greater focus on d Musk predicts next Starship launch in a “couple months”
Sunday, 30 April 2023 00:37
SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said the first integrated test flight of his company's Starship vehicle met his expectations despite a cascading series of engine failures and other malfunctions that eventually caused the rocket to lose control.
A second pair of SES' O3b mPower satellites launched on a SpaceX rocket
Saturday, 29 April 2023 02:43
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched two communication satellites, O3b mPower 3 and 4, and is now just one launch away from launching SES' next-generation broadband constellation in medium Earth orbit (MEO).
Falcon 9 lifted off Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40), at 6:12 p.m. EDT (2212 GMT) on Friday.
O3b is an acronym that stands for "Other 3 Billio SpaceX launches second pair of O3b mPower satellites
Saturday, 29 April 2023 00:19
SpaceX launched a second pair of O3b mPower satellites April 28 for SES, which is now just one launch away from bringing its next-generation broadband constellation in medium Earth orbit online.
Key radar antenna stuck on Europe's Jupiter-bound spacecraft
Friday, 28 April 2023 21:08
Orienspace of China targets first launch in second half of the year
Friday, 28 April 2023 19:59
Chinese rocket startup Orienspace is moving towards a debut launch from a sea platform with a solid rocket later this year.
Air Force navigation satellite experiment applying lessons from GPS
Friday, 28 April 2023 19:30
The U.S. Air Force Navigation Technology Satellite-3 — a flight experiment seven years in the making — is undergoing final tests ahead of a projected 2024 launch.
Astra, Exotrail win satellite propulsion orders
Friday, 28 April 2023 18:15
Astra Space and Exotrail have won orders for satellite electric propulsion systems as they work to scale up production of those products.
Spaceport Cornwall expands facilities following Virgin Orbit failure
Friday, 28 April 2023 17:24
Spaceport Cornwall, which provided the runway for Virgin Orbit’s failed launch from the U.K. in January, opened a new operations facility April 27 to attract more businesses in the wake of its flagship customer’s bankruptcy.
UAE astronaut exits ISS for first Arab space walk
Friday, 28 April 2023 14:26
Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi stepped out of the International Space Station (ISS) Friday for the first space walk by an Arab astronaut, a moment touted by the UAE as a "milestone".
Alneyadi, 41, dubbed the "Sultan of Space" by his alma mater, become the first Arab astronaut to embark on a six-month space mission when he blasted off for the ISS in early March aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
On Friday, he undertook "the first Arab spacewalk in history," wearing a space suit that bears the Emirati flag, said the United Arab Emirates' Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), calling it "a new historic milestone".
Footage live-streamed by NASA showed the UAE astronaut exiting an ISS hatch.
"Sultan Alneyadi has egressed the hatch, the first ever space walk by an Arab astronaut," NASA said.
The space walk will last for around six hours and thirty minutes, according to MBRSC and NASA.
Alongside NASA's Stephen Bowen, Alneyadi will "change the Radio Frequency Group unit and prepare for the installation of solar panels," the Emirati astronaut said in a Twitter post carried by the official WAM news agency.