ULA and SpaceX share 21 mission assignments from SSC for FY24
Thursday, 02 November 2023 11:00
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2023
Space Systems Command (SSC) has outlined 21 mission assignments as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract. Marking the final order year for Phase 2 of the contract, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) have been awarded 11 and 10 missions, respectively. The missions, spanning
Space Systems Command (SSC) has outlined 21 mission assignments as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract. Marking the final order year for Phase 2 of the contract, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) have been awarded 11 and 10 missions, respectively. The missions, spanning SpinLaunch announces new leadership roles
Thursday, 02 November 2023 11:00
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2023
SpinLaunch, a pioneering space company enabling rapid and sustainable low-cost access to space, has announced major executive appointments that will provide the company with additional expertise in global investments, partnerships, commercialization, and go-to-market strategy.
Aerospace pioneer and investor Domhnal Slattery has been elected Chairman of SpinLaunch's Board of Directors. In h
SpinLaunch, a pioneering space company enabling rapid and sustainable low-cost access to space, has announced major executive appointments that will provide the company with additional expertise in global investments, partnerships, commercialization, and go-to-market strategy.
Aerospace pioneer and investor Domhnal Slattery has been elected Chairman of SpinLaunch's Board of Directors. In h Lucy Ready for first Asteroid encounter
Thursday, 02 November 2023 11:00
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 01, 2023
NASA's Lucy spacecraft is on track for its first asteroid encounter on Nov. 1. Lucy's optical navigation team has confirmed that the latest trajectory correction maneuver on Sept 29 accurately set the spacecraft on course for its flyby of the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh. The spacecraft is anticipated to pass approximately 265 miles (425 km) from the asteroid at 12:54 p.m. EDT.
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft is on track for its first asteroid encounter on Nov. 1. Lucy's optical navigation team has confirmed that the latest trajectory correction maneuver on Sept 29 accurately set the spacecraft on course for its flyby of the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh. The spacecraft is anticipated to pass approximately 265 miles (425 km) from the asteroid at 12:54 p.m. EDT.
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Thursday, 02 November 2023 11:00
Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2023
The SETI Institute is proud to announce a new book by SETI Institute meteor astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniskens. Called "Atlas of Earth's Meteor Showers," this comprehensive guide describes over 500 meteor showers that appear in our night skies and adds a wealth of detail to the tapestry of our solar system.
"Just as in a birder's guide, the book describes the outward appearance, range, season
The SETI Institute is proud to announce a new book by SETI Institute meteor astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniskens. Called "Atlas of Earth's Meteor Showers," this comprehensive guide describes over 500 meteor showers that appear in our night skies and adds a wealth of detail to the tapestry of our solar system.
"Just as in a birder's guide, the book describes the outward appearance, range, season Bewitched Battery: Sols 3994-3995
Thursday, 02 November 2023 11:00
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 01, 2023
Earth planning date: Monday, October 30, 2023: Mondays are scary enough, so the team was extra spooked when the morning's downlink showed our incoming power state as lower than what we planned. Ghosts of Mars? (A movie I recommend, by the way) Maybe... but if our rover was in a scary movie she'd be the last one standing. And so our team began a willowy plan this Hallows' Eve to continue on our D
Earth planning date: Monday, October 30, 2023: Mondays are scary enough, so the team was extra spooked when the morning's downlink showed our incoming power state as lower than what we planned. Ghosts of Mars? (A movie I recommend, by the way) Maybe... but if our rover was in a scary movie she'd be the last one standing. And so our team began a willowy plan this Hallows' Eve to continue on our D Giant planets cast a deadly pall
Thursday, 02 November 2023 11:00
Riverside CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2023
Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors around other stars. New studies show, in some planetary systems, the giants tend to kick smaller planets out of orbit and wreak havoc on their climates.
Jupiter, by far the biggest planet in our solar system, plays an important protective role. Its enormous gravitational field deflects comets and
Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors around other stars. New studies show, in some planetary systems, the giants tend to kick smaller planets out of orbit and wreak havoc on their climates.
Jupiter, by far the biggest planet in our solar system, plays an important protective role. Its enormous gravitational field deflects comets and Permanent residency in space
Thursday, 02 November 2023 10:33
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Permanent residency in space 
30 years of ESA innovation: GSTP
Thursday, 02 November 2023 08:33
30 years of ESA innovation: GSTP
The future’s magnetic pull
Thursday, 02 November 2023 08:17
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The future’s magnetic pull UK pushing to combine OneWeb Gen 2 and European sovereign constellation efforts
Thursday, 02 November 2023 08:00
Launch your career in space! Apply now to the ESA Student Internship Programme
Thursday, 02 November 2023 07:24
The 2024 internship opportunities at ESA have been published! Applications are open for one month and positions are available in engineering, science, IT, natural/social sciences, business, economics and administration services. This is your chance to kick-off your career in the space sector!
Heterogeneity of Earth's mantle may be relics of Moon formation
Thursday, 02 November 2023 07:10
Shanghai, China (SPX) Nov 02, 2023
An interdisciplinary international research team has recently discovered that a massive anomaly deep within the Earth's interior may be a remnant of the collision about 4.5 billion years ago that formed the Moon.
This research offers important new insights not only into Earth's internal structure but also its long-term evolution and the formation of the inner solar system.
The study,
An interdisciplinary international research team has recently discovered that a massive anomaly deep within the Earth's interior may be a remnant of the collision about 4.5 billion years ago that formed the Moon.
This research offers important new insights not only into Earth's internal structure but also its long-term evolution and the formation of the inner solar system.
The study, Innovative three legged landing system tested for small body exploration
Thursday, 02 November 2023 07:10
Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 02, 2023
In an era where the bounds of space exploration are continually being stretched, a team from the Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Polytechnic University of Milan have made significant strides in the development of landing mechanisms tailored for small celestial bodies. These environments pose unique challenges due to their low gravity and un
In an era where the bounds of space exploration are continually being stretched, a team from the Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Polytechnic University of Milan have made significant strides in the development of landing mechanisms tailored for small celestial bodies. These environments pose unique challenges due to their low gravity and un Estimating depositional timing on Mars using cosmogenic radionuclide data
Thursday, 02 November 2023 07:10
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 02, 2023
As Perseverance continues to wrap up its current activities at Turquoise Bay where it collected a new sample for possible return to Earth, the Mars 2020 team is getting ready for Perseverance to approach the next site in the Margin Unit campaign, a site called Jurabi Point, also known as the "gateway" to Gnaraloo Bay. Here Perseverance will encounter what is known as a "triple junction" between
As Perseverance continues to wrap up its current activities at Turquoise Bay where it collected a new sample for possible return to Earth, the Mars 2020 team is getting ready for Perseverance to approach the next site in the Margin Unit campaign, a site called Jurabi Point, also known as the "gateway" to Gnaraloo Bay. Here Perseverance will encounter what is known as a "triple junction" between