Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 10, 2022
SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre, has announced a project agreement to further develop new Search and Rescue (SAR) beacon technologies with partner NASA. Australia and the United States, as leaders in the field, have a long history of cooperation in Search and Rescue. In 2020 NASA and SmartSat announced a collaboration to advance satellite-based emergency communications and Search and

Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2022
Tropical Storm Nicole slowed after making landfall in the US state of Florida, meteorologists said Thursday, with high winds raising concerns that a long-delayed NASA rocket launch could be disrupted. The storm, a rare occurrence this late in the year, sparked mandatory evacuation orders just weeks after Florida was battered by Hurricane Ian. But just an hour after Nicole made landfall a

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 10, 2022
After NASA's inflatable heat shield splashes down 500 miles off the coast of Hawaii, the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, technology demonstration will be complete - but the mission's recovery team will still be hard at work. LOFTID is scheduled to launch Nov. 10 aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V as a secondary payload with National Oceanic a

Wallops Island VA (SPX) Nov 10, 2022
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced it plans to launch its first Electron mission from Virginia during a launch window opening December 7 EST. The mission, named "Virginia is for Launch Lovers," will deploy satellites for leading radio frequency geospatial analytics provider HawkEye 360. It will be Rocket Lab's first lift-off from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space's Mid-Atla

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 9, 2021
NASA has decided to re-schedule its Artemis 1 mission launch to Nov. 16, "pending safe conditions for employees to return to work." The space agency is monitoring Tropical Storm Nicole Wednesday morning as it approaches the eastern coast of Florida. "Adjusting the target launch date will allow the workforce to tend to the needs of their families and homes, and provide sufficient

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2022
On Sol 579 (October 6, 2022), Perseverance collected a sedimentary sample named "Mageik," the mission's 14th rock core, from the Amalik outcrop in the Enchanted Lake region at the base of the Jezero delta. Following collection of the Mageik sample, the rover processed a "witness tube." The witness tubes do not collect samples but are opened near the sampling location to "witness" the marti

Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 10, 2022
For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA's MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae simultaneously, the result of solar storms that began on Aug. 27. MAVEN - the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission - is the only asset at Mars able to observe the Sun's activity and the response of the thin Martian atmosphere at the same time. Real-time a

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 9, 2021
California-based rocket company Astra will lay off 16% of its workforce, it announced with its quarterly financial report Tuesday. The company reported a net loss of $199.1 million in the third quarter, including $133 million in impairment charges, and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $41.4 million. Its revenue was $2.8 million. Reducing the workforce will help Astra save funds, a port

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2022
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by MDA Ltd (TSX: MDA) to develop the Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) for Globalstar's (NYSE American: GSAT) growing constellation. MDA is the prime contractor for Globalstar's new Low Earth Orbit constellation. The SOCC contract builds on the existing relationship between MDA, Rocket Lab, and Globalstar established in February