Washington DC (UPI) Apr 4, 2021
Axiom Space announced it would delay its first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to no earlier than Friday, April 8. If all goes as planned, a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket will ferry four private citizens, strapped inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, to the space station. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. EDT. The mission was scheduled for Wednes

Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2022
To prepare for its launch in August, the Psyche spacecraft was tested to ensure it can operate in the extreme conditions it will face on its trip to a metal-rich asteroid. The conditions that a NASA spacecraft endures are extreme: the violent shaking and cacophony of a rocket launch, the jolt of separating from the launch vehicle, the extreme temperature fluctuations in and out of the Sun'

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
An international research team has discovered a new planet so young that it has yet to emerge from the womb of matter where it is forming. This is the youngest protoplanet discovered to date. It's location and the surrounding patterns of matter suggest that an alternative method of planet formation may be at work. This discovery could help to explain the histories and features of extrasola

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
In the first few billion years after the Big Bang, the universe contained far more so-called starburst galaxies than models predict. As many as 60 to 90 percent of the stars in the early universe appear to have been produced by galaxies undergoing a growth spurt. This is what an analysis of more than 20,000 distant galaxies show. The team, led by astronomers from University of Groningen (the Net

San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
Southwest Research Institute has added a new, 74,000-square-foot Space System Integration Facility to its San Antonio headquarters. The SwRI facility can rapidly respond to customers needing to design, assemble and test spacecraft, particularly small satellites for emerging "new space" applications, including support for the commercial and U.S. Department of Defense arenas. The building is sched

Littleton CO (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
Lockheed Martin has released an open-source, non-proprietary interface standard to support on-orbit docking within the industry. With unity of effort in mind, Lockheed Martin has published this Mission Augmentation Port (MAP) interface standard online to support industry approaches to on-orbit servicing and mission augmentation. Those interested in incorporating the standard in their space

New York NY (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, has announced the launch of five additional spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The satellites were delivered to a sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-4 mission on April 1, 2022 onboard the Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rocket, under SpaceX's Rideshare program. All fi

Herndon VA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022
BlackSky's (NYSE: BKSY) newest satellites successfully began revenue-generating commercial operations for customers, taking high-resolution images and creating analytics within a company record of 12 hours after launch. The company expanded its constellation from 12 to 14 high-resolution satellites following the successful RocketLab launch Without Mission a Beat" on Saturday, April 2. Th

The United States this week will host the third gathering of international military space chiefs in Colorado Springs. 

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The Department of the Air Force on April 4 announced six Space Force bases in Colorado, Florida and California are candidate locations for the headquarters of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command.