Getting all the possible science in - Sols 3507-3511
Wednesday, 22 June 2022 10:56
This weekend plan is a four sol plan to allow a no planning day on Monday, for the commemoration of "Juneteenth," and we crammed a lot in. This workspace is relatively similar in appearance to the last workspace (which is not that far away) but still had more potential targets than we could ever hope to capture, even in a big four sol plan.
There is a finite amount of time that we can fill NASA encouraged by SLS countdown rehearsal
Wednesday, 22 June 2022 10:50
NASA officials said they met most, but not all, of the objectives in a countdown rehearsal of the Space Launch System, and were still determining if they were ready to move ahead with the vehicle’s first launch.
ESA brings sci-fi-inspired extended reality to space
Wednesday, 22 June 2022 09:30
Virtual and augmented reality have increasingly been used for fun over the past few years. But in science fiction, these 'extended reality' (or XR) technologies are more than fun – they are actively used in character’s daily lives. Now with seven new projects boosting human-machine interfaces, ESA is aiming to bridge this gap and develop for space the XR applications we are familiar with from science fiction.
Kuaizhou-1A returns to flight with test satellite launch
Wednesday, 22 June 2022 08:14
A Chinese Kuaizhou-1A rocket sent the Tianxing-1 satellite into orbit late Tuesday, marking a return to flight six months after the solid light-light launcher suffered failure.
SmallSat Alliance unveils Collegiate Space Competition
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 22:43
The SmallSat Alliance is inviting U.S. university students to propose space-related solutions for formidable technical and policy challenges as part of the Collegiate Space Competition.
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NASA's InSight gets a few extra weeks of Mars science
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 19:50
The mission's team has chosen to operate its seismometer longer than previously planned, although the lander will run out of power sooner as a result.
As the power available to NASA's InSight Mars lander diminishes by the day, the spacecraft's team has revised the mission's timeline in order to maximize the science they can conduct.
SpaceX warns 5G plan would deny Starlink to most Americans
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 19:48
SpaceX warned June 21 that its Starlink broadband network would become unusable for most Americans if a proposal to use the 12 GHz band for terrestrial 5G is approved.
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NASA Moon rocket test met 90% of objectives
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 16:47
NASA's fourth attempt to complete a critical test of its Moon rocket achieved around 90 percent of its goals, but there's still no firm date for the behemoth's first flight, officials said Tuesday.
Known as the "wet dress rehearsal" because it involves loading liquid propellant, it is the final item to cross off the checklist before the Artemis-1 mission slated for this summer: an uncrewed lunar flight that will eventually be followed by Moon boots on the ground, likely no sooner than 2026.
Teams at the Kennedy Space Center began their latest effort to complete the exercise on Saturday.
Their objectives were to load propellant into the rocket's tanks, conduct a launch countdown and simulate contingency scenarios, then drain the tanks.
House Appropriations Committee warns of cost pressures in Space Force programs
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 15:40
The House Appropriations Committee in a report accompanying the fiscal year 2023 defense appropriations bill warned about schedule and cost risks in Space Force acquisition programs.
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Through Starling, NASA will test complex swarm operations
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 14:19
NASA is preparing to launch Starling, its first satellite swarm. Instead of communicating directly with the four Starling cubesats, mission operators will send instructions to the swarm as a single entity.
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NASA, SpaceX to test satellite crash-prevention strategies
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 14:15
Through the Starling mission, NASA and SpaceX will begin testing strategies for preventing autonomous satellites from crashing into each other.
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Sierra Space signs agreement for Dream Chaser landings at Spaceport America
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 12:00
Sierra Space will work with Spaceport America in New Mexico to use that commercial spaceport as a potential future landing site for the company’s Dream Chaser vehicle.
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South Korean rocket puts satellites in orbit for the first time in second flight
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 11:42
South Korea’s homegrown rocket KSLV-2 successfully put satellites into low Earth orbit for the first time in its second flight June 21.
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South Korea space rocket launch puts satellites in orbit
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 09:27
South Korea said Tuesday it had successfully launched its homegrown space rocket and placed a payload into orbit in a "giant leap" for the country's quest to become an advanced space-faring nation.
The Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle II, nicknamed Nuri and emblazoned with the South Korean flag, lifted off at 4:00pm (0700 GMT) from the launch site in Goheung on the southern coast, trailing a c