Space Force to recompete contract for integration of rideshare payloads
Monday, 21 November 2022 19:02
The Space Force is researching industry interest in the follow-on to the $94 million Launch Manifest Systems Integration contract that Parsons Corp. won in 2019
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The next and most profound industrial revolution in human history is underway in Low Earth Orbit
Monday, 21 November 2022 16:47
Riding on the shoulders of the Apollo generation and bound for the moon, the Artemis missions will pave the way for humans to further explore the lunar surface
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European space sector commits: Earth is ours, we must cherish it
Monday, 21 November 2022 16:20
ESA and 22 other European space actors have come together to sign a “Statement for a Responsible Space Sector”. Space exploration has allowed us to look back on our planet in a way that no human could imagine before, revealing a fragile world with limited resources. As today’s statement explains, the responsibility to take care of our planet extends to and depends on, our actions in space.
NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit
Monday, 21 November 2022 15:19
NASA's Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbit with test dummies sitting in for astronauts.
It's the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA's Apollo program 50 years ago, and represents a huge milestone in the $4.1 billion test flight that began last Wednesday.
The close approach of 81 miles (130 kilometers) occurred as the crew capsule and its three wired-up dummies were on the far side of the moon. Because of a half-hour communication blackout, flight controllers in Houston did not know if the critical engine firing went well until the capsule emerged from behind the moon, 232,000 miles (370,000 kilometers) from Earth.
Canadian startup developing lunar rover to deliver power
Monday, 21 November 2022 15:00
A Canadian startup is developing a rover it plans to launch to the moon in the next few years to provide power to other spacecraft on the lunar surface.
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New Space Force procurement shop subscribes to the space-as-a-service model
Monday, 21 November 2022 14:00
The Space Force is bucking traditional military procurement programs with a shop built to buy technologies that the space industry provides as a service.
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Orion, European Service Module and Earth during Artemis I
Monday, 21 November 2022 12:48
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Orion, European Service Module and Earth during Artemis I NASA confirms decision to keep JWST name after historical report
Monday, 21 November 2022 10:37
NASA says a historical review of actions by former administrator James Webb confirmed its decision to keep the agency’s flagship space telescope named after him.
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Watch live: ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level
Monday, 21 November 2022 09:01
The ESA Council at Ministerial level (CM22) is taking place in Paris, France, on 22 and 23 November. ESA’s Member States, Associated States and Cooperating States will be invited to together strengthen Europe’s space ambitions and ensure that space continues to serve European citizens. Follow our live coverage of CM22 via ESA WebTV.
Hall of mirrors for Proba-3 laser testing
Monday, 21 November 2022 08:24
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Hall of mirrors for Proba-3 laser testing Chinese coast guard seizes rocket debris from Filipino navy
Monday, 21 November 2022 08:15
ESA DG: What’s on the table for CM22?
Monday, 21 November 2022 08:00
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Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, explains what is on the table for ESA at CM22, ESA’s Council at Ministerial level taking place on 22 and 23 November 2022, a crucial milestone as Europe sets out its ambitions and plans for space activities in the coming years and decades.
Artemis 1 launch boosts ESA’s exploration ambitions
Sunday, 20 November 2022 15:57
The successful launch of the Artemis 1 mission comes just in time for the European Space Agency as it seeks support from its member states for new exploration initiatives.
Earth-sun distance dramatically alters seasons of equatorial Pacific over 22,000-year cycle
Sunday, 20 November 2022 11:44
Weather and climate modelers understand pretty well how seasonal winds and ocean currents affect El Nino patterns in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, impacting weather across the United States and sometimes worldwide.
But new computer simulations show that one driver of annual weather cycles in that region - in particular, a cold tongue of surface waters stretching westward along the