3 cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue
A trio of Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, the first new faces in space since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine.
General Dynamics’ cloud contract with NGA moves forward after Leidos withdraws protest
General Dynamics won a 10-year deal with a $4.5 billion ceiling to modernize the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's cloud infrastructure
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SpaceX sets reuse and payload mass records in Starlink launch
SpaceX set records for the reuse of its Falcon 9 booster and the mass that rocket placed into orbit March 19 with the latest launch of Starlink satellites.
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SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites after weather delays
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from Florida early Saturday morning after the launch was postponed Friday night because of stormy weather.
The launch, which came days after the company celebrated its 20th anniversary, was pushed back to 12:42 a.m. EDT when stormy weather near Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station had cleared.
The spacecraft was initi Beyond Gravity doubles production capacity for satellite dispensers
Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) is doubling its production capability of satellite dispensers in Linköping, Sweden, with the construction of a new facility.
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Cyber warfare gets real for satellite operators
The U.S. government on March 17 advised satellite operators to put their guard up in the wake of a cyberattack that disrupted internet services in Europe provided by Viasat’s KA-SAT.
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Surviving space: major conference focuses on materials in space environment
Materials make the space mission – but ensuring they survive in space is always a challenge. The very act of transporting them beyond Earth ensures their characteristics will alter as they interact with the space environment in complex ways.
Methane detected over Poland’s coal mines
Data from the Tropomi instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has been used to detect methane plumes over some of Europe’s largest methane-emitting coal mines.
Hope fading for recovery of European radar imaging satellite
ESA officials said prospects are dimming for the recovery of a radar imaging satellite that malfunctioned nearly three months ago, but that efforts to save the spacecraft continue.
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Samantha’s second space mission: Minerva
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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will return to the International Space Station in April 2022. Her second space mission is known as Minerva.
Inspired by Roman mythology, Samantha says the Minerva mission name and patch pay homage to the competence and sophisticated craftmanship of all those who make human spaceflight possible.
Samantha will travel to the Station alongside NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob “Farmer” Hines and Jessica Watkins. Collectively known as Crew-4, the astronauts will be launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
When Samantha arrives at the Station, her Minerva mission officially
