Startups developing constellations for providing connectivity directly to standard cellphones say they stand to benefit from SpaceX entering their market.

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NASA officials say they are keeping open the possibility of attempting another launch of the Artemis 1 mission as soon as Sept. 2 as they continue to study a pair of issues that scrubbed the initial launch attempt Aug.

Canso, Canada (SPX) Aug 30, 2022
Nova Scotia is a step closer to becoming a global destination for commercial space launch as Maritime Launch Services (Nova Scotia) Ltd. (Maritime Launch or "the Company") (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF) is approved to begin construction of Spaceport Nova Scotia - Canada's first commercial spaceport. "Today is historic. Nova Scotia is the safest and most globally competitive location to launch s

Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 22, 2022
Today we planned a single sol plan cramming lots of science into a small plan, before driving in the afternoon. The workspace here has flat-lying bedrock, sometimes with visible laminations or with raised ridges, with some patches of rougher textured (chaotic looking) material overlying the bedrock and lots of float rocks. So - rather than choose between them - we are doing a bit of everything!

Dorking UK (SPX) Aug 30, 2022
UCL researchers are helping NASA prepare for its Artemis programme moon missions by creating high-resolution 3D models of potential landing sites. Professor Jan-Peter Muller and PhD student Alfiah Putri (both UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) were commissioned by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to create a 3D model and image of a possible landing site known as Aristarchus - a crater 4

Wuhan, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2022
Lunar regolith is a layer of loosely-packed rocky grains deposited on the lunar surface, whose physical and chemical properties are important for deciphering the geologic history and lunar spacecraft design. Probing the thermal conductivity of the lunar regolith has drawn a lot of attention since the Apollo era. Early measurements focused on the Apollo regolith samples, but the experimenta

Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 23, 2022
We are almost through Paraitepuy pass, an area between two large buttes that has made for tricky driving while dealing with communication challenges, sand and broken-up rocks. But the end is in sight as we near an area identified from orbit as probably containing hydrated magnesium sulfates, in contrast with the clay-bearing unit that we have been transitioning out of. Before we get there

Astra Space announced Aug. 29 it won a contract from Airbus OneWeb Satellites to provide electric propulsion systems for the Arrow line of small satellites.

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Revision to practices on the authorisation and restriction of hazardous chemicals in the EU and the new ‘Essential Use’ concept are set to further impact space programmes, the space sector and its supply chains.

Orbit Fab, a startup developing infrastructure for in-space refueling of spacecraft, will start offering hydrazine for satellites in geostationary orbit as soon as 2025 at a price of $20 million.

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