"This is why [Aubrey Gemignani] and I started Faces of NASA: We wanted to make that connection. It's not just rockets, astronauts, and telescopes. Hundreds of thousands of people come together to make these missions possible, and that's the...

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Impulse Space has raised $150 million to advance develop of two lines of high-energy orbital transfer vehicles focused on “disrupting space transportation.” The post Impulse Space raises $150 million appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Oct. 1, 2024 Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the agency across multiple programs, including 157 days in space and three spacewalks. Cassada also...

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NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin are returning to Earth after months aboard the International Space Station conducting scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. The four...

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From Aug. 19-20, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped past our Moon and home planet, Juice’s...

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New research reveals that dust carried by the wind from southern Africa towards Madagascar triggered the largest phytoplankton bloom in two decades – and, unusually, this occurred at a time of year when such blooms are rarely seen.

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Building 30 at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, is hallowed ground to people who are part of the civil space industry. At approximately 3:18 p.m. on July 20, […] The post Ground Game: Raytheon’s Mission Operations Centers...

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Over the decades, scientists have thought they've detected exoplanets circling Barnard's star, the closest single star to the sun. But a new world has now been confirmed.

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After a four-week hiatus, NASA has republished a document seeking ideas for how to repurpose a pair of smallsats for an asteroid mission, removing many technical details about those spacecraft in the process. The post NASA removes technical details...

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In-space transportation company Momentus is in danger of having its stock delisted from Nasdaq within days because of its low share price and other problems. The post Momentus facing Nasdaq delisting appeared first on SpaceNews.

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If you’re thinking of a galaxy, the image in your head is probably the Andromeda Galaxy! Read more about our closest galactic neighbor.

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NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick filmed Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (Comet C/2023 A3) from the International Space Station as the icy object zooms through our solar system.

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Apex’s inaugural mission in March carried Anduril’s edge data processing payload The post Apex to provide satellite buses for Anduril’s defense-oriented space missions appeared first on SpaceNews.

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During an event at NASA Headquarters in Washington Monday, the agency and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation signed a Space Act Agreement to collaborate and expand STEM opportunities for Latino K-12 and university students and reduce barriers to agency activities...

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Gogo is acquiring inflight connectivity rival Satcom Direct to counter rising competition from SpaceX’s Starlink in the market for providing Wi-Fi to business jets. The post Gogo buys rival to tackle Starlink aviation expansion appeared first on SpaceNews.

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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing for the second flight of its Vulcan Centaur… The post Launch Roundup: Vulcan ready for second flight; Hera mission set to study asteroid appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

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Media is invited to preview and interview NASA leadership ahead of the opening of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History at 10 a.m. EDT, Monday, Oct. 7. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit includes a 32-foot-long,...

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By Savannah Bullard  A new NASA competition, the LunaRecycle Challenge, is open and offering $3 million in prizes for innovations in recycling material waste on deep space missions.  As NASA continues efforts toward long-duration human space travel, including building...

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NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson will share details of her recent six-month mission aboard the International Space Station in a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 4, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news...

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