NASA Creates In-Space Servicing, Assembly, Manufacturing Consortium
announcing a new consortium focused on ISAM capabilities
A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”
refill its coolant, and then act as a data relay for the (probably) functional but disabled...
NASA, SpaceX to Study Hubble Telescope Reboost Possibility
SpaceX together with the Polaris Program is also interested
New Water-Cooled Steel Plate Spotted at Starbase Ahead of Next Starship Flight - Starbase Weekly #61
a water-cooled steel flame plate
Booster 9 and the Orbital Launch Mount Upgrades | SpaceX Boca Chica
upgrades to the orbital launch mount and propellant tanks
Ship 25 confirmed as push for summer replay of Starship test flight - NASASpaceFlight.com
confirmed that Booster 9 and Ship 25 are the test articles intended for the next launch
Environmental groups sue FAA over Starship launch license
a number of environmental groups suing the FAA
Virgin Orbit shuts down after bankruptcy sales
Virgin Orbit sold its assets at bankruptcy auction and shut down
No one should be surprised Virgin Orbit failed—it had a terrible business plan
never have made economic sense
India launches new-generation navigation satellite aboard GSLV - NASASpaceFlight.com
launched its first next-gen navigation satellite NVS-01 on a GSLV vehicle
China launches a new crew into space, including its first civilian astronaut
launched three crew to Tiangong
South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket launches seven satellites, one unaccounted for
completed its third launch
Seismic Imaging | Ambient Noise Tomography | IMS
real-time ambient seismic noise tomography sensors
Satellite Vu raised $15.8 million for thermal satellite constellation
Satellite Vu (UK) raised $16M for thermal imaging
Japan’s GITAI raises $29 million for space robotics business
GITAI (Japan) raised $29M for lunar rover and other robotic development
First Astranis satellite successfully deployed to GEO, beams first signals down to Alaska
successfully deployed in GEO
India Approves Construction of Its Own LIGO
India approved construction of its own LIGO installation last month
https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-23-015.pdf
a latest Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report yet again criticizing the agency’s handling of...
First Contact: Global team simulates message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth
researchers collaborated to transmit an encoded message from ESA’s ExoMars Orbiter toward Earth where radio telescopes...
NASA safety panel skeptical of Starliner readiness for crewed flight
NASA safety panel is (still) skeptical of Starliner’s readiness for crewed flight
SpaceX and Starlink Revenue is Growing Faster | NextBigFuture.com
Starlink revenue is growing quickly
A holistic approach for launchers and exploration in Europe
candid assessment of Europe’s orbital launch situation
At long last, the glorious future we were promised in space is on the way
NASA is finally embracing reusable spacecraft, distributed reusable launches, and fuel depots
https://twitter.com/EpsonAmerica/status/832244903270809608
Epson Stylus Color 800 inkjet printer on board
The International Space Station is getting its first printer upgrade in 17 years
NASA launched a custom replacement built by HP