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Blue Origin resumes crewed New Shepard suborbital...
May 19, 2024
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WASHINGTON — Blue Origin conducted its first crewed New Shepard mission in nearly two years May 19, carrying six people, including the first American Black astronaut candidate, on a suborbital spaceflight the company called a success despite a parachute issue. New Shepard lifted off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas at about 10:36 a.m. Eastern. The countdown was held for more than 20 minutes at the T-10 minute mark for an unspecified technical issue. The vehicles...

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Pentagon to forge deeper ties with space...
May 19, 2024
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Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. Processing… Success! You’re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn’t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is poised to sign agreements with commercial space companies that go far beyond the usual contractor relationships, integrating their equipment into military units and exercises with the expectation they will deploy systems if...

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NASA prepares for twin launches of climate...
May 18, 2024
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WASHINGTON — NASA is gearing up for back-to-back launches of cubesats designed to provide key data for improving models of the Earth’s climate. The first of twin cubesats for NASA’s Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment, or PREFIRE, mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than May 22 on an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The other cubesat will be launched on another Electron within three weeks. Each 6U cubesat carries...

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Helium leak further delays Starliner crewed test...
May 17, 2024
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WASHINGTON — NASA and Boeing have once again delayed first crewed flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner as they work to resolve a helium leak in the spacecraft’s propulsion system. In a statement late May 17, NASA announced that the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, previously scheduled for May 21, has been pushed back to no earlier than May 25 at 3:09 p.m. Eastern to continue work on a leak in a helium pressurization system in the spacecraft. The...

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India enters troubled space insurance market
May 17, 2024
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TAMPA, Fla. — Indian insurance specialist Tata AIG is expanding into space as the global market reels from a string of heavy losses. Tata AIG said May 13 it has started providing satellite in-orbit third-party liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage, building on the 22-year-old company’s expertise in the aviation market. Sushant Sarin, president of commercial business at Tata AIG, a joint venture between Indian conglomerate Tata Group and U.S.-based insurance firm American International Group (AIG) with...

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Startup’s chip design aims to boost satellite...
May 17, 2024
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WASHINGTON — A Carnegie Mellon University spinoff has developed an energy-efficient computer chip architecture that it claims consumes a fraction of the power required by traditional chips, potentially enabling more powerful and autonomous capabilities on tiny satellites. “Innovation in space is limited by power-constrained computing devices,” said Brandon Lucia, co-founder and CEO of Efficient Computer and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. The company’s proposed solution to this problem is a processor architecture that departs from the classic von Neumann...

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Hubble Views the Dawn of a Sun-like...
May 17, 2024
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Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The triple-star system is made up of the variable star HP Tau, HP Tau G2, and HP Tau G3. HP Tau is known as a T Tauri star, a type of young variable star that hasn’t begun nuclear fusion yet but is beginning to evolve into a hydrogen-fueled star similar to...

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NASA Awards Contracts for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition...
May 17, 2024
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NASA has selected four companies to provide spacecraft and related services, including acquiring spacecraft components and equipment, in support of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The multiple awards, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity base contracts, are firm-fixed-price with a total combined value of $6 billion. These multi-agency contracts may support other NASA centers and federal agencies. The performance period is through Aug. 31, 2025, with the potential to extend the effective ordering period until Aug. 31, 2030. The spacecraft designs,...

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Dr. Lori Glaze to begin six-month Detail...
May 17, 2024
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3 min read May 17, 2024 I am pleased to share some exciting news regarding senior executive detail backfills to provide broadening opportunities for some of our leadership team. Agency leadership has chosen Dr. Lori Glaze to begin a six-month detail as the Acting Deputy AA for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) due to the transition of Kelvin Manning back to KSC at the end of May 2024. It is expected that this detail will begin imminently,...

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Differing values of nature can still lead...
May 17, 2024
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Recognising and respecting the different ways nature is valued can enable better environmental decision-making, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA). International agreements such as the Sustainable Development Goals represent wide support for a sustainable future, living within planetary boundaries and ensuring a safer future for current and next generations. However, there remain huge disagreements about how to advance such goals, often resulting in marginalisation, conflict and inaction. The paper, published in the journal...

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Can we revolutionize the chemical industry and...
May 17, 2024
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The chemical industry is a cornerstone of global development, driving innovation, and providing essential products that support our modern way of life. However, its reliance on unsustainable fossil resources has posed significant threats to global ecosystems through climate change and chemical pollution. A new commentary published in Cell Press’ One Earth co-authored by Griffith University researchers puts forth a transformative solution: catalysis to leverage sustainable waste resources, ushering the industry from a linear to a circular economy. “If we...

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