Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of December 9th, 2024:

Human Space Exploration:

• Jared Isaacman makes first public remarks since nomination for NASA administrator;
• Jared Isaacman on U.S. space competitiveness: ‘We can’t be second’;
• What do we need astronauts for?
• The Moon’s oldest crater is super round – and that’s great news for NASA’s Artemis astronauts;
• Nelson “basically optimistic” about NASA’s future in the next administration;
• Trump’s NASA pick a boon for SpaceX, but will face political challenges
  Coalition President & CEO Allen Cutler and Coalition Members in the News – Boeing, Lockheed Martin;

Space Science

• Meteor strikes on the Moon! Astronomer captures possible Geminid lunar impacts (videos);
• Major paradigm shifts needed for NASA’s future Mars exploration science program;
• Lucy completes key Earth gravity assist maneuver;
• After crashing on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter could live on as a weather station for 20 years;
• Geomagnetic storms cause “mass migrations” of satellites;
• An interstellar visitor helped shape the orbits of the planets;
• Japanese company ispace plans to land helium-3 mining missions on the Moon;
• NASA tests high-tech software for future mission to search for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa;
• A commercial tie-up bring high-energy nuclear electric propulsion closer to reality;
• How astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve;
• Hubble gets its best look at the first quasar;
• Webb telescope’s largest study of universe expansion confirms challenge to cosmic theory;
• Shattered Genesis spacecraft yields scientific discoveries 20 years after crash landing
  Coalition Member in the News – Lockheed Martin;
• Heliophysicists call for fresh missions to study the Sun and a new name for the field;
• How big can ‘ultra-massive’ black holes get? Scientists may have the answer;
• Dwarf planet Ceres could be rich in organics, defunct spacecraft data reveals;

Other News;

• ISRO successfully fires LVM3 cryogenic engine that will power Gaganyaan mission;
• Executives urge closer integration of commercial and military tech;
• Artemis Accords reach 50 with Panama and Austria;
• Geminid meteor shower peaks this week: Here’s what to expect from the last big meteor shower of the year;
• At five years, Space Force reflects on growth, challenges and the road ahead;
• Intelsat 33e demise exposes vulnerabilities in the space domain
  Coalition Member in the News – Boeing;
• Congressmen push FAA to accelerate licensing process;
• SpaceX test-fires Super Heavy booster for 7th Starship launch (video, photos);
• Blue Origin says New Glenn on track to launch before end of 2024;
• A taste of space on Earth: Astronaut training startup raises $4M to market way-out experiences;

Major Space Related Activities for the Week of Dec 2nd:

• The American Geophysical Union meets Monday through Friday with Earth and space science discovery discussions. Plenary and keynote sessions, held at 12:30 p.m. EST each day, will be livestreamed.
• NASA’s Planetary Science Division hosts a Town Hall on Wednesday at 6 p.m. EST.
• The Space Force Association hosts its second Superpower Conference Tuesday through Thursday, but without a virtual option.
• Also Thursday, NASA’s 31st SpaceX-contracted resupply mission to the ISS is scheduled for a weather-delayed undocking at 11:05 a.m. EST to return scientific research back to Earth with a parachute-assisted splashdown off the Florida peninsula.
• The House and Senate are in session and continue to face a December 20 deadline for the expiration of a budget continuing resolution for the 2025 fiscal year that began on October 1 without a formal budget.

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