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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of May 20-24:
Human Space Exploration:
- NASA satisfied with latest Artemis WDR, fifth test not needed
- Second segment added to Starship launch tower at Kennedy Space Center
- South Korean rocket puts satellites in orbit for the first time in second flight
- NASA picks three companies to develop lunar nuclear power systems
- NASA encouraged by SLS countdown rehearsal
- House appropriators recommend boost for NASA in FY2021, but not as much as requested
- Planned Space Station boost by Cygnus freighter cuts off 5 seconds into burn
- We got a leaked look at NASA’s future Moon missions and likely delays
- NASA nearly completes SLS countdown test
- International Space Station dodges orbital debris from Russian anti-satellite test
- NASA tries again to complete Moon rocket’s practice countdown
Space Science
- For the first time, a small rocket will launch a private spacecraft to the Moon
- Wild solar weather is causing satellites to plummet from orbit. It’s only going to get worse
- Mercury-bound spacecraft whizzes past the smallest planet for the 2nd time
- On alien worlds, exotic form of ice may transport nutrients to hidden oceans
- A huge comet will fly by Earth in July and you might be able to see it
- NASA moves up Lunar Trailblazer launch
- World’s largest liquid mirror telescope ready to observe
- Through Starling, NASA will test complex swarm operations
- NASA’s DART asteroid-impact probe spots the bright star Vega
- Scientists find remains of cannibalized baby planets in Jupiter’s cloud-covered belly
- Samples of Asteroid Ryugu contain more than 20 amino acids
- Fire acts strangely in microgravity. Astronauts have lit more than 1,500 fires on the Space Station to figure out why
- Astronomers renew concerns about Starlink satellite brightness
- China aims to bring Mars samples to Earth 2 years before NASA, ESA mission
Opinion
- There’s no perfect space traffic management framework
- Deterring aggression in space
Other News
- Office of Space Commerce on a “listening tour” for civil space traffic management
- Kuaizhou-1A returns to flight with test satellite launch
- Ariane 5 rocket launches 2 communications satellites to orbit from South America
- President Biden to nominate Dr. Arati Prabhakar to lead Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Disrupted by SpaceX, ULA was in ‘serious trouble.’ Now it’s on the road back
- South Korean rocket puts satellites in orbit for the first time in second flight
- Sierra Space signs agreement for Dream Chaser landings at Spaceport America
- House Armed Services bill proposes $75 million for rapid space launch activities
- NASA approves demonstration flight for circular DiskSats
- Getting SSA off the ground
- Statue of first American woman in space unveiled at aviation museum
- ‘The Color of Space’: Watch NASA’s new documentary celebrating Black space explorers for Juneteenth
Major Space Related Activities for the Week
- NASA post wet dress rehearsal (WDR) news briefing on Tuesday at 11 a.m. EDT, streamed over www.nasa.gov/nasalive