Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of September 30, 2024:

Human Space Exploration:

 

Space Science

 

Opinion

  • No borders in the final frontier
    In an op-ed, aerospace entrepreneur Sam Hutchison calls for an expanded participation in the exploration of space, an enterprise so far led by the U.S., Russia and China and focused primarily on national security interests that drive industrial growth. “By democratizing access to space, we could accelerate scientific progress and move closer to unlocking the solar system’s vast resources for the benefit of all humanity,” he suggests.

 

Other News;

 

Major Space Related Activities for the Week

  • In addition to the semi-annual crew exchange activities underway aboard the ISS with the weekend launch and docking of NASA’s Crew-9 mission, there is the second launch of the new ULA Vulcan Centaur planned for Friday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The three-hour window opens at 6:00 a.m. EDT. Success should lead to certification of the Vulcan Center for scheduled launches of national security missions.
  • The NASA Advisory Council meets Tuesday and Wednesday at the Marshall Space Flight Center with virtual public access.
  • NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce’s (OSC’s) new Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space (ACES), which replaces the Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing, meets for the first time on Thursday.
  • Friday marks the start of the U.N.’s World Space Week, which commemorates the anniversary of the former Soviet Union’s October 4, 1957 Sputnik launch.
  • Meanwhile, the U.S. House and Senate are in recess until after the November 5 election.
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