Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the weeks of November 18th & 25th, 2024:
Human Space Exploration:
- Artemis and the new administration;
- Blue Origin flight sends husband and wife on their second suborbital trip to space;
- After Russian ship docks to space station, astronauts report a foul smell;
- Two astronauts are stuck in space. This NASA veteran knows their pain
Coalition Member in the News – Boeing; - The International Space Station adjusts its orbit to avoid space debris;
- China performs fairing separation test for crewed Moon mission rocket;
- Here’s what NASA plans to do with its shiny new SpaceX spacecraft;
- SpaceX launches sixth Starship but aborts booster landing;
- SpaceX’s Starship could cause structural damage in Texas, researchers find;
- As Japan sends a wooden satellite into space, experts say astronauts could one day live in wooden structures;
- India plans to build a Moon-orbiting space station by 2040;
- Blue Origin targeting November 22 for next space tourism launch;
- The new Mars landing approach: How we’ll land large payloads on the Red Planet;
- European startup wins French, German support to build spaceship;
- Tianzhou-8 spacecraft delivers supplies, key experiments to Tiangong space station;
Space Science
- China quietly tested its first inflatable space module in orbit;
- How a mini-team of NASA archivists is restoring astronomical history;
- There was hot water on Mars 4.45 billion years ago;
- NASA tests cellphone-sized underwater robots for future ocean world missions (video);
- Satellite space junk might wreak havoc on the stratosphere;
- Somewhere in the multiverse, dark energy is helping stars and life form;
- Did NASA’s Perseverance rover really find organics on Mars? These scientists aren’t so sure;
- Atmospheric radiation is plummeting;
- Up to a third of stars ate some of their planets;
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the Sun. Here’s what we’ve learned so far;
- ESA study outlines 2035 launch of nuclear propulsion demonstrator;
- Texas A&M marks $200 million space institute groundbreaking;
- Where did the universe’s magnetic fields come from?
Opinion
- The case for a continuous human presence in space.
As NASA leads efforts to transition operations underway aboard an aging ISS to commercial free flyers, it should remain committed to a continuous human presence in low Earth orbit, according to an op-ed from Manwei Chan, a veteran of research in extreme environments who holds a doctorate in aerospace and aeronautics from MIT. “We are at a critical juncture,” he writes. “Choosing intermittent missions over continuous presence in LEO would return us to the shuttle era, an era of sporadic exploration, constraining breakthroughs and stalling progress.”
Other News;
- Europe weighs impact of Trump administration on space cooperation;
- ESA awards funding to four European launch startups;
- Panel report on China’s tech developments calls for U.S. action on space and AI;
- A Geminid meteor shower begins tonight. Here’s what to expect from one of the best meteor showers of the year;
- SpaceX prepare for Starship flight 6, another Booster catch and a daylight Ship splashdown;
- Trump appears to be planning to attend SpaceX ‘Starship’ launch scheduled for Tuesday in Texas;
- 10 programs that could be on the ‘government efficiency’ chopping block;
- Two Senate space leaders call for investigation into Musk-Putin relationship;
- FAA moves forward with committee to review launch licensing regulations;
- China unveils design for fully reusable heavy rocket;
Major Space Related Activities for the Weeks Nov24-Dec 7
- The European Space Agency (ESA) has scheduled news briefings this week to discuss two upcoming launches. On December 3, the Vega-C rocket is set to return to flight from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying the Sentinel-1C Earth observation satellite. The following day, December 4, ESA’s Proba-3 mission will launch aboard an Indian PSLV rocket to study the Sun’s corona, or upper atmosphere. The Sentinel-1C pre-launch briefing will stream live on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. EST, while the Proba-3 briefing on Thursday at 5:00 a.m. EST will be recorded and available for replay on ESA’s website.
- With Thanksgiving in the U.S., the House and Senate are in recess this week, except for pro forma sessions.
Major Space Related Activities for the Weeks Nov18
- SpaceX’s sixth test flight of the Super Heavy rocket and Starship upper stage is planned for Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. EST from South Texas, with return of Super Heavy to its launch pad and a reignition of Starship on its suborbital trajectory on the agenda.
- NASA’s Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) will continue to meet through Tuesday with virtual access.
- NASA’s Outer Planets Analysis Group (OPAG) will meet Wednesday through Friday, with virtual access available.
- Meanwhile, the National Academies’ Space Studies Board and Board on Physics and Astronomy are meeting with some sessions being live streamed.
- The United Nations Conference on Space Law and Policy will meet in Vienna from Tuesday through Thursday, though in-person only.
- Russia’s next Progress resupply mission to the seven-person ISS, the Progress MS-29, is planned for launch from Kazakhstan on Thursday at 7:22 a.m. EST with a docking on Saturday at 9:35 a.m. EST. NASA plans live coverage of both events with streaming at plus.nasa.gov.
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