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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of May 16-20:
Human Space Exploration:
- Coalition Members in the News – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance: Starliner OFT-2 launch makes it to orbit, heading to ISS
- NASA seeks input on human exploration objectives
- Blue Origin delays next space tourist launch from May 20 due to vehicle issue
- Coalition Member in the News – Boeing: NASA astronauts excited to watch Boeing’s Starliner launch to Space Station Thursday
- Coalition Members in the News – Boeing, United Launch Alliance: Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will launch on a crucial NASA test flight today. Here’s how to watch live
- Spacesuits aboard Station declared a “no-go” pending analysis of recent helmet water leak
- NASA reveals launch dates for Artemis I through the first half of 2023
- Coalition Member in the News – Jacobs: NASA, Air Liquide continue working on Artemis I WDR issues
- Coalition Members in the News – Boeing, Northrop Grumman: The science and cargo of Boeing’s OFT-2 Starliner test flight to Space Station
- Coalition Members in the News – Axiom Space, Collins Aerospace: Axiom Space breaks ground at Houston Spaceport
- Coalition Member in the News – Axiom Space:Pace of work put strain on private astronaut mission to the ISS
Space Science
- China’s Zhurong rover switches to dormant mode in severe Martian dust storm
- Sun busts out trio of moderate solar flares that might herald more activity
- Ice giants and icy moons: The planetary science decadal survey looks beyond Mars to the outer solar system
- Sun’s mysterious pole and a ‘solar hedgehog’ revealed in closest-ever images of the Sun
- Mystery issue experienced on NASA’s Voyager 1 probe from 1977
- NASA’s Mars lander InSight has only a few months to live on the Red Planet
- Scientists grow plants in Moon soil for first time: ‘Everything sprouted’
- Did you see the Super Flower Blood Moon last night? It was stunning
Other News
- U.S. Space Force to step up protection of satellite ground systems in the wake of Russia’s cyber attacks
- Russia launches Bars-M surveillance satellite
- Military buyers challenged to stay up on the latest commercial space innovations
- Coalition Members in the News – Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman: Military experiment demonstrates intersatellite laser communications in low Earth orbit
- U.S. officials say Pentagon committed to understanding UFO origins
- Pentagon boosts two Seattle ventures working on nuclear-powered prototypes for space applications
- Colorado Senators push back on location for Space Command HQ
- Chinese satellites propulsion startup secures funding as country’s constellation projects grow
- As space gets more crowded, House committee still questioning SSA path forward
- Watch the Humans to Mars Summit 2022: Red Planet travel and international relations take center stage
- India hit by more suspected space debris
- Manchin introduces bipartisan bill to establish Space National Guard
- Redwire warns of volatility in commercial space markets
- Coalition Member in the News – Northrop Grumman: Melting Arctic ice opens new front in strategic power competition
- Coalition Members in the News – RS&H, Teledyne Brown: Huntsville airport, Sierra Nevada space dreams coming true
- ISRO successfully tests human-rated HS200 solid rocket booster for Gaganyaan mission
- Chinese startup suffers third consecutive launch failure
- NASA’s CAPSTONE cubesat launch to the Moon delayed to May 31
Major Space Related Activities for the Week
- Coalition Members in the News – Boeing, Northrop Grumman, United Launch Alliance: NASA and Boeing launch Thursday at 6:54 p.m. EDT – Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2).