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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of January 22, 2024:
Human Space Exploration:
- NASA stresses Artemis II Moon crew safety as agency remembers fallen astronauts;
- Artemis Moon space suits prepped for tests ahead of delayed 2026 lunar landing;
- Sierra Space tests full-scale inflatable module;
- NASA SLS Exploration Upper Stage moving into qualification phase of development;
- We have doubled the number of nationalities aboard’ ISS as all-European SpaceX Ax-3 astronauts dock at Space Station;
Space Science
- Why Mars died;
- Thirsty? Water is more common than you think;
- Is NASA too down on space-based solar power?;
- Wild Mars plane concept could seek water from high in the Red Planet’s atmosphere;
- Vera Rubin will help us find the weird and wonderful things happening in the solar system;
- The phases of lunar lander success;
- Japan’s Moon lander forced to power down but may yet be revived;
- If life exists on Mars, don’t count on sample-return missions to find it, scientists say;
- NASA regains contact with mini-helicopter on Mars;
- Astrobotic “EMBOLDENED” despite Peregrine failure;
- Japan becomes the fifth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon;
Other News
- Watch NASA honor fallen astronauts with “Day of Remembrance” ceremony today;
- Chinese firm successfully tests a new reusable booster;
- ESA and EU collaborate on launch initiative;
- Blue Origin gets U.S. Space Force funding for New Glenn ‘integration studies’;
- Axiom and SpaceX are disrupting Europe’s traditional pathway to space;
- Pentagon moves to declassify some secret space programs and technologies;
- Artemis Accords: Belgium makes it 34;
- Redwire to provide components for Blue Ring transfer vehicle;
- Earth-directed CME;
Major Space Related Activities for the Week
- Axiom Space, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman
Spacepolicyonline.com (1/21): Thursday is NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance, a tribute to the 17 astronauts assigned to the Apollo 1, shuttle Challenger and shuttle Columbia missions that perished during efforts to advance human space exploration on January 27, 1967, January 28, 1986, and February 1, 2003. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Associate Administrator Jim Free will hold a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery at 1:00 pm ET. - As part of the tribute NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will host a Day of Remembrance Safety Town Hall gathering on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. EST, that will be broadcast on NASA TV and streamed on www.nasa.gov/nasalive.
- NASA will also host news briefings on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. EST, on the upcoming launch of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission with three astronauts and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station (ISS). A Mid-February launch is anticipated for those members of the next ISS expedition astronaut crew. Each briefing will be televised on NASA TV and streamed by NASA.