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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of April 9, 2023:
Human Space Exploration:
- NASA science experiments to return to Earth soon and public can watch
- In five years, China will start building a lunar base with bricks made from Moon soil
- Inside the 3-D printed box in Texas where humans will prepare for Mars
- Lockheed Martin makes a big bet on commercial space and the Moon
- SpaceX’s Starship vehicle is ready to fly, just waiting for a launch license
- Canada proposes to develop robotic lunar rover for Artemis
- Scientists blasted Barbies with liquid nitrogen to test a new method of moon dust cleanup and it worked extremely well
- Jeremy Hansen’s flight around the Moon is a continuation of Canada’s participation in the space program
- Russia to adjust Angara carrier rockets for deliveries of modules to new orbital outpost
- Second Axiom space mission to ISS scheduled for May
Space Science
- Putin urges quick restart of domestic lunar missions
- Europe’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is unlikely to find life
- Europe is about to launch one of its most ambitious missions ever
- Private Japanese Moon lander targeting April 25 for historic touchdown try
- A new membrane could lead to space telescopes with flexible mirrors!
- China to target asteroid 2019 VL5 for 2025 planetary defense test
- NASA envisions international fleet of Apophis reconnaissance spacecraft
- Astronomers find 1,179 previously unknown star clusters in our corner of the Milky Way
- The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will ‘rewind’ the universe
- What are the prospects for life on the icy moons Europa and Enceladus?
- ‘Hubble trouble’ could deepen with new measurement of the universe’s expansion
- Does Earth have a new quasi-Moon?
- Runaway supermassive black hole is hurtling through space followed by tail of infant stars
Opinion
- U.S. leadership of cislunar space hinges on foresight and planning
Other News
- Amid commercial boom, U.S. military lacks timely access to satellite imagery
- Relativity goes ‘all in’ on larger reusable rocket, shifting 3-D printing approach after first launch
- Virgin Orbit seeking expedited bankruptcy sale
- FCC launches space-focused bureau
- Kepler Communications raises $92 million for optical data relay network
- Report recommends allowing “learning period” for commercial human spaceflight safety regulations to expire
- Pulverizing dangerous asteroids, building an observatory on the Moon and more: 6 wild ideas catch NASA’s eye
- Three more countries join pledge against destructive ASAT tests
Major Space Related Activities for the Week
- Wednesday is Yuri’s Night, a global celebration of the first human spaceflight. It was 62 years ago that the former Soviet Union launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on a one orbit trek around the Earth.
- NASA’s Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group is meeting in person and virtually on Tuesday and Wednesday at the University of Arizona to discuss future Red Planet exploration.
- The launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Juice mission from French Guiana on an eight-year journey to explore Jupiter’s icy moons, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa, is slated for Thursday at 8:15 a.m. EDT. An ESA webcast begins at 7:45 a.m. EDT and a post-launch news conference is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. EDT.
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s committee on NASA Mission Critical Workforce, Infrastructure and Technology will meet Thursday and Friday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) with plans to livestream open sessions.
- The U.S. House and Senate remain on break for another week, except for pro forma sessions.
- Meanwhile, speculation continues to swirl over when SpaceX’s orbital Starship test flight will attempt liftoff. The FAA must give authorization. Starship is in line to provide NASA’s Artemis III astronauts with transportation between lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon.