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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of April 23, 2023:
Human Space Exploration:
- Astronauts relocate SpaceX Dragon capsule on Space Station
- See Artemis III landing site near Moon’s south pole in stunning new NASA photos
- Virgin Galactic is just weeks away from next astronaut test flight, eyes space tourist flights soon
- NASA is developing a snake-like robot to slither through a Saturn moon in search of life
- The Moon’s heart of iron revealed for the 1st time
- NASA decommissions Mars Orbiter mineral-mapping instrument
- Momentus tug raises orbit with water-fueled thruster
- SpaceX Ax-2 private astronaut mission will grow 1st stem cells in space
- NASA proposes “hybrid” contract approach for Space Station deorbit vehicle
- Vast Space to launch 1st private station on SpaceX rocket in 2025
- Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft reaches China’s Tiangong space station
- Russian cosmonauts to conduct spacewalk to work with heat exchanger
Space Science
- Rocket Lab launches two small NASA satellites to monitor tropical storms
- Dragonfly mission studying effects of potential budget cut
- The Eta Aquarids meteor shower peaks Saturday
- To the Moon and back, Aerojet wants to power future cislunar economy
- Kendall: No news on Space Command headquarters
- Blue Origin picking up the pace at the Cape
- NOAA kicks off NEON weather satellite program
- NASA’s interplanetary plans may be lurching toward disaster
- Apparent meteorite crashes through roof of New Jersey home and damages floor: “It was warm”
- The mystery of how Mars meteorites reach Earth may finally be solved
- Ambitious Arab mission to explore seven asteroids, including a very red one
- Webb examined an asteroid belt and found more than it bargained for
- The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a mysterious planet to be weirdly shiny
- Israeli startup WeSpace aims to launch robotic ‘Moon hopper’ by 2026
- Roscosmos, Russian Academy of Sciences work on mission to deliver soil from Venus
- Astronomers have spotted the biggest cosmic explosion ever seen
- Mysterious dark energy is spread evenly across the cosmos
- Chinese Mars rover sends back images of recent water-shaped crusts
Other News
- China’s mystery reusable space plane lands after 276 days in orbit
- Rocket builder Firefly takes on high-speed Space Force mission for crucial next launch
- Orbex breaks ground on Sutherland Spaceport as U.K. prepares to enter domestic launch market
- Astronaut Buzz Aldrin named honorary brigadier general, member of Space Force
- NASA announces upcoming retirement of Space Technology head
- Space junk cleanup mission to launch in 2026 aboard Arianespace rocket
- China’s spaceplane conducted proximity and capture maneuvers with subsatellite, data suggestsh
- ULA prepares for new round of Vulcan tests
- The direct fusion drive that could get us to Saturn’s moon in under 2 years
- Space Force commercial office to open new facility in Virginia
Major Space Related Activities for the Week
- The U.S. House and Senate are in session this week and plan budget hearings regarding military and NOAA spending for 2024.
- On Wednesday at 9 a.m. EDT, the Center for Global Development (CGD) and the Secure World Foundation (SWF) are sponsoring a Washington D.C. in person and online event, “Within Our Orbit: The Promise of Space Capabilities in Global Economic Development.”
- Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are scheduled to conduct the last in a series of recent spacewalks to upgrade the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module. They are to deploy a radiator transitioned from the Rassvet module during an earlier spacewalk. The 7-hour outing, scheduled to start at 11:55 a.m. EDT, is to be televised over NASA TV and streamed over nasa.gov/nasalive