Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter:
Don’t miss the latest developments in space policy, science, and exploration with Deep Space Extra, delivered directly to your inbox from Monday to Friday.
|
|
Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of May 14, 2023:
Human Space Exploration:
- NASA announces Blue Origin as a second Human Lunar Lander winner
- NASA’s Artemis program may face a budget crunch as costs continue to rise
- Ax-2 private astronauts can’t wait for their May 21 SpaceX launch to the Space Station
- China calls for space station commercial cargo proposals
- Mars on Earth: NASA researchers will spend a year living in a simulated habitat
- SpaceX Ax-2 private astronaut mission is ‘go’ for May 21 launch
- SpaceX hires former NASA human spaceflight official Kathy Lueders to help with Starship
- Russian cosmonauts move vital radiator for International Space Station in 5-hour spacewalk
- Sleeping will be one of the challenges for astronauts on Mars missions
Space Science
- What is the speed of light?
- Detector array delivered for Roman Space Telescope
- Volcanoes may carpet surface of newfound Earth-size exoplanet
- Private servicing mission could extend life of NASA’s Chandra space telescope
- China calls for space station commercial cargo proposals
- Mars on Earth: NASA researchers will spend a year living in a simulated habitat
- Private servicing mission could extend life of NASA’s Chandra space telescope
- A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”
- 62 new moons found for Saturn
- NASA gives up on tiny Lunar Flashlight probe’s troubled Moon ice mission
- Europe’s JUICE Jupiter probe fixes antenna glitch in deep space (video)
- Perseverance finds an ancient, fast flowing river
- First Intuitive Machine lunar lander mission slips to the third quarter
- Rock that punched hole in New Jersey house confirmed to be 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite
Other News
- Space Force official: Lack of communication with China increases risk of mishaps in orbit
- Virgin Galactic targets May 25 for first spaceflight since Richard Branson’s trip
- First Vulcan rocket rolls back to hangar for ‘adjustments’ prior to test-firing
- Senate Republicans claim Biden administration politicizing NASA with diversity, climate initiatives
- Biden administration may halt plans to move Space Command to Alabama over state’s abortion law, officials say
- Space Force general: ‘No pushback’ from Congress on 2024 budget priorities
- Ariane 6’s first flight likely to slip into 2024
- Stratolaunch’s huge Roc plane drops hypersonic test vehicle for 1st time (video)
- Astroscale and Momentus offer concept for reboosting Hubble
Major Space Related Activities for the Week
- The NASA Advisory Council’s (NAC) Human Exploration and Operations committees are meeting on Monday to hear from NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate leadership and on Tuesday to hear from NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate. Monday afternoon’s is a joint session with the Technology, Innovation and Engineering committee.
- The U.S. Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hosts a hearing on Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT, on NASA’s proposed 2024 budget. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will testify. The proceedings will be streamed live on the committee’s website.
- The annual Explore Mars’ Human to Mars Summit gathers Tuesday through Thursday with live streaming available. Participants will include Bob Cabana, NASA’s associate administrator, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) president and CEO Tory Bruno.
- Meanwhile, Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is planned for launch on Sunday at 5:37 p.m. EDT, with several pre-launch briefings planned.
- Also, the U.S. House and Senate are in session, with mounting concerns over coming to an agreement with the White House on raising or suspending the federal debt limit by around June 1.