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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of October 22, 2023:
Human Space Exploration:
- Shenzhou-17 crew arrives at Tiangong space station
- The boosters, the core stage, and the capsule: Artemis 2 hardware takes shape
- Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft comes together ahead of 2024 moon mission
- On-time Artemis landings by SpaceX, Blue Origin possible, but face “great challenges”
- NASA safety panel issues clarion call for ISS deorbit tug
- NASA emphasizes need for mission authorization
- China launches new Space Station crew
- Spacewalking cosmonauts find radiator coolant leak
- UK space agency signs agreement on plans for human space mission
- China adds Belarus as partner for ILRS moon base
- Leading the way to the moon: An interview with Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman (part2)
- Why NASA’s return to the moon will likely succeed this time
- NASA’s Artemis moon astronauts may wear electric field spacesuits to fight pesky lunar dust
- India tests launch escape system in step towards sending astronauts to orbit
Space Science
- NOAA forecasts quicker, stronger solar max
- JWST takes a detailed look at Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
- Civilizations are probably spreading quickly through the universe
- Mars hides a core of molten iron deep inside
- The mystery of orange auroras
- NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter aces longest Mars flight in 18 months
- NASA will zap Mars sample contamination with powerful UV before returning to Earth
- If the Perseverance rover found evidence of life on Mars, would we recognize it?
- Nearby asteroid may contain elements ‘beyond the periodic table’, new study suggests
- Belt-tightening could mean fewer Hubble and Chandra observations
- The moon is 40 million years older than we thought it was
- NASA’s interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away
- NASA upbeat about future of Mars Sample Return despite IRB-2 report
Other News
- U.S. Space Force seeks to work closer with allies in face of shared threats
- Key Ariane 6 test rescheduled for November
- Virgin Galactic to perform suborbital research flight in November
- China to launch Queqiao-2 moon relay satellite in early 2024
- Blue Origin Unveils Multi-Use Platform For Earth Orbit, Beyond
- SpaceX to launch final piece of NASA’s 1st two-way laser communications relay
- U.S. and Chinese officials meet to discuss space safety
- Japanese government grant to support work on new ispace lunar lander
- ITU to consider lunar communications regulations
- ULA sets Christmas Eve launch date for first Vulcan Centaur
- Varda partners with Australian range for capsule landings
- Space Force identifying priorities for modernizing spaceports
- NASA Tests a 3D Printed Aluminum Rocket Nozzle
- Upgraded star trackers could give more satellites a debris-monitoring role
- Years after space shuttle retirement, Florida chases nearly 70 launches a year
Major Space Related Activities for the Week
- On Capitol Hill, deliberations on a budget for the 2024 fiscal year that began October 1 continue, as does a debate over who will be the next Speaker of the House. Off Capitol Hill, there’s significant activity on the space operations and policy fronts.
- On Wednesday, two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled for a near seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Their activities are to include an inspection of the source of an October 9 external coolant leak on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module’s backup radiator, a concern. The spacewalk will be televised by NASA TV and streamed over http://www.nasa.gov/nasalive beginning at 1:45 p.m., EDT.
- The AIAA’s three-day Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery (ASCEND) conference gets underway in Las Vegas on Monday with online access.
- The American Astronomical Society’s Von Braun Space Exploration Symposium gets underway on Wednesday in Huntsville, Ala., also with online access.
- NASA’s international and commercial partnered Artemis program is to be a major topic. The National Academies’ Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science will meet Tuesday through Thursday with additional discussions on the future of the Mars Sample Return mission among the topics. Zoom livestream links are available.
- Also this week, and perhaps late Wednesday, U. S. time, China is expected to launch a new crew to its Tiangong-3 space station.