Author: starpathwp-production
-
NASA awards millions to boost technology innovations created by small businesses
One grant would support the development of a lunar power distribution system. (NASA Illustration) NASA’s latest round of small-business grants will support aerospace-related technologies ranging from a new kind of spacecraft docking mechanism to a power beaming system suitable for use on the moon. Those are just two of the projects receiving Phase I grants…
-
Galileo’s Second Generation Satellite Navigation System Enters Full Development Phase
The main procurements batch of Galileo Second Generation initiated last summer has been finalised, leaving the system ready for its In Orbit Validation development phase. Following the opening session of the European Navigation Conference (ENC), ESA Director of Navigation Javier Benedicto invited Thales Alenia Space (Italy), Airbus Defence and Space (Germany) and Thales Six GTS…
-
Astra Aims to Improve Life on Earth From Space By Dedicated Small Launches and On-Orbit Mobility
Astra is a space company that is empowering its customers to Improve Life on Earth from Space by providing dedicated small launches and mission-critical on-orbit mobility to smallsat builders and operators around the world. Astra has dedicated, low-cost, orbital launch services for small satellites. It also incorporates space-qualified, hall effect electric propulsion systems currently in…
-
Maritime Launch Services Signs Multi-Mission Agreement For Launching Client OTVs
Maritime Launch Services announces that its launch manifest for its medium class launch vehicles has been committed through the end of 2027. With a recent multi-mission agreement signed for launching client OTVs from a manufacturer in the EU, Maritime Launch has secured medium-class launch vehicle capacity on multiple missions on a rideshare and dedicated payload…
-
Excelitas Technologies Introduces New Radiation-Hardened Atomic Clock for Satellite Navigation Systems
Excelitas Technologies, a technology leader in delivering high-performance, market-driven photonic innovations to meet the illumination, optical, optronic, sensing, detection, and imaging needs of aerospace, defense, and industrial applications has introduced a new radiation-hardened space-qualified Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard (RAFS). The Excelitas Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard (RAFS) is a high-performance and high-reliability Space-Qualified rubidium (Rb) clock…
-
More second-gen Starlink satellites launch on Falcon 9 rocket
Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-4 mission at 8:20 a.m. EDT (1220 UTC) on June 4 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SFN Live”] [tabbyending] SpaceX launched a Falcon…
-
SpaceX launches CRS-28 ISS resupply mission – docks with Station
SpaceX launched the Crew Resupply Mission 28 (CRS-28) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 5 at 11:47 PM EDT (15:47 UTC) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. CRS-28 – which docked on Tuesday – will resupply the ISS with equipment and supplies needed by Station astronauts…
-
To keep Starliner flying, Boeing must make some hard choices
In September 2009, Boeing announced that it would participate in NASA’s new “commercial crew” program. The aerospace industry leader vowed to bring its long experience in supporting the space agency and leverage its human spaceflight experience to make the program successful. “Boeing has a lot to offer NASA in this new field of commercial crew…
-
Live coverage: Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth
Live coverage of China’s Shenzhou 15 mission, a six-month expedition to the Chinese space station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”CCTV Live Landing Coverage”] [tabby title=”CCTV Undocking Replay”] [tabbyending]
-
Shenzhou crew capsule brings home three Chinese astronauts
The Shenzhou 15 spacecraft descends toward landing under its main parachute. Credit: CCTV Three Chinese astronauts departed the Tiangong space station Saturday and landed in the remote Gobi Desert of northwestern China, capping a six-month expedition that included four spacewalks and a host of experiments in the microgravity environment of low Earth orbit. The three-man…