General Dynamics’ partners in this contract include Iridium, KSAT and Raytheon WASHINGTON — General Dynamics Mission Systems won a $324.5 million contract to operate the ground systems and manage network operations of the Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit constellation,…
The many methods to get to the Moon
Direct ascent was notably featured in the 1950 science fiction film Destination Moon. In fact, before the Apollo program, direct ascent was how most lay people conceived of how a flight to the Moon would actually work. The advantage of…
Starliner’s Hatch Closed, Preps for Wednesday Departure – Space Station
Astronauts (from left) Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Samantha Cristoforetti wave following Starliner farewell remarks from NASA leadership on Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV NASA astronauts living aboard the International Space Station closed the hatch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner…
Oposiciones planetarias – Cielos Boreales
Las oposiciones planetarias son eventos muy importantes en el campo de la astronomía, tanto profesional como amateur. Decimos que un planeta está en oposición cuando se encuentra opuesto en el cielo al Sol, aparece por el horizonte justo cuando el…
NASA Space Station Update 22 May, 2022 – Crew Enters Boeing Starliner Spacecraft
Astronauts living aboard the International Space Station opened the hatch for the first time to Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at 12:04 p.m. EDT Saturday, May 21, on its uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2. “This is a momentous day in NASA’s history…
Space Station Crew Members Have Entered Starliner for the First Time!
NASA TV Astronauts Open Starliner Hatch to ISS (News Release) Floating inside the Harmony module, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) opened the hatch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and moved inside to become the first people to enter…
DARPA launch ionosphere insights mission to improve radio transmissions
DARPA logo. Credit: DARPA Edinburgh, 20 May 2022. – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is launching the Ouija program to provide new insights into high-frequency (HF) radio wave propagation in the ionosphere with the help of sensors on…
Station Crew Awaits Starliner Mission on Launch Day – Space Station
Launch pad spotlights illuminate Boeing’s Starliner crew ship atop the Atlas-V rocket from United Launch Alliance at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission is counting down to a liftoff at…
NASA’s Insight Lander Detects Monster ‘Marsquake’ – Sky & Telescope
Mars Insight snapped a selfie of its dust-coated solar panels in early 2018. NASA / JPL-Caltech Mars Insight researchers have caught a lucky break — for a change. The lander’s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument witnessed a magnitude-5.0…
Watch SpaceX launch 53 new Starlink satellites early Wednesday
SpaceX plans to launch 53 more Starlink internet satellites and land the returning rocket on a ship at sea early Wednesday morning (May 18), and you can watch all the action live. A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped with 53…