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Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 20, 2023
The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC), in coordination with SpaceCom, announces its second annual Space Mobility Conference to extend SSC's Assured Access to Space (AATS) mission through cooperation and collaboration with government, industry, allied, and academic partners. The conference opens on Jan. 30, 2024, during Commercial Space Week, co-located with the Global Spacepor

Cape Canaveral SFS FL (SPX) Sep 20, 2023
Space Systems Command's Assured Access to Space (AATS) Directorate, in collaboration with the Space Development Corps' Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), awarded a $25.5 million contract to Astroscale U.S. Inc. to advance Space Mobility and Logistics (SML) capabilities. For more than 60 years, satellites' designs and operations have been constrained because they have been required to laun

National Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
In the face of a growing number of threats, the Air and Space Forces need to consider how to maintain Air and Space Superiority with limited manning, capacity and budget. U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Douglas Schiess, Combined Force Space Component Command commander and Space Operations Command vice commander, had an opportunity to address this challenge with General Mark Kelly, Air Combat Co

More than 15 000 visitors are getting ready to pass through ESA's gateways during ESA Open Days 2023. This Europe-wide series of events promises to connect space enthusiasts, bringing space closer to them than ever before. Unforgettable days of discoveries, inspiration, and scientific divulgation await thousands of European citizens, who are eagerly gearing up for a fantastic journey through the wonders of space.

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Is it a spacecraft? An asteroid? Well, both. This small central speck is the first image of a spacecraft on its way home, carrying with it a sample from an asteroid hundreds-of-millions, if-not-billions-of-years old. The spacecraft is NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, the asteroid is Bennu.

On Sunday 24 September, the mission will drop its rocky sample off to fall through Earth’s atmosphere and land safely back home, before it continues on to study the once rather scary asteroid Apophis.

Spotted on 16 September by ESA’s Optical Ground Station