Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 21, 2023
Reducing orbital launch costs by 100-fold would be world changing, and that's what Electromagnetic Launch Inc. (EML) and Robinson Research Institute of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand aim to do in a new partnership agreement and demonstration experiment announced May 30, 2023. The partners intend to prove the physics and demonstrate the engineering for a "Quench Launcher,"

Houston TX (SPX) Jun 21, 2023
If everything goes according to plan, OSIRIS-REx's sample return capsule will separate from the spacecraft, enter the Earth's atmosphere and parachute safely to Earth for recovery at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range, located about 70 miles west of Salt Lake City. "The OSIRIS-REx curation team is excitedly preparing for the Bennu samples," said Nicole Lunning, OSIRIS-REx l

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 21, 2023
The origin of the martian moons Phobos and Deimos is still an unsolved mystery in planetary research. Both moons will be the targets of the Japanese Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. A German-French rover will land on Phobos as part of the mission and conduct a mobile exploration - despite the extremely low gravity. At the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agen

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 21, 2023
Earth planning date: Friday, June 16, 2023 Hearing today's drive completed as planned for the third time in a row was a refreshing change from last week when Curiosity was struggling to get up a rocky and sandy slope. Our alternate route takes us laterally along this challenging terrain, rather than straight uphill, and this small change certainly seems to be helping. I really hope we cont

McLean VA (SPX) Jun 21, 2023
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) has announced the results of an Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) flight trial highlighting Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) capabilities in the National Airspace System (NAS), with a published a whitepaper titled "Monitored BVLOS: A New Model for UAS Integration in the National Airspace System." The whitepaper highlights and solves for challenges faced

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Watch the replay of the press briefing on space transportation from Paris Air Show 2023. Speakers will share the current status of the Ariane 6 programme, and the next key milestones towards the inaugural flight.

Access all the videos from Paris Air Show 2023.

Justin Fauntleroy is a government contractor responsible for writing future concepts and doctrine for the U.S.

We are almost halfway through the week of the 54th edition of the Paris Air Show. 

ESA is taking part with an exhibition in the Space Pavilion alongside with CNES, the French National Space Agency. Throughout the week, the pavilion will host presentations, events and temporary exhibitions from both agencies, while several events will be held in the ESA/CNES shared area.    

Click the link here to view the full programme of events being held in the ESA-CNES shared area. 

Here below the photo highlights of Day n.3 from Le Bourget Airport. The event will take place from 19 to 25 June. 

The FAA has started to reduce the amount of airspace it closes for launches from Cape Canaveral as part of efforts to limit the impact of growing launch activity on commercial aviation.

An Indian startup has raised $10 million to start development of commercial space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities that will include data from spacecraft.