Space Business News
April 11, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab updates launch location for NASA's TROPICS mission



Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
A NASA constellation of four storm tracking CubeSats are getting a new launch location as they prepare to study tropical cyclones beginning in the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) will observe the atmosphere to increase our understanding of hurricanes, typhoons, and other intense weather. Rocket Lab has announced the mission now wil ... read more

ENERGY TECH
Fish-inspired, self-charging electric battery may help power space applications
Niversity Park PA (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
A research lab at Penn State will equally share a three-year, $2.55 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) with three other teams at Carnegie Mellon University and th ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China's inland space launch site advances commercial services
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Apr 07, 2023
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, which is currently China's only site for launching manned spacecraft into orbit, is looking to tap into the burgeoning commercial market by offering more service ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Musk's Twitter marks BBC, NPR as 'government funded' but not Tesla or SpaceX
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2023
Elon Musk's Twitter marked the BBC and NPR as "government-funded" on Saturday but has not applied the label to Tesla or SpaceX - which have received billions in subsidies. Despite the signific ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Practice makes perfect
Paris (ESA) Apr 11, 2023
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen was at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany in March, training for his Huginn mission to the International Space Station, planned to launch later this sum ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Orion stretches its wings ahead of first crewed Artemis mission
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
Before NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission can be outfitted with its solar array wings, teams at the agency's Kennedy Space Center must first verify that the arrays extend and close p ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
SmartSat funds research projects for Space Qualification Mission Waratah Seed
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 10, 2023
SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Australia's largest space research centre, is committing over AU$1 million to support the development of new space technology that will be tested in space ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA's TEMPO spacecraft hitched a ride with Intelsat's 40e satellite on a SpaceX rocket
Space Coast FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida, on Friday, April 7th, at 12:30 a.m. EDT, with the Intelsat 40e (IS-40 ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX prepares for rehearsal, test flight of Starship rocket
Washington (AFP) April 6, 2023
SpaceX plans to carry out a launch rehearsal next week of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, and its first test flight possibly the following week, the private space company said Thursday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Axiom Space's upcoming ISS mission part of increasing commercialization of space
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021
NASA and Axiom Space announced the first possible launch date of the commercial Ax-2 Mission to the International Space Station on Thursday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Soyuz spacecraft that will bring ISS crew back to Earth moved to new port
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021
The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft that will return three International Space Station crew members to Earth moved to a new docking port on the space station Thursday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
May 8 launch for private mission to ISS with Saudi astronauts
Washington (AFP) April 6, 2023
Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the first Saudi woman, will blast off from Florida on May 8 on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space and NASA officials said Thursday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Makenzie Lystrup named first female director of Goddard Space Flight Center
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2023
Makenzie Lystrup has been named the first female director of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, NASA announced Thursday. ... more

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