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Do you have the “right stuff” to live on Mars for a year? If your answer is yes, then here is a chance to prove it. NASA has issued an open call for four candidates to live and work in the CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration) Habitat next year .
Cape Canaveral FL. – The US Space Force (USSF) launched six satellites from Pad 40 at the CCSFS late Wednesday which will bolster America’s space defense capabilities. Ironically, the 5:30 PM EST launch came within hours of breaking news regarding a potential national security threat involving Russia’s space program.
Merritt Island, FL.– American Legion Post 344 in Merritt Island, Florida, will host an event aimed at reducing the rate of veteran & first responder suicide.
In what some observers consider a signal of growing confidence and ambition within the commercial space sector, Sierra Space Corp., a leading aerospace company based in Colorado, is intensifying its preparations for an initial public offering.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California announced the imminent layoff of 530 employees on Tuesday in a round of NASA budget cuts. The lab is funded by NASA and managed by CalTech. The layoffs come at a time when federal funding is sketchy, but private industry is ramping up Commercial Spaceflight at a record pace.
“Without an approved federal budget including final allocation for MSR FY24 funding levels, NASA previously directed JPL to plan for an MSR budget of $300M. This is consistent with the low end of congressional markups of NASA’s budget and a 63% decrease over the FY23 level.”
Source: JPL
For 10 days in January, the Peregrine Lunar Lander, made by US company Astrobotic, kept spaceflight observers on the edge of their seat. Peregrine, the first US lunar lander in over 50 years was to mark our country’s return to the moon. More importantly, the landing was a major step in sending a manned lander to the moon in 2026 under the Artemis program. A propellant leak cut that mission short, and eventually scuttled it with the craft making a fiery return to earth.
WASHINGTON D.C. – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to honor the memory of astronauts who sacrificed their lives in the pursuit of space exploration and discovery.
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The countdown has begun for the launch of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for launch at 5:11 PM January 17th from Florida’s Space Coast. This mission is heralded as the first all-European commercial astronaut mission to the ISS.
We all knew it was coming; we just didn’t want to believe it.
Several hours following the picture perfect launch of Astrobotic’s Lunar Lander aboard ULA’s new Vulcan rocket, reports began surfacing of power issues aboard the spacecraft.
There will be a very special payload on Monday Morning’s Peregrine Launch to the Moon, and it’s being sent by a 10-year-old!
Cape Canaveral, FL– January 2, 2024 .There’s a pretty good chance that tomorrow night’s Falcon 9 launch will produce a beautiful phenomenon known as a “space jellyfish”. Many observers, who believe they have frequently seen the phenomenon called a jellyfish before, actually saw something else instead….
