Fire at SpaceX Starship facility in Cocoa causes damages to equipment, Florida Today “Emergency crews responded to a SpaceX prototyping facility in Cocoa Monday afternoon, putting out a small fire […]
2019
Posted inExploration
NASA Needs a New Spacesuit to Explore the Moon
NASA Takes Grassroots Approach To Future Spacesuits, Aviation Week “There are spacesuits. And then there are spacesuits.” “NASA’s most successful have been very much safety- and mission-driven. Some have been […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
Who Is DIU And Do They Want Their Own Space Station?
Defense Innovation Unit Solution Brief Solicitation: Orbital Outpost, Defense Innovation Unit “The Department of Defense (DoD) seeks solutions for a self-contained and free flying orbital outpost. The solution must be […]
Posted inArtemis
Actual Americans Like Space But Can't Agree on Where To Go Next
Space Exploration: Attitudes toward the U.S. Space Program, AP “Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. moon landing, 60% say the space program has provided enough benefit to the […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
Space Mentions At The July 4th Extravaganza
A Boost for Trump’s Ego Is a Loss for America’s National Parks, Washington Post “Separately, according to two individuals familiar with the matter, the White House was negotiating with Park […]
Posted inArtemis
The Trump Administration Is Fighting Its Own Space Policy
Here’s a reality check on NASA’s Artemis Moon landing program, Ars Technica “OMB is definitely trying to kill Gateway,” a senior spaceflight source told Ars. “OMB looks at what the […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Orion Abort Test Completed
Test complete! Today’s ~3 minute test of @NASA_Orion spacecraft's launch abort system verified that @NASA_Astronauts can safely get away from their launch vehicle in the case of an emergency after […]
Posted inMilitary Space
Space Force / Space Corps Costs
CBO Report: H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Space Force Excerpt) “Most of the personnel and assets for the Space Corps would be transferred to the […]
Posted inChina
The U.S. Is Finally Going To Talk To China About Space
US Official: US, China Plan to Meet on Civil Space in Autumn, Voice of America “Kevin O’Connell, director of the Office of Space Commerce at the U.S. Commerce Department, said […]
Posted inAstrobiology
NASA Makes Big Astrobiology Mission Announcement Without Saying "Astrobiology"
NASA’s Dragonfly Will Fly Around Titan Looking for Origins, Signs of Life, NASA “NASA has announced that our next destination in the solar system is the unique, richly organic world […]