Author: David Bullock

NEWQUAY, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The historic first attempt to launch satellites from British soil reached space late last night, but ultimately fell short of reaching its target orbit. “We will work tirelessly to understand the nature of the failure, make corrective actions, and return to orbit as soon as we have completed a full investigation and mission…

The launch services provider will launch its OTVs from Spaceport Nova Scotia Bellevue, Wash. / Halifax, Nova Scotia – January 10, 2023 – Spaceflight Inc., a premier launch and in-space transportation services provider, announced today it signed an agreement with Maritime Launch Services Inc. (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF) to launch up to five of its Sherpa(™) Orbital Transfer Vehicles…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — A.C. Charania is NASA’s new chief technologist, serving as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson on technology policy and programs at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. He will lead technology innovation. The chief technologist aligns NASA’s agencywide technology investments with mission needs across six mission directorates and oversees technology collaboration…

By David Bullock NYC-based Tonya McPhearson has been following the space beat for some time now and has seen the changes and the economic opportunities in the sector, over the past ten years. She has a background in economics and finance and started working in hospitality before becoming a space entrepreneur and consultant a decade…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA has awarded the Space and Earth Sciences Data Analysis-V (SESDA-V) contract to ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide Earth and Space Science research and development at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.   This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum value of $468 million and a five-year ordering…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — Former astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew into space on Apollo 7, the first flight with crew in NASA’s Apollo Program, died early Tuesday morning in Houston. He was 90 years old. “Walt Cunningham was a fighter pilot, physicist, and an entrepreneur – but, above all, he was an explorer. On…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – January 3, 2023– Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection today has been selected by Bechtel Corporation to manufacture cables for the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 project. Sidus was previously awarded a contract to fabricate custom cables and populate…

SpaceX is ready to launch some New Year’s fireworks later today with a mission to fly 114 different satellites into orbit to kick off 2023. A Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX will launch the company’s Transporter-6 rideshare mission at 9:56 a.m. EST (1355 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.  D-Orbit: Is flying two of their ION tugs on…

Having an asteroid named for him is just one of Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Space Studies Emeritus Mike Gaffey’s honors By Mackinney Supola Mike Gaffey, professor of Space Studies and a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor, recently was awarded the title of Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Space Studies Emeritus.  As Gaffey takes this new…

By: Astroscale U.S.Posted December 23rd, 2022 Yesterday, President Biden signed the federal appropriations Omnibus into law which was one of the key pieces of legislation addressing orbital debris that Congress passed before leaving for the Holiday recess. Additionally, last week the U.S. Congress took a major step forward in leading on the orbital debris challenge…