Author: David Bullock

By David Bullock The documentary film “Deep Sky” directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn and narrated by Oscar®-nominated actress Michelle Williams will be shown exclusively in over 300 IMAX theaters across North America for a special 1-week limited run, starting April 19, 2024. The film looks at NASA’s latest space telescope, the James Webb Space…

Reviewed by David Bullock Last month, Robert Zubrin, president of the Mars Society and long-time author of all things Mars and space technology related, released his latest book, called The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet. Zubrin has the reader see plans for what could be colonization of a…

HOUSTON, TX – Celestis, Inc., the pioneer and global leader in memorial spaceflights, announced today that rising K-Pop group, TAN (To All Nations), will be launching their hit song “Walking on The Moon” into deep space on board Celestis’ upcoming historic Enterprise flight (https://www.celestis.com/launch-schedule/Enterprise-flight/), humanity’s first deep space time capsule. The launch is planned for…

Space Systems Command (SSC) and its industry partners plan the upcoming U.S. Space Force (USSF)-52 mission carrying the seventh mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The Assured Access to Space (AATS) Directorate of Space Systems Command (SSC) and SpaceX are preparing a Falcon Heavy rocket for the National Security Space Launch…

Satellogic Now Meets Requirements for Additional U.S. Government and Allied Nation Contracts, Supporting its U.S.-Focused Strategy NEW YORK — Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation (“EO”) data collection, today announced that it has been granted a remote sensing license by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) as part of Satellogic’s…

Lunar Lander Flight Model Assembly on Schedule for Winter 2024 Launch  TOKYO — ispace, inc., (ispace) a global lunar exploration company, today unveiled the final design of its micro rover, which will be transported to the surface of the Moon by its lunar lander as part of exploration activities during Mission 2.    The design was…

Unprecedented Test of Softgoods Structure is a Significant Milestone in the Development of World’s First Commercial Space Station, Orbital Reef Low-Volume Launches Become High-Volume Space Stations on Orbit Sierra Space’s inflatable, expandable space station hardware is in development and testing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (PHOTO: Sierra Space) LOUISVILLE, Colo. —…

Atlas V precisely delivers initial Project Kuiper prototype satellites. Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched…

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Space Systems Command (SSC) released the final National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Requests for Proposals (RFP). SSC received and incorporated industry comments from two draft RFPs and updated its dual-lane acquisition approach. Proposals are due by Dec. 15, 2023. The final RFP affirms the inclusion of a third Lane 2…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ) — NASA has selected seven companies to provide commercial data in support of the agency’s Earth science research. The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program will acquire Earth observation data and related services from commercial sources for NASA. This fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract will be effective for a period of five years with…