By Daniel Hnatt NEW YORK — In The Six, author Loren Grush seamlessly weaved the women and events that established the foundation of inclusion and equality within NASA into her storyline, reinforcing the integral importance of every setback and accomplishment these women faced. Grush portrayed the plight of the initial six women accepted into the…
Author: Daniel Hnatt
Tomorrow.io Successfully Launches Second Satellite and Closes Series E Funding
BOSTON, Mass. – Tomorrow.io, the world’s leading weather intelligence and climate adaptation platform, today announced the successful launch of its R-2 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force base on June 12th, in addition to the completion of its $87M Series E funding, led by Activate Capital. New investors as part of the round also include RTX…
Partnering to Win: Space Systems Command completes final delivery of second U.S. Space Force Hosted Payload to Japan
Lt. Col. Brian Fredrickson, Space Domain Awareness Delta program manager of Space Systems Command’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Hosted Payload (QZSS-HP), Capt. Alex Woodard (left), deputy program manager and Capt. Jacob Schneider (right), chief engineer, Hosted Payloads, along with representatives from the Japanese National Space Policy Secretariat, mark the successful delivery of the second of two…
LiveEO and Capella Space Partner to bring High-Speed, High-Resolution SAR Satellite Insights to Asset Managers
The collaboration will integrate 24/7, all-weather Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data into LiveEO’s disaster response solutions
Status Update on ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander
TOKYO — ispace, inc., (ispace) a global lunar exploration company, issued an update on the status of the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander. The HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander was scheduled to touchdown on the surface of the Moon at approximately 1:40 a.m. JST. As of 8:00 a.m. JST, April 26, 2023, the communication between…
NASA Welcomes the Return of its Human Exploration Rover Challenge
WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — For the first time since 2019, NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) returns to in-person competition Friday, April 21, and Saturday, April 22, at the Aviation Challenge camp of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Media, the public, and families are invited to attend this free event from 7:30…
NASA’s High-Resolution Air Quality Control Instrument Launches
WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — A NASA instrument to provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants – down to four square miles – lifted off on its way to geostationary orbit at 12:30 a.m. EDT Friday. The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument will improve life on Earth by revolutionizing the way scientists observe…
NASA Names Astronauts to Next Moon Mission, First Crew Under Artemis
WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The agencies revealed the crew members Monday during an…