NASA and U.S. lawmakers are at odds over whether a 2009 budget increase for the agency’s $5 billion James Webb Space Telescope, the bulk of which was provided as part of last year’s economic stimulus package, constitutes a cost overrun on the program.
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A reflection on Space Symposium
The Space Symposium has been well known for decades as the world’s largest space gathering, bringing together brilliant minds from government, industry and academia to evaluate progress in space advancements.
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Playback | SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards panel discussion
This year’s SpaceNews Icon Awards celebrated the tremendous growth, recent successes, and all-around upswing of the commercial, military, and civil space industries. A highlight of the afternoon was a panel discussion hosted by SpaceNews senior staff writers Jeff Foust and Sandra Erwin, with some of the award winners. During the panel, guests were asked to discuss the industry’s crowning achievements from the past year, some of the main obstacles or challenges currently posing a risk to continued development in space, and what most excites them about the future, among other things.
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Unveiling the Civil Space Achievement of the Year finalists for the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards
This year, the Moon took center stage with three robotic landing attempts between April in August. In the end, only India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission reached the lunar surface intact.
However, it’s not just lunar landings that caught our attention in 2023. SpaceNews is delighted to reveal the finalists for the Civil Space Achievement of the Year award, and we invite you to join us on Tuesday, Dec. 5, during the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards event at the InterContinental Washington D.C. – The Wharf, where we’ll unveil the winner.
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NASA considering budget cuts for Hubble and Chandra space telescopes
NASA is considering cutting the budget of two of its biggest space telescopes as it faces broader spending reductions for its astrophysics programs.
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NASA Deep Space Network reaches “critical point” as demand grows
Increasing demand but decreasing budgets are putting a strain on NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), threatening its ability to provide communications for the agency’s science missions and Artemis lunar expeditions.
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SpaceX to launch European astronomy mission
A European spacecraft is set to launch on a mission to help astronomers resolve an “embarrassing situation” in cosmology, although the launch itself is another kind of embarrassing situation for Europe.
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Envisioning the next generation of space telescopes
Astronomers hope to capitalize on JWST’s success to build support for launching three New Great Observatories by 2050.
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NASA conducting cybersecurity review of Deep Space Network tracking site
A popular public website that tracks activities on NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) has been taken offline for what NASA calls a “cybersecurity review” linked to future Artemis missions.
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How Canada is Shaping the World’s Future in Space
For decades, Canada has taken part in space research, exploration and defense, and while the nation’s contributions are not always the flashiest, they are almost always mission-critical.
