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Failure is not an option: learning from Apollo 13
There are many important lessons we can learn from the Apollo 13 mission, as well as from the actions of the heroes both orbiting the moon and on the ground in NASA facilities.
Posted inCivil
China targets 2030 for Mars sample return mission, potential landing areas revealed
China is making progress towards a 2030 launch for its Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission and has narrowed down potential landing areas.
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Italy in Space: Setting New Records for Electric Propulsion in Routine Operations
On December 1, 2023 at 6:19 PM (UTC), the first Italian all-electric satellite “MicroHETSat”, designed and built by SITAEL for the European Space Agency with Italian Space Agency (ASI) support, […]
Posted inCommercial
Peregrine lunar lander ready for January launch
Astrobotic’s first lunar lander is ready for a launch in early January that would set up a landing on the moon in late February.
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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.
Posted inPolicy & Politics
Senators question White House mission authorization proposal
As officials from several federal agencies expressed support for a White House proposal for oversight of novel space activities, the chair of a key Senate subcommittee raised concerns about it.
Posted inCivil
Cubesat offers template for future astronomy missions
The first NASA-funded small satellite for exoplanet science is continuing to gather data well beyond its expected lifetime.
Posted inOpinion
Rethink the Mars Program
NASA’s robotic Mars exploration program is in crisis. A recent review of the plan of its flagship Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission pegged its cost at $10 billion, a price tag that threatens to preclude funding any other exploration missions to the Red Planet for the next decade and a half.
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Charting the Course: A Blueprint to Continued U.S. Leadership in Space
We now live in a space-based economy. Satellites are providing everything from internet access to GPS guidance to storm tracking. You’d be hard-pressed to get through your day without relying on space-based services.
We now live in a space-based economy. Satellites are providing everything from internet access to GPS guidance to storm tracking. Some estimates project that the global space industry will be worth more than $1 trillion by 2040. If we want the United States to reap the rewards of this economic boom, we must ensure a healthy environment exists for this sector to grow and thrive here.
