Here are links to all the articles published on SpacePolicyOnline.com from November 18-24, 2024 including our “What’s Happening in Space Policy” for this coming week. Click on each title to […].
The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases flowing within Cygnus X-3, one of the most studied sources in the X-ray sky. Cygnus X-3 is a binary that pairs a rare type of high-mass star with a compact companion — likely a black hole. “The […].
Media accreditation is open for the next delivery to the Moon through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign for the benefit of humanity. A six-day launch window opens no earlier than mid-January 2025 for the first Firefly Aerospace launch to the lunar surface. The Blue Ghost flight, carrying 10 NASA science […].
In a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a galaxy named for its resemblance to a broad-brimmed Mexican hat appears more like an archery target. In Webb’s mid-infrared view of the Sombrero galaxy, also known as Messier 104 (M104), the signature, glowing core seen in visible-light images does not shine, and instead a […].
A new mid-infrared image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features the Sombrero galaxy, also known as Messier 104 (M104). The signature, glowing core seen in visible-light images does not shine, and instead a smooth inner disk is revealed. The sharp resolution of Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) also brings into focus details of the galaxy’s outer ring, providing insights into how the dust, an essential building block for astronomical objects in the Universe, is distributed. The galaxy’s outer ring shows intricate clumps in the infrared for the first time..
‘We're going to see more budgets moving from traditional programs of record into the newer space community’ The post Space firms see government contracting shakeup in second Trump term appeared first on SpaceNews..
An Italian-run space centre located in Kenya will once again host rocket launches from an offshore launch platform. Italy built the Luigi Broglio Space Center near Malindi, Kenya, in the 1960s. In addition to providing ground services for space missions, which it continues to do, the facility also included a launch capability from the San […] The post Italy to Reopen Kenya-Based Offshore Launch Facility appeared first on European Spaceflight..
Hatches between a Russian module and the rest of the International Space Station were closed hours after a Progress cargo spacecraft docking Nov. 23 when the station’s crew reported an “unexpected odor” from the spacecraft. The post ISS crew reports “unexpected odor” from Russian Progress cargo spacecraft appeared first on SpaceNews..
The mission would be SpaceX’s second of the day and likely the last before the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-76 mission from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than 10:35 p.m. EST (0335 UTC)..
HELSINKI — China launched a pair of radar satellites late Sunday for a state-owned firm building a 28-satellite remote sensing constellation. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 6:39 […] The post China launches pair of SuperView Neo-2 radar satellites appeared first on SpaceNews..