Senate Armed Services Committee to probe Starlink operations in Ukraine (spacenews.com)
“neither Elon Musk, nor any private citizen, can have the last word when it comes to U.S. national security”
Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane (spacenews.com)
U.N. committee to take up issue of satellite interference with astronomy (spacenews.com)
India shifted launch of its Chandrayaan-3 moon lander to avoid space objects (spacenews.com)
The delay was only 4 seconds. This time. But with 30,000 trackable objects in orbit and more every day, this is going to become commonplace and the delays are going to be worse.
Congressional letter seeks big increase in NASA science budget (spacenews.com)
China launches classified military satellite towards geostationary belt (spacenews.com)
National Guard, Air Force, working to resolve impasse over space units (spacenews.com)
Zeno to recycle decades-old radioactive material to fuel its radioisotope power systems (spacenews.com)
Under the agreement with DOE, Zeno will have access to a large supply of strontium-90, a radioisotope created as a byproduct in nuclear fission reactors. The company will use the material to build radioisotope power sources, or RPS systems. These are compact devices that convert heat from isotopes into electricity. NASA for...
Blue Origin and SpaceX start work on cargo versions of crewed lunar landers (spacenews.com)
NASA and JAXA troubleshooting glitch with new X-ray astronomy satellite (spacenews.com)
China completes new commercial launch pad to boost access to space (spacenews.com)
NASA slows down work on Mars Sample Return due to budget uncertainty (spacenews.com)
NASA open to extending ISS beyond 2030 (spacenews.com)
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Norway opens Andøya spaceport (spacenews.com)
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, inaugurated the spaceport at a ceremony Nov. 2. The spaceport is located at Nordmela on the Norwegian island of Andøya inside the Arctic Circle and is in the final stages towards operating capability, according to a Nov. 2 press statement....
NASA open to extending ISS beyond 2030 (spacenews.com)
I feel conflicted on deorbiting the ISS at the end of its operational life. It is showing its age, and newer space stations will be no doubt be better, but it seems a shame to lose such an iconic piece of history....
FAA proposes rule to limit lifetime of upper stages in orbit (spacenews.com)
FCC directing more satellite constellations to mitigate effects on astronomy (spacenews.com)
Japan launches moon lander and X-ray observatory (spacenews.com)
NASA gears up for return of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample (spacenews.com)
NASA is making the final preparations to recover samples from an asteroid that a spacecraft will bring back to Earth in September....
Russia's Luna-25 crashes into moon after orbit maneuver (spacenews.com)
Russia’s Luna-25 mission ended in failure after crashing into the moon, space agency Roscosmos has announced.
Senate committee advances orbital debris removal bill (spacenews.com)
China sets out preliminary crewed lunar landing plan (spacenews.com)
HELSINKI — China is formalizing its plans to land a pair of astronauts on the surface of the moon before the end of the decade....
Virgin Galactic conducts final VSS Unity commercial suborbital spaceflight (spacenews.com)
ESA and Vast to study cooperation on future commercial space stations (spacenews.com)
ESA and Vast signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) June 6 during the ILA Berlin air show, agreeing to study collaboration on the commercial space stations that Vast plans to develop, starting with the Haven-1 station Vast plans to launch in the second half of next year....
The Satellite Breakup: Military’s Push to Go Small (spacenews.com)
