By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 13 March 2023 Japan's Pale Blue water-based propulsion system successfully completed its initial test on board the nanosatellite. Japanese company Pale Blue pulled off the first test of its experimental water vapor propulsion system, flying a nano-satellite for the first time in space using
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 13 March 2023 WASHINGTON — NASA is projecting spending nearly $1 billion on a tug to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of the decade to provide redundancy for safely disposing of the station. NASA released additional details March 13 about its
By Linda Pentz Gunter, Published by CounterPunch, 21 February 2023 Last month I rushed through the august halls of the British parliament in Westminster, on my way to a briefing on small modular reactors for Members of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee. Running late though I was, it was tempting
By Matthew Hampson, Published by Stuff, 17 February 2023 Protesters will descend on a spy base in rural Marlborough this weekend, a site made famous by its now deflated domes that once intercepted satellite communications. Organised by Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC), a press release issued by the group said the “peaceful
By Jeff Froust, Published by SpaceNews, 17 February 2023 NASA's DSN Now site provided realtime information about activities on the Deep Space Network. NASA has taken it offline while performing a cybersecurity review WASHINGTON — A popular public website that tracks activities on NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) has been
By Jeff Froust, Published by SpaceNews, 17 February, 2023 Most of the people who converged on the Kennedy Space Center in mid-November for the third Artemis 1 launch attempt were focused on the giant Space Launch System rocket standing at Launch Complex 39B and the Orion spacecraft on top. Craig
By Jeff Froust, Published by SpaceNews, 16 February 2023 WASHINGTON — A NASA safety panel, while congratulating the agency on a successful Artemis 1 mission, said it was worried about the agency’s safety culture and workforce as it prepares for the first crewed Artemis flight. The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel,
By Sndra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 8 February 2023 There is “natural latency” in the procurement system that is going to slow down adoption of commercial technologies WASHINGTON — Top leaders of the Defense Department and lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called for greater adoption of commercial space technologies and
