By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 31 January 2022 The Senate version of the 2022 defense appropriations bill also includes $50 million, a House aide explained, but the House version only includes $5 million. WASHINGTON: A dozen House members have signed a letter to the chair and ranking member
by Emma Thorp, Posted on Orbital Today, 31 January 2022 Major Hurdle Removed for SaxaVord Shetland Space Centre Historic Environment Scotland has withdrawn the objection to the development of the SaxaVord Shetland Space Centre on the Isle of Unst. HES originally objected to the SaxaVord spaceport due to its proximity
By Algernon D'Ammassa, Published by Las Cruces Sun-News, 31 January 2022 A proposal that would have taxed passenger tickets to space with Virgin Galactic was tabled by a New Mexico legislative committee Monday afternoon, effectively scuttling the bill for the current 30-day session. H.B. 72 would have clarified an existing
By Andrew Jones, Published by SpaceNews, 28 January 2022 HELSINKI — China has released a new white paper outlining the centrality of space to the country’s “overall national strategy” as well as major plans for the years ahead. Over the next five years China will seek to develop its space
By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 27 January 2022 HELSINKI — China’s Shijian-21 space debris mitigation satellite has docked with a defunct Chinese satellite to drastically alter its geostationary orbit, demonstrating capabilities only previously exhibited by the United States. Data and tracking from space monitoring firms show that Shijian-21
By Georgina Rannard, Published by BBC News, 27 January 2022 A rocket launched by Elon Musk's space exploration company is on course to crash into the Moon and explode. The Falcon 9 booster was launched in 2015 but after completing its mission, it did not have enough fuel to return
By Adam Frank, Published by Bigthink, 27 January 2022 Besides offering an incredibly cool way to get stuff into space, SpinLaunch promises to reduce the cost of a launch by 20-fold. Rockets are so big because they require enormous amounts of fuel. SpinLaunch’s method does away with much of that
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 27 January 2022 Col. Rhet Turnbull: 'Unfortunately, like so many DoD software programs, JMS failed to deliver after 10 years and a lot of money' WASHINGTON — The Space Force has closed down the last remaining piece of the Joint Mission System (JMS), a
