United Launch Alliance Set To Launch GPS III Satellite For U.S. Air Force

August 21, 2019 – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket is in final preparations to launch the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite, nicknamed Magellan, for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The launch is planned for August 22 at Space Launch Complex-37 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The 27-minute launch window opens at 7 a.m. MDT. Read More
NASA Administrator To Tour New Colorado Aerospace Complex

August 21, 2019 – NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will visit the University of Colorado Boulder on Friday, August 23, to tour the newly-completed aerospace engineering complex. Read More
NASA Gets A Rare Look At A Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface

August 20, 2019 – A new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a star beyond the Sun. The study, published in the journal Nature, shows that the planet’s surface may resemble those of Earth’s Moon or Mercury: The planet likely has little to no atmosphere and could be covered in the same cooled volcanic material found in the dark areas of the Moon’s surface, called mare. Read More
Astrobotic Selects ULA Vulcan Centaur Rocket To Launch Its First Mission To The Moon

August 19, 2019 – Astrobotic announced today that it selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket in a competitive commercial procurement to launch its Peregrine lunar lander to the moon in 2021. Read More
Mission To Jupiter’s Icy Moon Confirmed

August 19, 2019 – An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus with confirmation of the Europa Clipper mission’s next phase. The decision allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft and science payload. Read More
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Source: SpaceNews
Congressman: Space Command’s Initial Home Will Be Colorado
Source: AirForceTimes
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Source: Parabolic Arc
U.S. Space Command And National Reconnaissance Office Will Join Forces To Defend Space
Source: SpaceNews
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Source: NASASpaceFlight.com
Chinese Telecommunications Satellite Hit By Anomalies After Launch
Source: SpaceNews
Microgravity Changes Brain Connectivity
Source: National Research University Higher School of Economics
MDA Selected To Build Robotic Interfaces For Canadarm3 On NASA-Led Gateway
Source: Maxar Technologies Inc.
How NASA Is Becoming More Business Friendly
Source: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Viasat Taps Blue Canyon Technologies To Build Link 16 Satellite
Source: SpaceNews
Aerospace Has A New Home At CU Boulder
Source: University of Colorado Boulder
Lockheed Martin Announces First Title-Sponsored Space And Air Show, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds To Fly
Source: Lockheed Martin
FAA Launch Office, With Mounting Workload, Prioritizing Reorganization Over Expansion
Source: SpaceNews
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Source: SpaceNews
NASA Television To Broadcast Sixth Meeting Of The National Space Council
Source: NASA
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Source: Spaceflight Now
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Source: NASASpaceFlight.com
A Second Planet In The Beta Pictoris System
Source: CNRS
Hubble Telescope Solves A Galactic Identity Crisis For Quasars
Source: Space.com