Rocket Lab plans to resume Electron launches in late November (spacenews.com)
Virgin Galactic lays off staff as it focuses on next-generation suborbital vehicle (spacenews.com)
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic said it will lay off staff and cut expenses to conserve resources for its next generation of suborbital spaceplanes....
Astra secures interim financing deal (spacenews.com)
In which Astra inexplicably continues to hang on by a thread.
Astra, low on cash, defaults on loan (spacenews.com)
Not too surprising given their current situation and previous launch success rate. If anything, I’m surprised how long it is taking for the company to go under.
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....
ESA to start commercial cargo program (spacenews.com)
“I’m asking for a small but very impactful step, the first step that enables a much bigger ambition,” Josef Aschbacher, ESA director general, said in remarks at the opening of the ESA Council meeting there. “I propose a competition between innovative European companies to deliver a space cargo return service to transport...
New commercial space bill addresses mission authorization and SSA (spacenews.com)
Astra, low on cash, defaults on loan (spacenews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/8560948...
NASA delays Artemis lunar rover award by four months (spacenews.com)
NASA open to extending ISS beyond 2030 (spacenews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/8492311...
House bill would fully fund Mars Sample Return, block cooperation on ExoMars (spacenews.com)
Norway opens Andøya spaceport (spacenews.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/8492567...
🇳🇿Rocket Lab plans late 2024 launch of Venus mission (spacenews.com)
(SpaceNews) China’s iSpace launches and lands rocket test stage (spacenews.com)
The Hyperbola-2 methane-liquid oxygen reusable verification stage rose to a height of 178 meters during its 51-second flight. It performed a powered descent and soft landing, supported by four landing legs. The 3.35-meter-diameter, 17m-long test stage is powered by a variable thrust Focus-1 engine....
Rocket Lab plans launch of Venus mission as soon as late 2024 (spacenews.com)
🇳🇿Rocket Lab plans late 2024 launch of Venus mission (spacenews.com)
New agreement enables U.S. launches from Australian spaceports (spacenews.com)
Intuitive Machines delays first lander mission to January (spacenews.com)
FAA anticipates extension of commercial spaceflight regulatory learning period (spacenews.com)
New agreement enables U.S. launches from Australian spaceports (spacenews.com)
Varda partners with Australian range for capsule landings (spacenews.com)
India tests launch escape system in step towards sending astronauts to orbit (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.
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....
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....