by David Todd | Oct 21, 2020 | Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
NASA has formally awarded “Tipping Point” contracts worth a total of US$370 million to 14 firms to demonstrate new technologies for lunar and Mars exploration. No doubt stung by criticism that cryogenic storage and refueling technology would not be ready... 
by David Todd | Oct 21, 2020 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security – Regolith EXplorer) spaceprobe, having spent over a year using its cameras and spectrometers to image the small asteroid Bennu, on 20 October 2020 having left its... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 13, 2020 | Blue Origin, Launches, Seradata News, Suborbital, Technology
Lifting-off from the Van Horn facility, Texas, at 1335 GMT 13 October a Blue Origin New Shepard booster completed its seventh consecutive mission. Whilst this flight was the seventh for this booster in particular, it marks the thirteenth overall for the “New... 
by David Todd | Oct 13, 2020 | ESA, India, India, JAXA, NASA, Seradata News
At the Heads of Space Agency online plenary at the International Astronautical Congress IAC 2020, Jim Bridenstine, NASA’s Administrator, started his presentation with the quote that “Competition is a driver, collaboration is an enabler.” He explained... 
by David Todd | Sep 29, 2020 | Launches, NASA, Science, SpaceX
NASA has awarded a launch contract for its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission to SpaceX for Falcon 9 launch in 2024. The mission will also carry four secondary payload satellites. The value of the contract covering launch from Cape Canaveral,...
