by Matt Wilson | Feb 5, 2021 | NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
A NASA announcement on 4 February 2021 outlines the award of the SPHEREx launch contract to SpaceX. SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) is a NASA medium-class explorer mission planned for launch in June... 
by David Todd | Jan 19, 2021 | ESA, exploration, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, Space politics
For very different reasons, two major space agencies confirmed in January that they were losing their leaders with another declaring that its departing leader was about to leave early. First up was the departure of Jim Bridenstine, current Administrator of NASA.... 
by David Todd | Jan 7, 2021 | NASA, Seradata News, Space politics
After politically traumatic events in Washington DC, the inauguration of President elect Joe Biden and his Vice President elect Kamala Harris took place successfully on 20 January. This was two weeks after rioting supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump had... 
by David Todd | Dec 23, 2020 | exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
In what will both please and disappoint the leadership of NASA, US Congress has voted to give NASA US$23.3 billion in funding for the fiscal Year 2021 as part of its “Omnibus spending bill”. The budget deal represents an increase of US$642 million over... by Matt Wilson | Dec 14, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, NASA, Seradata News
On 11 December 2020 NASA awarded Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contracts to three aspiring launch providers. The recipients of these contracts are: Astra Space; Relativity Space; and Firefly Aerospace (through a specialised sales subsidiary, Firefly Black). The...
