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 he was about to leave early. First up was the departure of Jim Bridenstine, current Administrator of NASA. Despite popular demand...
by David Todd | Jan 7, 2021 | Seradata News, Space politics
Having been persuaded by President Donald Trump to march in protest over his assertion (without believable evidence) that he had been robbed of election victory, a mob of his right-wing supporters went significantly beyond peaceful protest in Washington D.C. on 6...
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...
by David Todd | Dec 4, 2020 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News
While it plans to get its own lunar samples via its Artemis human lunar programme, in the meantime NASA has selected four companies to collect some and transfer ownership of these samples to the agency. The companies selected are: Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado;...
