Freighter bound for the ISS suffers engine abort. TheRegister.com article. Pull quote: “The freighter is carrying some extras for the Starliner crew, currently having an extended stay on board the ISS while engineers continue to evaluate the performance of Boeing's spacecraft. This includes clothing removed from the Starliner in favor of ISS spare parts.”
Station Awaits Cygnus Cargo Delivery During Science, Hardware Duties. Blogs.NASA.gov post. Some glitches are easier to fix than others. Pull quote: “Shortly after launch on Sunday, the spacecraft performed as designed by cancelling a scheduled engine burn due to a slightly low initial pressure reading flagged by the Cygnus onboard detection system. Engineers at Northrop Grumman’s mission control center in Dulles, Virginia evaluated the pressure reading, confirmed it was acceptable and re-worked the burn plan to arrive at the space station on the originally planned schedule.”
A big asteroid is coming close to Earth. Be excited, not
afraid. WashingtonPost.com article.
Space missions in search of funding. Pull quote: ““Apophis is an opportunity to
practice what kinds of characterization efforts could be done to better
understand a particular object. Lessons from that can be applied in the future
when we find an asteroid coming our way,” said Terik Daly, a planetary scientist
on the DART and OSIRIS-APEX missions.
Pentagon advisory panel urges integration of commercial
space tech for military use. SpaceNews.com
article. Pull quote: “The
study, conducted by the Defense Science Board (DSB), a committee of
civilian experts that advises senior Defense Department leadership, recommends a comprehensive approach to
integrating commercial space capabilities into national security architectures.
The report was commissioned in November 2022 by Undersecretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu and publicly released last month.”
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