NASA 長官のビル・ネルソン氏が有人月着陸システム (HLS) の契約先選定について、Blue Origin には NASA を訴える権利があるとの考えを示したそうだ (Ars Technica の記事)。
NASA は HLS の開発で 2 者と契約する意思を示していたが、今年度予算が要求額の 4 分の 1 しか認められず、4 月に SpaceX のみを選定した。そのため、契約に名乗りを上げていた Dynetics と Blue Origin は選定過程に問題があったとして米会計検査院 (GA…
Crew in Russian segment report smoke and smell of burnt plastic possibly linked to battery rechargeFire and smoke alarms went off at the Russian segment of the International Space Station in the early hours of Thursday, and the crew reported noticing s…
NASA’s long-awaited and high-powered James Webb Space Telescope won’t begin observations this year after NASA and its counterpart the European Space Agency (ESA) announced another launch delay. From a report: In coordinated statements, the two agencies…
NASA は 1 日、空飛ぶタクシーの飛行テストを 8 月 30 日に開始したことを発表した (プレスリリース、 Jobyのプレスリリース、 Neowin の記事、 The Register の記事)。
この空飛ぶタクシーは Joby Aviation の電動垂直離着陸 (eVTOL) 航空機で、NASA の先進航空モビリティ (AAM) 全米キャンペーンの一環として実施される。テストはカリフォルニア州ビッグサーにある Joby の電気飛行基地で 9 月 10 日まで続く。
NASA の目的は将…
The ongoing reverberations from the COVID-19 pandemic are continuing to make themselves felt in the most unlikely of places: spaceflight. On Friday, NASA took the unexpected step to ground a September satellite launch due to pandemic-related shortages of liquid oxygen (LOX), and there may be more launch delays yet to come. Demand for oxygen has […]
“The agency continues to monitor the rise of COVID cases in the Kennedy area.”
One of the most fascinating aspects of Boston Dynamics’ transition into a commercial organization is watching the company — and its partners — figure out real-world jobs for Spot. There’s no question that the tech is impressive, but there’s always been the broader subject of usefulness beyond the company’s initial purpose of serving as off-road […]
Blue Origin’s last launch was its landmark first human flight, carrying Jeff Bezos, his brother, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen to suborbital space. Today, it’s flying New Shepard again — without any people on board, this time, but with a key payload from NASA that will test technologies the agency is using to develop a […]
Peter Beck’s earliest memory is standing outside with his father in his hometown of Invercargill, New Zealand, looking up at the stars and being told that there could very well be people on planets orbiting those stars looking right back at him. “For a three or four year old, that was a mind-blowing thing that […]
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