Satellite News

NanoAvionics has been selected to build a 12U nanosatellite bus for an in-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). This a result of a contract between NASA Ames Research Center and AST for a 12U bus to carry NASA’s payload into low Earth orbit (LEO) including an approximately 74 square meter composite boom and solar sail system.

Over the next few days, there may be no updates. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience. The online archive will of course stay accessible.

Another test of general relativity shows that Einstein’s theory holds up, and a phenomenon it predicted could be used to investigate the mysterious force known as dark energy, which drives the accelerating expansion of the universe.

NASA’s huge Artemis 1 rocket is counting down to an Aug. 29 launch to the moon and you can watch online for free.

An engine cooling issue on NASA’s giant new rocket for deep-space exploration forced the agency to call off the booster’s much-anticipated launch debut early Monday (Aug. 29).

See the young moon over Mercury in the evening sky just after sunset tonight (Aug. 29).

Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the decades of work it took Artemis 1 to get this far, while NASA’s Bill Nelson said the agency will address the issue that led to the scrub Monday (Aug. 29).

See the latest news about NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission here.