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Space Force grappling with aging infrastructure used to operate satellites
Space News - 19 Sep 2021 12:00
The ground stations and tracking antennas the U.S. military relies on to communicate with its satellites -- known as the Satellite Control Network, or SCN -- are decades old and short of the capacity needed to keep up wi...
1st 'atom tornado' created from swirling vortex of helium atoms
SPACE.com - 19 Sep 2021 14:01
Physicists have created the first-ever atomic vortex beam -- a swirling tornado of atoms and molecules with mysterious properties that have yet to be understood.
SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission just opened a new era of private spaceflight
SPACE.com - 19 Sep 2021 13:54
Inspiration4 may be over, but many other missions are poised to follow in its pioneering footsteps.
Space community ponders right-of-way rules for space traffic
Space News - 19 Sep 2021 19:01
The growing number of satellites in orbit is leading to calls to develop formal "right of way" rules, although there is no consensus on what those rules should be and how they should be established. SpaceNews
This Week at NASA for 17 September 2021 - Mission Extension and More
SpaceRef - 19 Sep 2021 16:31
Preparing the space station for a future power boost, a mission extension for a couple of station crew members, and a spaceflight first for one of our commercial partners ... a few of the stories to tell you about -...
NASA JSC SpaceCast Weekly 17 September, 2021
SpaceRef - 19 Sep 2021 16:20
SpaceCast Weekly is a NASA Television broadcast from the Johnson Space Center in Houston featuring stories about NASA's work in human spaceflight....
SpaceX's Elon Musk donates $50 million to Inspiration4 spaceflight fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
SPACE.com - 19 Sep 2021 14:38
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has pledged to donate $50 million to benefit childhood cancer research by the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown
Phys.org - 19 Sep 2021 10:45
Four space tourists safely ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast.
Inspiration4 Astronauts Return To Earth
SpaceRef - 19 Sep 2021 03:21
The Inspiration4 crew of newly-minted astronauts returned to Earth Saturday night after 3 days in space. Everyone was smiling....
Crew Dragon splashes down to conclude Inspiration4 mission
Space News - 19 Sep 2021 01:29
SpaceX's first private crewed mission ended with the splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft off the Florida coast Sept. 18. SpaceNews