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☆ Fact Check-NASA did not announce a 100-foot fissure at Yellowstone volcano
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has not announced that a 100-foot crack opened at Yellowstone National Park, contrary to claims online suggesting that a disaster is imminent. There are no alerts on the National Park Service webpage describing current conditions at Yellowstone (here) or on the website of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (here). A crack about 100-feet wide did occur at the Grand Teton National Park in July 2018, as reported by the National Park Service (here) and news media (here), (here), (here). “A 100ft wide fissure-crack has not opened up in Yellowstone National Park in the past 24 hours,” a representative for Yellowstone National Park said in an email to Reuters. NASA did not announce a 100-foot fissure at Yellowstone National Park.

☆ Fact Check-NASA did not announce a 100-feet fissure crack at Yellowstone volcano
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

☆ Sick of Bumpy, Delayed Flights? New Weather Tech Could Help.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Julie Weed | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Better data, smarter softwareThe travel industry “cares about getting their weather predictions right because weather affects everything,” said Amy McGovern, director of the National Science Foundation’s A.I. Those better weather predictions rely on a type of artificial intelligence called machine learning, where in essence, a computer program is able to use data to improve itself. In this case, companies create software that uses historical and current weather data to make predictions. In addition, it incorporates satellite and radar reports from sources like the National Weather Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. Here’s how all this may improve your future trips:Safer and calmer flightsThe skies are getting bumpier.

☆ SpaceX Is Pushing to Quickly Launch Another Starship, NASA Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Illustration: Jordan KranseSpaceX believes it can repair damage to the launchpad used for its first Starship flight and will be ready to fly a second rocket by early summer, the leader of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. “It blew a hole in that launchpad,” Bill Nelson, the agency’s administrator, told lawmakers at a House Science Committee hearing on Thursday, referring to SpaceX’s inaugural Starship flight on April 20.

The steep drop in fresh capital has left many companies in a vulnerable state, while the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, a leading provider of venture debt, has added to the challenge, a report by venture capital (VC) firm Space Capital said on Thursday. Space Capital's report, coming on the heels of a Chapter 11 filing from Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc, tracked 89 companies active in the sector. The risk threshold to invest in space companies was much higher earlier, but given recent market uncertainty, investors may not be as risk-loving and space being a nascent sector, many are dialing back, Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu told Reuters separately. However, Space Capital added that companies in emerging industries, like those associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Artemis mission to the Moon are seeing an increased interest. Reuters GraphicsReporting by Akash Sriram and Tanya Jain in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita BhattacharjeeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Biden Administration Nudges Federal Workers Back to the Office
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Annie Linskey | Paul Kiernan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Three GOP House members have cited low in-person attendance at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration headquarters in Washington. WASHINGTON—The Biden administration urged federal workers to return to their offices in new guidance that gives agencies broad discretion for how to revamp their work environments and leaves room for some continued telework. The policy is aimed at “substantially increasing in-person work,” said Jason Miller , the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget in an accompanying blog post. The 19-page memo Thursday set no concrete targets for how many federal workers must come back or by when, and it indicated officials would evaluate where remote work has been effective.

☆ NASA unveils the four astronauts who will fly on the Artemis 2 mission around the moon in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, center, stands with the crew of the Artemis II mission, from left: Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday announced the four astronauts who will fly on the agency's upcoming mission around the moon, currently scheduled for late 2024. Artemis II follows the uncrewed Artemis I mission, which completed a nearly month-long journey around the moon late last year. The Artemis II mission will launch on NASA's Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion capsule carrying the astronauts on a 10-day journey to the moon and back. While Artemis II won't land on the moon, it will make a near pass above the surface and demonstrate the Orion spacecraft's ability to transport people safely.

☆ NASA’s New Artemis Spacesuits Are Designed to Put a Woman on the Moon
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Gareth Vipers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration unveiled its next generation of spacesuits, and this time they have been designed without just men in mind. The prototype suits, which NASA says have been developed by Axiom Space Inc. for moonwalkers on the Artemis III mission currently planned for 2025, takes a major departure from the kit featured on earlier missions.

☆ Biden budget seeks $27.2 billion for NASA, with increases for moon and Mars programs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris meets with NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Joe Acaba at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tour on Aug. 29, 2022. President Joe Biden is seeking to increase the budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to $27.2 billion next year, according to a proposed 2024 budget released Thursday. The request represents a 7% increase from NASA's budget in fiscal year 2023, with more funds allocated for the space agency's Artemis lunar program. In addition to $8.1 billion for Artemis, $500 million above the prior year, the Biden administration aims to earmark $949 million for a mission to return Mars rock and soil samples. The White House request does not represent what NASA's budget will be in 2024, as Congress often adjusts budget amounts during approval.

☆ SpaceX Cleared for Space-Station Crew Launch After Delay
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Preparing for the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday. SpaceX is slated to launch a crew to the International Space Station early Thursday, a makeup date for a mission that the company and NASA scrubbed earlier this week due to a technical issue. The delay was a rare hiccup in SpaceX’s work handling high-profile human space flights for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Elon Musk-led rocket company has conducted six of those missions for NASA since 2020, when it blasted off the first astronauts from the U.S. in close to a decade.

☆ SpaceX Mission to International Space Station Postponed
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SpaceX and NASA postponed the company’s planned launch of crew to the International Space Station early Monday because of an issue related to an ignition fluid, the agency said. The Elon Musk-led company had been scheduled to send four people to the research laboratory for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at 1.45 a.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

☆ SpaceX Prepares to Launch Crew to International Space Station
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft being readied for Monday’s launch at the Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX is set to launch another crew to the International Space Station, the latest human flight the company has handled for NASA since bringing such missions back to the U.S. about three years ago. The Elon Musk-led company is scheduled to blast four people to the research laboratory at 1:45 a.m. ET on Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.

☆ Russian Ship at International Space Station Leaked Coolant, NASA Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Progress 82 cargo craft arrived at the space station in October last year. A Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has a coolant leak, but the incident poses no danger to the station’s crew, NASA officials said Saturday. Engineers at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow recorded a depressurization in the coolant loop of the unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 82, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.

☆ SpaceX President Says Satellite-Internet Business Expected to Make Money This Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A top executive at SpaceX said key business lines are making money, discussing how parts of the privately held company are performing. Gwynne Shotwell , who for years has led SpaceX as president alongside Elon Musk, said this week that one of its main rocket-launch offerings that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relies on had become a moneymaker for the company.

That number includes both rocket launches and capsule reentries, and has been steadily climbing. A Falcon Heavy rocket launches the USSF-67 mission on January 15, 2023 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "Air space is going to be a critical, critical issue," Isom said, calling on new industries to contribute to the cost of air traffic control. A graph of FAA-licensed or permitted commercial space launches (excludes launches licensed by other U.S. government agencies, such as NASA or the Department of Defense). Together they create a moving target for space launches and the commercial airlines eyeing the same air space.

☆ Explainer: What we know and don't know about the Chinese balloon
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Here's what we know, and don't know, about the balloon that has triggered a dramatic diplomatic dispute between the two powers:HOW BIG IS IT? WAS IT A WEATHER BALLOON? Other companies that develop stratospheric balloon systems include U.S. space tourism firm World View and French firm CNIM Air Space. AIR is particularly keen on stratospheric balloon technology and has posted several articles on its WeChat account about Aerostar. read moreWhile analysts did not yet know the size of the Chinese balloon fleet, U.S. officials have spoken of dozens of missions since 2018 across five continents, with some targeting Japan, India, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines.

☆ How to See the Rare Green Comet That Is Passing By Earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Aylin Woodward | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A rare green comet that last passed through our solar system 50,000 years ago will fly within about 26 million miles of Earth on Wednesday, harmlessly zipping by at a blistering speed. The sun-orbiting cosmic snowball, made of frozen rock and dust, first enthralled amateur and professional astronomers and photographers alike during its recent journey through the inner solar system. The comet has become increasingly more visible in the nighttime sky with binoculars and telescopes in the Northern Hemisphere over the past month or so, according to National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronomers.

☆ The Man Who Tried to Stop the Space Shuttle Challenger’s Launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Rachel M. Mccleary | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was preparing the space shuttle Challenger for launch on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. It was an unusually cold morning for Cape Canaveral, Fla.—too cold, warned the engineers of NASA contractor Morton Thiokol, builder of the shuttle’s solid rocket motors. The day before the launch, Thiokol engineers and executives met with NASA officials on a teleconference. A Thiokol engineer reported the anticipated temperature during the following day’s launch time would be around 26 degrees. Erring on the side of caution, Boisjoly, Thompson and other engineers recommended delaying the launch.

☆ An Asteroid Whizzed Past Earth Thursday
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An asteroid the size of a big truck raced over Earth Thursday, just 2,200 miles above the planet’s surface, according to a NASA tracker, in what scientists had said would be one of the closest approaches ever recorded. Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, had predicted the asteroid, named 2023 BU, would travel over the Pacific Ocean west of southern Chile, Thursday afternoon Pacific time.

☆ Asteroid 2023 BU to Whiz Past Earth in One of the Closest Ever Approaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An orbital diagram from the Center for Near Earth Object Studies’ close-approach viewer showing the asteroid 2023 BU’s trajectory in red. The orbit of geosynchronous satellites is shown in green. An asteroid the size of a big truck will fly by Earth on Thursday just 2,200 miles above the planet’s surface in one of the closest approaches ever recorded, scientists said. The asteroid, named 2023 BU, will travel over the Pacific Ocean west of southern Chile, Thursday afternoon Pacific time, according to Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

☆ Hundreds more Canada-made armoured vehicles to arrive in Ukraine by summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Kyaw Soe Oo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A Canadian company supplying battle-ready armoured vehicles to Ukraine plans to deliver the 200 vehicles Ottawa promised to Kyiv before summer, the firm's Chief Executive Officer Roman Shimonov said on Thursday. Ontario-based Roshel Inc builds armoured vehicles for government and commercial organizations, including the U.S State Department and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Senators can be used be used as a medical evacuation vehicle or as a tactical combat vehicle, he said. The company has established a "sophisticated" secure supply chain and has been shipping a few armoured vehicles every day, Shimonov said in an interview at Roshel's assembly plant in Mississauga. Shimonov declined to share details, but said Ottawa's order of 200 armoured vehicles for Ukraine is expected to be delivered by summer.

☆ Boeing Bets on Experimental Jetliner Flight in 2028
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Doug Cameron | Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Boeing Co. won a NASA-backed contest to build a prototype of a new, fuel-efficient jetliner that officials said the company aims to fly for the first time in 2028. The plane the aerospace giant plans to develop would install longer, thinner wings supported from below on a single-aisle fuselage, a design that officials said would cut down on fuel needs. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration didn’t disclose the names of rivals who participated in its competition, which was aimed at kick-starting the development of more environmentally friendly aircraft.

☆ Many Companies Are Shying Away From Carbon Credits
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Dieter Holger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Many companies are hesitant to buy carbon credits as the market faces criticism and coming standards remain unclear. Carbon credits are also expected to be discussed at this week’s World Economic Forum annual summit in Davos, Switzerland. As officials work to develop the market, sustainability chiefs must weigh the pros and cons of carbon credits in their climate plans. Carbon solutionsTo address concerns in the carbon market and scale up climate action, there is a movement toward better, widely accepted standards. The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market ended its public comment period in September on the 10 so-called Core Carbon Principles it proposed in July.

☆ Will Climate Change Really Put New York Underwater?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Steven E. Koonin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A recent National Aeronautics and Space Administration report yet again raises alarm that New Yorkers are about to be inundated by rapidly rising seas. But a review of the data suggests that such warnings need to be taken with more than a few grains of sea salt. The record of sea level measured at the southern tip of Manhattan, known as the Battery, begins in 1856. It shows that today’s waters are 19 inches higher than they were 166 years ago, rising an average of 3.5 inches every 30 years. The geologic record shows that this rise began some 20,000 years ago as the last great glaciers melted, causing the New York coastline to move inland more than 50 miles.

☆ SpaceX to raise $750 million at $137 billion valuation - CNBC
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX is raising $750 million in a new round of funding that values the rocket and satellite company at $137 billion from investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, CNBC reported late Monday. SpaceX, which counts Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Fidelity Investments among its investors, had raised about $1.68 billion through equity financing in June. Spokespersons for SpaceX and Horowitz did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Horowitz was also a co-investor in Musk's Twitter buyout deal worth $44 billion. SpaceX has launched numerous cargo payloads and astronauts to the International Space Station for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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