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☆ Artemis I Mission Has Smooth Start After NASA’s Historic Moon Launch
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NASA’s Artemis I mission took a big step forward in the early morning hours Wednesday with a historic rocket launch that set the Orion spacecraft speeding toward a lunar orbit. The mission is part of NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to create a sustained human presence on the moon and push on to deeper-space operations. No one has touched down on the lunar surface since 1972.
☆ Artemis I Mission Starts Smoothly With NASA’s Historic Moon Launch
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—NASA’s Artemis I mission took a big step forward in the early morning hours Wednesday with a historic rocket launch that set the Orion spacecraft speeding toward a lunar orbit. The mission is part of NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to create a sustained human presence on the moon and push on to deeper-space operations. No one has touched down on the lunar surface since 1972.
☆ Artemis I Moon Launch Attempt Set for Early Wednesday
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NASA will try to get its enormous moon rocket off a launchpad for a third time early Wednesday morning after technical problems stymied earlier attempts. The mission is a critical jumping-off point for Artemis, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s multiyear agency program to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972 and set the stage for broader agency space-exploration efforts.
☆ NASA Preps Artemis I Moon Mission for Early Morning Launch
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NASA will try to get its enormous moon rocket off a launchpad for a third time early Wednesday morning after technical problems stymied earlier attempts. The mission is a critical jumping-off point for Artemis, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s multiyear agency program to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972 and set the stage for broader agency space-exploration efforts.
☆ Russia Says It Could Target U.S. Commercial Satellites in Ukraine War
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
MOSCOW—Russia said it could target U.S. commercial satellites if they are used to help Ukraine, expanding its threats of reprisals to a new theater that could hit closer to home for American interests. Konstantin Vorontsov , a senior official in Russia’s Foreign Ministry, told a meeting of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly that if U.S. satellites are used to aid Kyiv, then they “may be a legitimate target for a retaliation strike,” Russia’s state news agency TASS reported.
☆ SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed Prepare Future Hardware for NASA’s Artemis Program
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Companies behind NASA’s Artemis moon program—including SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed Martin Corp.—are working on future missions as the agency prepares to try to get its first lunar rocket off the ground next month. Lockheed Martin said last week that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ordered three more of the Orion spaceship it has developed, and the agency plans to use them for the sixth through eighth Artemis missions. The latest order amounted to about $2 billion, according to Lockheed, which is now building Orions for the second through fifth Artemis flights.
☆ SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed Prepare Future Hardware for NASA’s Artemis Moon Program
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Companies behind NASA’s Artemis moon program—including SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed Martin Corp.—are working on future missions as the agency prepares to try to get its first lunar rocket off the ground next month. Artemis is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s effort to return astronauts to the surface of the moon for the first time since 1972, among other goals, using several space vehicles developed by a gaggle of large aerospace companies and smaller suppliers.
☆ Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Pentagon to Deepen Ties Despite Dispute on Starlink Funding in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Pentagon is set to expand its use of Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite capabilities despite a recent dispute between the two sides over the funding of satellite-based internet services for an embattled Ukraine, according to government documents. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the formal name for the company that Mr. Musk founded more than two decades ago, is already a major Pentagon contractor, handling sensitive national-security launches on its rockets. Those ties are set to grow into satellite services where SpaceX’s Starlink division is a dominant player in key regions, the documents said.
☆ Pentagon in Talks on Ukraine Starlink Funding, but Elon Musk Says Request ‘Withdrawn’
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Ukrainian military has been using Starlink connections during its campaign against Russian forces. The Pentagon and SpaceX have held discussions about funding for the company’s Starlink internet service in Ukraine, a senior military official said Monday, but Elon Musk indicated that SpaceX is no longer seeking that support. In a tweet, Mr. Musk said SpaceX, the space travel-and-satellite company he founded, had “already withdrawn its request” for funds for the service. The Ukrainian military has been using Starlink connections during its campaign against Russian forces who invaded the country earlier this year, with officials describing the service as a crucial part of their war effort.
☆ SpaceX Plans to Take Dennis Tito Around the Moon on Starship Flight
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Dennis Tito and his wife Akiko have purchased two seats on a planned around-the-moon flight on the Starship vehicle SpaceX is developing. The first commercial traveler to space plans to go back to orbit with SpaceX on a trip around the moon. Dennis Tito, who traveled to the International Space Station more than two decades ago on a paid flight on a Russian ship, and his wife Akiko purchased two seats on a planned around-the-moon flight on the Starship vehicle SpaceX is developing, the couple said Wednesday.
☆ Defense & Aerospace
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | Timothy W. Martin | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
ScienceThe benefits and difficulties of liquid hydrogen as a propellant for rocket launches are well known to engineers at the space agency. Some space companies aren’t using the fuel for engines on rockets they are developing.
☆ Hurricane Ian Forces NASA to Roll Back Rocket, Further Delaying Artemis Launch
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The NASA moon rocket as it stood earlier this month on a pad at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA will move its moon rocket back to a storage facility in part to protect the towering vehicle from Hurricane Ian, further delaying the agency’s inaugural Artemis mission. Managers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided Monday to roll the rocket back to what is called the Vehicle Assembly Building from a pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency said in a statement.
☆ NASA Cancels Artemis Moon Launch Attempt as Storm Threatens Florida
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NASA could attempt another launch for the Artemis mission relatively soon should weather conditions improve. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it called off a plan to try to blast off its moon rocket Tuesday as an intensifying tropical storm moves toward Florida. Officials at NASA had previously left open the possibility that the agency would be able to attempt the launch Tuesday despite the threat of the storm.
☆ Storm Moving Toward Florida Threatens Next Week’s Artemis Moon Launch
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NASA officials said Friday a tropical storm moving toward Florida may force the agency to delay trying to blast off its moon rocket next week. The agency is monitoring the tropical depression and is likely to make a decision over the weekend about a possible launch attempt from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida that is currently scheduled for next Tuesday.
☆ NASA Hits Another Fueling Leak in Artemis Moon Rocket Test
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NASA began testing repairs and new procedures for fueling its moon rocket, but ran into a hydrogen leak not long after the practice run began, the agency said. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s test on Wednesday aims to demonstrate that engineers can transfer vast amounts of super-cold propellants—liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen—into the rocket’s tanks. The planned hourslong test is a precursor to the agency attempting another launch, following two scrubbed attempts over the past month.
☆ Moon-Rocket Test Moves NASA Closer to Next Artemis Launch Attempt
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NASA said it completed a practice run of fueling the agency’s moon rocket despite encountering hydrogen leaks, bringing the agency a step closer to again trying to launch the massive vehicle. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s test on Wednesday aimed to demonstrate that engineers can transfer vast amounts of super-cold propellants—liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen—into the rocket’s tanks. The hourslong test was a precursor to the agency attempting another launch, after two scrubbed flights over the past month.
☆ NASA Navigates Another Fuel Leak in Artemis Moon-Rocket Test
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NASA ran into another hydrogen leak while fueling the agency’s moon rocket during a practice run but was able to troubleshoot the problem, as the agency worked toward a new launch attempt. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s test on Wednesday aims to demonstrate that engineers can transfer vast amounts of super-cold propellants—liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen—into the rocket’s tanks. The planned hourslong test is a precursor to the agency attempting another launch, after two scrubbed flights over the past month.
☆ Planet Labs Finance Chief Says SPAC IPO Was Key to Recent Growth
  + stars: | 2021-12-08 | by ( Mark Maurer | Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +7 min
Ashley Johnson, chief financial officer for Planet Labs PBC, said the satellite-imaging company made the right call to go public by combining with a special-purpose acquisition company—better known as a SPAC. Ashley Johnson, chief financial and operating officer at Planet Labs PBC. Shares of Planet Labs closed at $11.35 on Dec. 8, 2021, the day after the company said it completed its SPAC merger, according to FactSet. WSJ’s CFO Journal talked to Ms. Johnson about Planet Labs’ past year as a public company, investing and finding efficiencies as the economy slows. It’s unfortunate that a lot of companies that shouldn’t have gone public did go public using that vehicle.
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