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Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American attorney, politician, and former astronaut who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019.
Nelson served as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia, and he is President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Worldwide:
- Brexit’s impact on ESA customs, duties privileges, and immunities
- Vacancy for the post of ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes
- ESA, already struggling to fund Ariane 6 in 2021-2023, contracts for studies of 2030-2050 launch market
- S. Korea set to launch next-generation observation satellite over weekend
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited hands over 100th battery to ISRO for Chandrayaan-3
- ISRO, NIT Rourkela sign MoU to set up space technology incubation centre
- Space diplomacy: India plans space pact with Saudi, pushes key projects with Quad nations
- Saudi Space Commission signs agreement for science mission on Chinese Space Station
- Russia to launch multi-satellite rideshare mission on commercial Soyuz flight
- ESA opens business incubator in Greece
- Galileo will help Lunar Pathfinder navigate around Moon
- State-owned NewSpace India Ltd to pitch GSLV Mk-3 to compete against SpaceX’s Falcon 9
- Tunisia’s first satellite is the beginning of a mutually beneficial partnership, says Russian Foreign Ministry
- Space projects scrubbed in UK overseas aid cut
- Russia needs over $200 mln a year to finance space research programs, Roscosmos chief says
- Moscow ready to join Turkey’s space initiatives: Roscosmos head
- China’s on a mission to dominate space internet
- CPUT to launch South African mini-constellation of three satellites
- China to construct fifth spaceport for commercial launches
- ESA Alpha pre-launch press briefing
- UK’s Johnson seeks a minor seat in the space race
- NASA Seeks U.S. Citizens for Ground-Based Simulation of Life in Space
- NASA request for information on development of flight capacity building programs for emerging international partners
- Philippines’ second cube satellite Maya-2 launched into orbit
- ISRO chief K Sivan reveals Space Agency’s ongoing projects
- City under pressure to invest into UK space industry
- US astronaut launching next month may spend year in space
- Paraguay’s first satellite enters Earth orbit
- ISRO to offload most activities to industry, enhance focus on advanced research
- Canadian Space Agency release new lunar letter of interest solicitation
- NSIL invites Indian industry to manufacture polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) rockets
- ISRO launches sounding rocket RH-560 to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics
- China lofts three military Yaogan satellites in Chang Zheng 4C launch
- China’s Moon Exploration Chief details Lunar research station
- Spacewalkers vent coolant lines and mate cables outside space station
Business:
- Arianespace signs long-term supply agreement with Avio for 10 additional Vega C launchers
- Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck explains SPAC strategy, growth targets, and plans for Neutron
- Speedcast’s new CEO Joe Spytek wants to transform the company post-bankruptcy
- OneWeb’s recovery will see satellites to be used for aircraft WiFi
- TerraMetric and Euroconsult sign preferred strategic partner agreement
- SpaceX engineer pleads guilty to DOJ charges of insider trading with material bought on the dark web
- Telespazio opens regional Galileo centre in Mexico City
- Inmarsat gets funding to develop satellite-based telemetry relay network for rocket launches
- China’s Xingyun announces massive funding round over $400 Million USD
- Maxar and Busek thruster system for NASA Lunar Gateway passes critical milestone
- Co-founded by a leader of SpaceX’s missions operations, Epsilon3 wants to be the OS for space launches
- Satellite start-up Capella Space aims to tap $60 billion intelligence market with new imagery
- FAA receives 321 comments during scoping for SpaceX’s Boca Chica site’s Environmental Review
- Vector Acquisition Corporation II’s $450 Million IPO
- Spanish UARX to work with DLR on LEO and Moon
- Sateliot plans to start offering service in 2022 with a turnover of 236 Million Euros by 2025
- CAE USA issues challenge to $106.9M Space Force award
- SES Partners with Amartus on O3b Fleet Automation
- MDA set to file for public offering in coming days
- CFI gives out $518 million to Canadian projects, including for space exploration
- Arianespace to hit its stride with next OneWeb launch
- Air Force to build space environment research facility in New Mexico
- Pixxel closes $7.3M seed round and unveils commercial hyperspectral imaging product
- ELSA-d mission, satellite that can clean up space junk with a magnet about to launch
- Lockeed Martin selects Sigma Labs Printrite3D technology to support space division
- Globecast receives TPN certification across Asia, UK and France providing essential customer confidence
- FAA approves renewal of Orbital Sciences Launch Operator Licenses
- FCC will make October’s 5G mid-band spectrum auction easier for smaller bidders
- Raytheon, NASA build cloud platform to store Sentinel-6 satellite data
- Vincent (Vinny) Furia joins Kleos Space as US-based Technical Director
- HawkEye 360 detected Chinese boats inside Ecuador’s waters on 14 occasions
- Outspoken LEO critic Tom Choi details plans for new CurvaNet Constellation
- Orange launches affordable satellite broadband service in France
- Harvest announces filing of the preliminary prospectus for Canada’s first Space Innovation Index ETF
- Relativity Space Terran 1 secures first DoD launch contract
- Satellite operators want a seat at the table in space security discussions
- Anywaves partners with Loft Orbital
- World’s first satellite capacity aggregator unveils new look cloud platform neXat
- Mission control awarded $1.16M from Canadian Space Agency to develop payload data management system for streamlining operations in Lunar missions
- Furukawa Electric, JAXA working to reduce weight and cost of next-generation Hall thrusters
- Maxar Technologies announces launch of common stock offering of $400 million
- SEAKR Engineering wins $60.5 million DARPA contract for Blackjack Program
- Relativity Space wins responsive launch contract
- Kratos provides sounding rocket systems, avionics for Space Force experiment
- Air Force enlists Viasat to help integrate commercial and military satellite networks
- British startup FocalPoint raises €7 million to accelerate roll-out of high accuracy satellite positioning software
- Calian chosen by MDA to provide satellite flight operations support to the Canadian Space Agency
- Stefanie Tompkins appointed 23rd DARPA director
- Chinese private firm Rocket Pi to build space lab by 2025
- SEAKR wins $60 million DARPA contract to demonstrate autonomous satellite operations
- NASA awards Rapid IV On-Ramp 1 Contract for Spacecraft Systems, Services
- ELSA-d mission licence approved by UK Space Agency
Technology:
- Elon Musk shows off SpaceX’s 1st Starship Super Heavy booster
- World’s only commercial space-testing facility being developed in Pittsfield
- New 3D printed satellites are impervious to heat, cold, and cosmic radiation
- Former SpaceX engineers propose two-stage eVTOL for regional flight and US military
- Japan’s ImPACT program creates compact, lightweight technology for compact Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites
- SpaceX agrees to shift Starlink satellites if NASA collision looms
- Capella Space releases first light high-resolution images from its latest SAR satellites
- Canadian Corporation C6 launch systems starts rocket testing at Spaceport America
- SpaceX and NASA are working together on a project to intercept interstellar objects like Oumuamua
- Italy’s extra aircraft carrier could become a floating space base
- Laser-Optical clock Space Station experiment can improve future GNSS accuracy
- Space Force is using Oculus Quest 2 headsets for satellite training
- SpaceX eyes Summer 2021 for Starship’s orbital launch debut
- 3 tiny Israeli satellites to orbit earth on just 1 gram of fuel a day
- How Galileo performed its authenticated positioning fix
- Omnispace demonstrates 5G satellite capability with U.S. Navy & Marine Corps
- Skoltech and MIT researchers identify optimal human landing system architectures to land on the Moon
- NASA partners with companies to test satellite fixtures for robotic grappling
- Garbage pallet jettisoned from space station will stay in orbit two-to-four years
- SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket on a record 9th flight and stuck the landing
Reports:
- Rocket Report: Pegasus booster will fly again, hacking SpaceX telemetry
- ESA Impact – March 2021 Council edition
- Impact: More SATCOM Consolidation On The Horizon? An NSR Report
- NSR: finally time for optical satcom?
Science:
- Ultracold quantum collisions have been achieved in space for the first time
- Venus: how Rocket Lab could reveal the under-explored planet’s secrets
- Cognitive problems could result from long space missions in zero gravity
- Space Health Institute adds astronauts, scientists to Scientific Advisory Board
- Three bacterial strains discovered on space station may help grow plants on Mars
- From Vitamin C to Spinach: researching ways to protect astronaut cardiovascular health from space radiation
- Australia’s first satellite that can help detect bushfires within one minute of ignition set for launch
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