Lockheed Martin wins contract to build U.S. geostationary weather satellites
19 Jun
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Lockheed Martin wins contract to build U.S. geostationary weather satellites

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Lockheed Martin render of NOAA's next-generation Geostationary Extended Observations weather satellite constellation.SAN FRANCISCO — Lockheed Martin will develop and build the next generation of U.S. geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a contract announced June 18.The contract, awarded by NASA on behalf of NOAA, covers three Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellites and options for four additional spacecraft. With options, the estimated value of the contract is $2.27 billion.Lockheed Martin also built the current Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R series. The fourth and final satellite in the series, GOES-U, is scheduled to launch June 25, 2024 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida.“Our team is excited and ready to move forward to design and field this critical national capability,” Kyle Griffin, Lockheed Martin Commercial Civil Space vice president and...
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ExLabs wins funds to accelerate space robotics
19 Jun
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ExLabs wins funds to accelerate space robotics

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Exploration Labs' render of Arachne, a spacecraft designed for large debris capture. ExLabs' Autonomous Capture & Acquisition Robot and Space Exploration Research Vehicle are combined in Arachne. Credit: ExLabsExploration Laboratories, a startup focused on space resources, will accelerate work on technology to autonomously capture space objects, thanks to a $1.9 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) from SpaceWERX. Southern California-based ExLabs announced a$1.7 million SpaceWERX Small Business Innovation Research contractin 2023 for autonomous capture and acquisition technology. The additional $1.9 million, split between government and private investors, “facilitates our transition to prototype development and testing of the ACQR platform, paving the way for its orbital test flight,” Matthew Schmidgall, ExLabs CEO and co-founder, told SpaceNews by email. ACQR is ExLab’s autonomous capture and acquisition robot. ExLabs also is developing Space Exploration and...
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Starliner ISS stay extended to complete thruster and helium leak testing
19 Jun
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Starliner ISS stay extended to complete thruster and helium leak testing

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Top Stories Tamfitronics WASHINGTON — NASA and Boeing have again extended the stay of the CST-100 Starliner at the International Space Station as engineers wrap up analysis of thruster problems and helium leaks on the crewed spacecraft.At a June 18 briefing, NASA announced that Starliner’s return to Earth on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, which had already been postponed twice to June 22had been pushed back again. Starliner is now scheduled to undock from the station at 10:10 p.m. Eastern June 25 and land at White Sands, New Mexico, at 4:51 a.m. Eastern June 26.Officials from NASA and Boeing said at the briefing that the extended stay at the station will give them more time to study two key issues encountered by the spacecraft during its flight to the station nearly two weeks ago:...
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Taylor Swift’s Irish ancestry revealed ahead of Eras Dublin shows
19 Jun
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Taylor Swift’s Irish ancestry revealed ahead of Eras Dublin shows

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Pop superstar Taylor Swift will be celebrating the news that she’s Irish when she plays three sold-out concerts at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium from June 28-30 on her Eras tour.Irish Emigration Museum EPIC, and their genealogy partners The Irish Family History Centre, have uncovered her ancestral ties to Ireland through her great-great-great grandmother Mary Douglas (nee Gwynn).The story of Taylor’s ancestors began aboard a ship called AMY sailing from Derry on June 11, 1836, where Susan Davis, a 21-year-old dressmaker, and Francis Gwynn, a 21-year-old weaver, were passengers heading for America to seek their fortunes and a new life.Their meeting on the ship marked the start of a love story that would transcend generations, laying the foundation for a far-reaching legacy in the form of Love Story singer Taylor Swift.After a two-month voyage...
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