Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of May 27, 2024:
Human Space Exploration:
Space Science
Opinion
- Why planetary protection matters to the future of space explorationThe Space Review (5/28): Dylan Thomas, CEO and Founder of Venture Space and private astronaut, makes the case for “planetary protection,” a commitment to not infecting the Moon and the planets humans explore with hints of terrestrial biology. “We are moving outward to study worlds beyond our own. As such, it behooves us to do our best to not alter the very thing that we have gone out to study if studying these places is why we go there in the first place, which it is,” Thomas writes.
Other News
Major Space Related Activities for the Week
- NASA, Boeing and ULA are looking to Saturday at 12:25 p.m. EDT for the launch of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner CFT mission. NASA will provide live coverage over NASA TV and streaming at www.nasa.gov/nasalive starting at 8:15 a.m. EDT. With a successful lift-off, the Starliner’s docking with the ISS will follow on Sunday at 1:50 p.m. EDT.
- In the interim, Russia’s Progress MS-27 cargo mission is scheduled to launch to the ISS on Thursday at 5:43 a.m. EDT with a docking on Saturday at 7:47 a.m. EDT.
- On Wednesday, NASA and NOAA will have a joint briefing on the upcoming launch of the GOES-U meteorological satellite, scheduled for June 25 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. .
- The House and Senate are in recess this week except for pro forma sessions..
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