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From Guardians of the Galaxy Announcement to NASA Becoming Hoax Buster, Here Are TOP Space News Space news dominates social media as some big announcements were made focusing on NASA and space programs. By The US Senate unanimously approved a NASA Authorization Act on Friday, December 18, a symbolic move intended to set up work on a new version of the legislation in 2021. But thats not it. On the same day, Vice-President Mike Pence announced that members of the new Space Force will be known as...

House passes Peters’ bipartisan legislation to protect Apollo Landing Sites By Will Kriss Dec 18, 2020 7:36 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) — Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to permanently protect the Apollo landing sites on the moon. The  One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act, which Peters introduced with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), would enact first-of-its-kind legal protecti...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Gary Peters). WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) — Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to permanently protect the Apollo landing sites on the moon. The  One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act, which Peters introduced with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), would enact first-of-its-kind legal protections for the Apollo sites by making NASA’s pres...

AUSTIN, Texas, December 16, 2020 (Institute of Space Commerce PR) — This week as the USA notes the 48th anniversary of Apollo 17 and prepares to return to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis Program, the new US the Institute of Space Commerce is being launched with its aim to change the equation for the human race with its goal of bringing one million new minds to the space economy. Humanity is facing an uncertain future of Climate Change, conflict, pandemics, resource depletion, over population, ...

Date Time Scientists part of resource mission to Moon University of Adelaide researchers are part of a consortium which is sending nanosatellites and exploration sensors to the Moon to search for abundant, accessible water and resources. SEVEN SISTERS is the Australian Lunar Exploration Mission which will go to the Moon in 2023, supporting NASA’s Artemis Program. Unveiled today by satellite startup Fleet Space Technologies and led by a world-class consortium of space, industry and research le...

Canada to become second nation ever to send people to the Moon December 16, 2020 To date, only Americans have travelled to the Moon.  On Artemis 2, that will change when the Canadian Space Agency sends one of its four astronauts on the first-ever crewed flight of NASA’s Orion capsule and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on a near two week test flight around the Moon. The as yet un-assigned crewmember will become the first Canadian to travel to lunar orbit and will be one of up-to four cr...

US Air Force/United Launch Alliance President-elect Joe Biden will enter office and face a panoply of challenges all over the world, in addition to an array of problems at home. But growing competition in space, on which everyday life is increasingly reliant, presents a long-term challenge that the US needs to address, writes Stewart Patrick, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. President-elect Joe Biden is a down-to-earth guy, but the fate of the h...

Artemis Accords: A Step Toward International Cooperation or Further Competition? NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks on the agency’s Artemis program (NASA HQ, https://flic.kr/p/2hXcxV6; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/). On Oct. 13, the Artemis Accords Principles for a Safe, Peaceful, and Prosperous Future, commonly referred to as the Artemis Accords, were signed by their eight founding member states: Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,...

Indian-American astronaut selected for NASA’s moon mission He is among the 18 astronauts selected for NASA’s Artemis Program By Sreshta Ladegaam|   Updated: 12th December 2020 5:05 pm IST Raja Chari shared the news on Twitter and said that he is extremely proud to be a part of this mission. (Photo: Twitter) Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American is among the 18 astronauts selected for NASA’s Artemis Program and is the only Indian-American on the list. Raja Chari is a US Air fo...

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