The Marshall Star for February 28, 2024
For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the first successful
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For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the first successful
ISRO achieves human rating of CE20 cryogenic engine for Gaganyaan missions, completing ground qualification tests at Mahendragiri. Tests involved performance assessment under various conditions, totaling 8810 seconds of hot firing tests. Acceptance tests for first unmanned Gaganyaan mission's flight engine also completed. India's space achievements fuel private sector growth, eyeing future missions.
As NASA continues its exploration of the solar system, including future crewed missions to Mars, experts in the agency’s Office of Planetary Protection are developing advanced tactics to prevent NASA expeditions from introducing biological contaminants to other worlds.
Mojave, California-based Evolution Space has a new deal with NASA to begin building a solid propulsion center and solid rocket motor testing at the agency’s Stennis Space Center, which will see former facilities repurposed into Evolution’s “Space Propulsion Center.” Evolution plans on repurposing former facilities that were part of the Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant, which was the first and only ammunition plant built by the Army in the decades after the Korean War. This will be the first time NASA Stennis has hosted solid rocket motor development.
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