Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for September 2021. The on-orbit satellite servicing market is heating up, VIPER’s lunar landing site announced, and Inspiration4 space tourism mission orbits for three days successfully.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for August 2021. China starts study of kilometer sized space structures, Martian dust storms impacting atmosphere loss, and lunar exosphere and surface roughness potentially facilitating global water distribution.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for July 2021. Branson and Bezos launch on suborbital flights, SpaceX secures NASA Human Lander System contract, and Blue Origin working on reusable second stage, in-space propulsion, and ISRU tech.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for June 2021. Bruno is on-board with in-situ propellant production, Artemis Accords gets two new members, China's new space station gets visitors, and Starship aiming for orbital launch in July. And another ISRU job posting at Blue Origin.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for May 2021. China landed a rover on Mars, SpaceX landed a Starship during a test flight, and NASA’s new Administrator, Bill Nelson, is already on the hunt for more funding.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for April 2021. SpaceX won the sole award from the NASA Human Landing System (HLS) competition, MOXIE produced oxygen from carbon-dioxide on Mars, a helicopter flew on Mars, and MEV-2 docked with an active satellite in GEO.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for March 2021. Blue Origin planning lunar gravity conditions on New Shephard, NASA funds vertical solar array deployer research, and a close asteroid flyby.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for February 2021. Three successful Martian spacecraft arrive, Artemis will continue with the new Administration, SpaceX gobbling up launches, and nearly $1 billion in funding into space firms.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for January 2021. Virgin Orbit successfully launched their first payload to orbit, Blue Origin completed their 14th New Shepard flight, and SpaceX launched 134 satellites in a single launch. Most important though is the first space aged wine has returned from its year aboard the ISS, providing the select few tasters an out of this world experience. Although it’s only been one month, 2021 is off to an exciting start!
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for December 2020. We hope you have had a great year. Thank you for joining us in our final newsletter for 2020. December sure did not disappoint with space resources activities. China successfully retrieved lunar samples with their impressive Chang’e 5 mission. This was the first time samples have been returned from the Moon since the 1976 Luna 24 mission. Japan’s Ryugu asteroid samples landed safely in the Australian Outback after traveling 300 million km. And SpaceX defied belief when they showed their Starship doing a belly flop upon returning to land during an eight mile ‘hop’ test. 2021 promises to be an even better year for the industry. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for November 2020. China launches lunar sample return, SpaceX launches first operation crew flight, and Arecibo Observatory will be decommissioned. Also, on-orbit servicing is heating up with Orbit Fab fuel depot demo planned for a 2021 flight, SpaceX expressing space tug interest, and Spaceflight developing transfer vehicle for a mid-2021 test.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for October 2020. Both NASA and ESA are pushing for more space resource missions, samples collected from Bennu, new lunar water studies, and the ISS gets a new titanium toilet.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for September 2020. NASA announces a program to pay for lunar samples, a large asteroid found within Venus’ orbit, and China preparing to launch lunar and asteroid missions.
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Welcome to The Space Resource monthly newsletter for August 2020. OSIRIS-REx ready for sample collection, more lunar PSR ice than previously thought, Blue Origin ISRU job posting, and US officials getting anxious about increased Chinese space presence.
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Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for July 2020. Humanity’s robotic Mars fleet on its way, NASA awards dozens of small business contracts for space resources technology development, and updates to NASA’s planetary protection guidelines for the Moon and Mars.
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