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Train Like an Astronaut with Space Center Houston’s “To the Moon and Back” Summer Family Accelerator
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Train Like an Astronaut with Space Center Houston’s “To the Moon and Back” Summer Family Accelerator

Past participants from the Human Performance Accelerator Lab Program train as a team to complete assigned simulated space missions at the historic William’s Pool. (Photo Courtesy, Space Center Houston). Space Center Houston’s Human Performance Accelerator Lab (HPALab) program is offering an exclusive one-day summer training session open to families and members to train like NASA Artemis astronauts. HPALab’s program To the Moon and Back aims to build up participants’ skills in communication, leadership, teamwork and dedication; all of which are skills needed to succeed in space missions, plus access to Johnson Space Center facilities. NASA’s Artemis astronauts under the Artemis Program are currently training for the second phase of its mission – going back to the Moon. Artemis...
Bauernfeind assumes role as 22nd Academy superintendent > United States Space Force > Article Display
Space Force

Bauernfeind assumes role as 22nd Academy superintendent > United States Space Force > Article Display

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) --  U.S. Air Force Academy cadets, faculty and staff welcomed their 22nd superintendent, Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, during an assumption of command ceremony held here Aug. 2.   “[Bauernfeind’s career] is checkered with all the things you would expect of a senior leader, but something else as well,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin. “He has intellectual curiosity, vision, and an adherence to principles. Those are things we need as we navigate this transformation of the United States Air Force Academy to develop young leaders.”  Bauernfeind, a 1991 Ac...
SpaceX to launch Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station on Falcon 9 rocket – Spaceflight Now
SpaceX

SpaceX to launch Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station on Falcon 9 rocket – Spaceflight Now

On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen being encapsulated inside the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing as it prepares to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services for NASA. The mission will carry 8,200 pounds of science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for no earlier than 11:29 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 3. Image: SpaceX More than 8,200 pounds of science and cargo supplies are preparing to launch to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus spacecraft will begin a roughly two-day journey to the orbiting outpost following its launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Lif...
Dalton emphasizes DAF priorities, need to modernize, on-time budgets > United States Space Force > Article Display
Space Force

Dalton emphasizes DAF priorities, need to modernize, on-time budgets > United States Space Force > Article Display

WASHINGTON (AFNS) --  Under Secretary of the Air Force Melissa Dalton reasserted July 29 during an appearance at the Brookings Institution the Air Force and Space Force’s priorities, including the need to modernize and move “holistically” in reshaping the services to meet global challenges. Dalton touched on those and other topics at some depth as well as the need for Congress to approve a budget on-time, in a wide-ranging discussion at the influential think tank. “I have been struck by sense of urgency the Department of the Air Force is moving out on addressing the People’s Republic of China pacing challenge which of course is called for in the National Defense Strategy. Airmen and Guardians alike understand, the PRC pacing chal...
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center – Spaceflight Now
SpaceX

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center – Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-29A) on Aug. 2, 2024, in support of the Starlink 10-6 mission. It added 23 Starlink Version 2 Mini satellites to a growing satellite internet constellation of more than 6,200 in low Earth orbit. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 1:20 a.m. EDT: SpaceX successfully landed the booster, B1078, on the droneship. SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites, increasing the company’s mega-constellation in low Earth orbit. The mission came as SpaceX works towards the launch of a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station over the weekend. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-6 mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center happened at 1:01 a.m. EDT (0501 UTC). Coming into the launch opportunity, the...