Monday, April 29, 2019

Early Career Spotlight Series: Dr. Shawn Domagal-Goldman

Early Career Spotlight Series: Dr. Betul Kacar

Steven Benner: Breakthrough Discuss 2019 - Astrobiology - UC Berkeley, NASA Astrobiology Institute and others co-sponsored this 2019 event.

Monday, April 22, 2019

Investing in Space:New ETF

A new exchange-traded fund gives investors broad exposure to the space industry.It is the Procure Space ETF.About 80 percent of the holdings get most of their revenue from space goods and services.*
The fund is based on the equity index "S-Network Space Index" by S-Network Global Indexes.Some of the index's contents are Honeywell;Intelsat; Iridium Communications;Leonardo S.P.A.;Northrup Grumman; and Thales.The ETF is issued by ProcureAM.*
As of close of trading on 22 April 2019, the ETF was at 25.75,up 0.05 (0.19 percent).*
Procure Space ETF (UFO)

Monday, April 8, 2019

Testing Completed for Moon Rocket Main Engines

On 4 April 2019, NASA completed hot-fire testing of the Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 main engines for the new Space​ Launch System rocket.The dozens of tests have certified that the engines are capable of lifting the large loads required for deep space exploration in the first four Orion Program missions, beginning with Exploration Mission-1,an uncrewed test flight slated for 2020.*
The 51-month series of tests of the upgraded Space Shuttle engines have brought NASA a step closer to returning humans to the Moon within five years, the agency said.The final test was​ carried out on the A-1 Test Stand at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi.*
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc (AJRD)

Milestone Hot Fire Engine Test for NASA's Space Launch System Rocket