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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for June 2020. Astrobotic became the first CLPS provider to secure funding to land VIPER on the Moon, Made In Space has new owners, and exciting science across the field continues to make asteroids shatter.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for May 2020. SpaceX successfully launched two astronauts to the ISS, NASA established Artemis Accord, and Tom Cruise to film movie on ISS.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for April 2020. NASA selects SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to build human lunar lander, the US issues an executive order that promotes the utilization of space resources, Artemis based projects continue pace, and CNSA and NASA prepare Mars rovers for July launch.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for March 2020. Prior to COVID-19 lockdowns, March saw significant progress in multiple missions and data releases. Some groups are bucking the trend through the pandemic, including ISS astronauts, SpaceX, and the Mars2020 team.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for February 2020. In-orbit satellite servicing was demonstrated by MEV-1, a neural network identifies potentially hazardous objects, and subsurface radar scans on the far side of the Moon.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for January 2020. A satellite near miss, Artemis updates, the year of Mars, and the first Vatira asteroid found.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for December 2019. China prepared for 2020 deep space missions with flight-worthy Long March 5, a new Mars water map, and the first public price offer for in-orbit debris removal from Iridium.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for November 2019. ESA secures record budget, Hayabusa2 on the way home, and new heavy payload providers join NASA CLPS.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for October 2019. SpaceX announced aspirational lunar goal, NASA’s VIPER rover will survey the lunar south pole, and the first all female space walk.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for September 2019. With the first concrete pour occurring in space, talks of how sustainably feed one million people on Mars, and SpaceX’s Starship taking shape, the field of space resources is making great progress for tomorrow.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for August 2019. India is about to land Chandrayaan-2 on the Moon, Arecibo Observatory gets critical funds to study asteroids, and water thrusters are picking up steam.

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for July 2019. With the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 behind us now, it appears that the Artemis mission is gaining steam and may very well join Chandryaan-2 on the surface of the Moon soon (we hope!).

Welcome to The Space Resources monthly newsletter for June 2019. NASA space resources grants galore!