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NASA’s Trio of Robotic Helpers Assist Astronauts in Testing New Tech on the ISS
In science fiction movies, we often see robots zipping around spacecraft performing various tasks. What was once only science fiction has now come to life on the International Space Station (ISS), where NASA’s trio of free-flying robots called Astrobees assist astronauts and conduct valuable research, including many investigations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory. In…
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NASA’s Trio of Robotic Helpers Assist Astronauts in Testing New Tech on the ISS
In science fiction movies, we often see robots zipping around spacecraft performing various tasks. What was once only science fiction has now come to life on the International Space Station (ISS), where NASA’s trio of free-flying robots called Astrobees assist astronauts and conduct valuable research, including many investigations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory. In…
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Reticulate Micro Debuts Valor Line of ESA Terminals
Reticulate Micro has a new line of multi-orbit flat panel antennas called Valor, the company announced Thursday. Valor is a flexible line of electronically steerable antennas (ESAs) built for users across land mobile, airborne, maritime and mobile/manpack applications. Valor is available in Ku-band for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Ka-band and dual Ku-…
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Shenzhou-18 crew launches to Tiangong Space Station
China launched the crewed Shenzhou-18 mission on April 24 at 12:58:57 UTC. The launch was conducted as usual, with a Chang Zheng 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou spacecraft on top. The mission transported three new crew members to the Tiangong Space Station. The new astronaut trio will replace the Shenzhou-17 crew, which launched to Tiangong…
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ClearSpace-1 Mission Undergoes Changes in Response to Space Debris Collision
ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission has underwent a transformative period to achieve a faster execution pace and reviewed mission objectives. After the successful completion of the mission’s first phase (Key Performance Gate 1) by ClearSpace, the detection of space debris objects in the vicinity of the mission’s client object indicating a collision of the target with…
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ClearSpace-1 Mission Undergoes Changes in Response to Space Debris Collision
ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission has underwent a transformative period to achieve a faster execution pace and reviewed mission objectives. After the successful completion of the mission’s first phase (Key Performance Gate 1) by ClearSpace, the detection of space debris objects in the vicinity of the mission’s client object indicating a collision of the target with…
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Lynk Global Signs Satellite-to-Cell Contract with US DoD
Lynk Global signed a contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide commercial satellite-to-cell services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and other U.S. government agencies. Lynk Global announced the contract on April 25. Lynk refers to its service, which connects standard phones directly to satellite…
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Northrop Grumman Increases Space Sales 9% in Q1, Reduces Backlog for Canceled Classified Program
Northrop Grumman Building in Falls Church, Va. Photo: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman’s Space segment posted $3.7 billion in sales in the first quarter of 2024, a 9% increase from the same period last year. Northrop Grumman reported Q1 financials on Thursday. Space posted the most revenue of the company’s four segments, but Aeronautics posted the…
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NASA astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (left) and Suni Williams (right) pose by their mission patch following their arrival at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in the run-up to the Starliner Crew Flight Test on May 6. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now For the first time since the end of the shuttle program, a trio of T-38 jets cruised…
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Gravitics plans to leverage space station architecture for $1.7M Space Force project
An artist’s conception shows a Gravitics space station module in orbit. (Gravitics Illustration) Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics says it will work with Rocket Lab USA and other partners to adapt its space station architecture for the U.S. Space Force under the terms of a $1.7 million contract. The contract was awarded through the 2023 SpaceWERX Tactically…