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The Sun has risen on Chandrayaan-3, however India hasn’t heard back yet
Chandrayaan-3 out of darkness but silent Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander and Pragyan rover have been on the surface of the Moon for about a month. ISRO had about two weeks of time to explore its landing site near the Lunar South Pole. The lander was even able to performa second short hop before redeploying its science…
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Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio and Crewmates Safely Return from Space Mission
After spending an American record-breaking 371 days in space, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio safely landed on Earth with his crewmates Wednesday. Rubio departed the International Space Station, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Rubio launched on his…
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Launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission slips a week due to spacecraft issue
Updated (7:35 p.m. EDT (2335 UTC): Adding NASA confirmation of delay. Artist’s illustration of the Psyche spacecraft and its destination. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission is being delayed a week due to allow “verifications” of parameters used by the spacecraft’s thrusters, the space agency confirmed Thursday. Liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon…
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Astroscale Hopes ADRAS-J Mission Will Lay the Groundwork for Commercial Debris Removal
Astroscale is ready to launch its ADRAS-J mission, which will conduct a close approach and orbit around a piece of space debris. The spacecraft is ready, but a launch window is on hold after Rocket Lab’s recent mission failure. Astroscale leadership said ADRAS-J was set to launch in early November, but Rocket Lab has paused…
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Mars Sample Return’s ascent vehicle undergoes wind tunnel testing
MAV conducts tests in historic NASA wind tunnel The Mas Ascent Vehicle for NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission underwent wind tunnel testing as a rather special, but small, wind tunnel recently. In a blog post by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the agency detailed a small model of the proposed MAV rocket was placed into a…
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Sidus Space Names New Board Chair and COO
Sidus Space announced two leadership appointments this week, elevating Leonardo Riera to chair of its board of directors, and Jared Novick to the role of COO. Both were already involved with Sidus, Riera was a director on the board, and Novick was senior vice president of strategy and special projects. Sidus founder and CEO Carol…
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Sidus Space Names New Board Chair and COO
Sidus Space announced two leadership appointments this week, elevating Leonardo Riera to chair of its board of directors, and Jared Novick to the role of COO. Both were already involved with Sidus, Riera was a director on the board, and Novick was senior vice president of strategy and special projects. Sidus founder and CEO Carol…
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is home after a year in space
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian crewmates parachuted to a landing on the remote steppe of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, capping a 371-day mission at the International Space Station, the longest single spaceflight ever undertaken by an American. It was also the third-longest mission off the planet in the history of human spaceflight, eclipsed only…
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Artel Partners with Rivada for U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satcom p-LEO Contract
Artel LLC a provider of secure network communication services to U.S. government agencies, has been awarded a Commercial Satellite Communications Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (p-LEO) contract from the U.S. Space Force and is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide the next-generation network critical to support U.S. Government communications. Based in the U.S., Artel is…
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Rogue Space Systems Selected by AFWERX to Develop CubeSat Dispenser Prototypes
Rogue Space Systems, an NH-based in-space services company, announced it has been selected by AFWERX for two STTR contracts through its Orbital Prime program. These contracts support the continued development of Rogue innovations that address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Rogue designs satellite vehicles and subsystems to provide…