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Kayhan Space Raises a $7M Seed Expansion Round
Kayhan Space raised $7 million in a seed extension round to advance the development of its Pathfinder spaceflight safety platform. Venture capital firms Space Capital and EVE Atlas funded the extension round. Kayhan Space said in a Tuesday announcement it plans to open an office in Washington, D.C. and grow its team of U.S. based…
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Millennium Space Systems Achieves Mission Readiness of VICTUS NOX Spacecraft in 37 Hours
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, completed checkout and achieved operational readiness of the VICTUS NOX space vehicle just 37 hours after launch – 11 hours ahead of the 48-hour goal. This phase of a space mission typically takes weeks or months to complete. Full-mission operability comes only days after the 60-hour activation and 24-hour…
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The Evolution of the Space Tourism Experience
As it exists today, the space tourism “experience” relies on the thrill of just being in space for a select group of dedicated space enthusiasts. However, for this budding tourism industry to grow, it needs to appeal to a broader mainstream audience and to those who want more than a rocket ride and a view…
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Rocket Lab Electron Mission Fails, Losing Capella Space Satellite
Rocket Lab’s launch for Capella Space on Tuesday failed, the company’s first Electron failure in more than two years. The mission lost one satellite for the customer. The mission, called “We Will Never Desert You” took off from New Zealand at 6:55 p.m. local time, 2:55 a.m. ET. The rocket successfully completed a first stage…
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How scientists are mitigating space travel’s risks to the human body
When 17 people were in orbit around the Earth all at the same time on May 30, 2023, it set a record. With NASA and other federal space agencies planning more manned missions and commercial companies bringing people to space, opportunities for human space travel are rapidly expanding. However, traveling to space poses risks to…
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Blue Origin preparing for New Glenn testing at LC-36 ahead of maiden flight
Over the past few months, Blue Origin has continued making progress towards the maiden launch of its orbital class rocket, New Glenn. The company has continued testing systems at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36), and recently submitted plans for a refurbishment facility near the Cape Canaveral Skid Strip, expanding Blue Origin’s already impressive spread of installations…
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British Luxury Cruise Line Cunard is Deploying Starlink
Luxury British cruise line Cunard signed a deal for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service across its fleet, the company announced Monday. Cunard began rolling out Starlink on its fleet in June. The service will be available in public spaces on all three Cunard ships, the Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, and Queen Elizabeth by the end…
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AST SpaceMobile Reports 5G Broadband Speeds Via Satellite
AST SpaceMobile claims it achieved a 5G connection for voice and data between an unmodified smartphone and its BlueWalker 3 satellite in space. The company announced Tuesday that its engineers made a call from a wireless dead zone in Maui, Hawaii, to a Vodafone engineer in Madrid, Spain, using AT&T spectrum and AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker…
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Stoke Space Successfully Demonstrates Vertical Takeoff and Landing of Their Reusable Rocket
Stoke Space has successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) developmental test flight of their reusable second-stage rocket at their test site in Moses Lake, Washington. During this test, known as Hopper2, they were able to successfully launch the Hopper test vehicle to an altitude of 30 feet and land at its planned…
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Radar-imaging satellite lost as Rocket Lab Electron rocket suffers launch failure
A shower of sparks at the point the Electron rocket’s second stage engine was supposed to ignite. Image: Rocket Lab. A Rocket Lab Electron rocket, carrying a radar-imaging satellite for Capella Space, failed on Tuesday after a problem occurred two and half minutes into flight. It was the fourth failure in 41 flights for the…