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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has now flown more than 50 times
NASA’s Perseverance rover glimpsed the Ingenuity helicopter earlier this month after the rotorcraft’s 50th flight. This view shows dust accumulation on the vehicle. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s pioneering Mars helicopter Ingenuity continues to outperform its design specifications, having now notched up more than 50 record-breaking forays across the Red Planet’s surface, 10 times as many flights…
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Southern Launch and Space Forge Partner to Explore Possibilities of Satellite Return to Koonibba Test Range
Australian space launch provider Southern Launch has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UK-based Space Forge at the International Space Symposium to explore possibilities of Satellite Return to Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range. UK-based Space Forge is on a mission to make space work for humanity by harnessing the power of microgravity; offering an on-demand…
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BlackSky Reseller Telespazio to Provide Disaster Response Imagery Service in Spain
BlackSky Technology reseller Telespazio Ibérica plans to offer a rapid emergency imagery service to a regional government in Spain, BlackSky announced on Tuesday. The deal will support the Government of Aragon and the Geographic Institute of Aragon (IGEAR) with high-cadence, low-latency imagery services for crisis response. BlackSky called it the first service in Spain of…
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AAC Clyde Space Introduces a New Autonomous Attitude Determination and Control System for Small Satellites
AAC Clyde Space, a New Space company that specializes in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organizations to access high-quality, timely data from space has introduced a new fully autonomous Attitude Determination and Control System for small satellites The iADCS200 from AAC Clyde Space is a fully autonomous integrated ADCS…
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ESA’s VIPER Experiment Takes Off with Double T-Rex Rocket Launch for Advanced Space Research
Not one, but two rocket launches with ESA-led experiments are flying to the edge of space just a week apart, providing unique data to researchers eager to learn more about fundamental physics, semiconductor production, the formation of planets and how our immune cells react to spaceflight. A Texus sounding rocket can propel up to 270…
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SpaceX takes over former ULA launch site, gaining second West Coast pad
SpaceX gains former Space Shuttle/Delta IV Heavy launch site SpaceX can now state they are the proud operator of not one but two former Space Shuttle launch pads. While it was never used, SLC-6 was designated as the West Coast launch site of NASA’s Space Shuttle for Department of Defense missions for a short time.…
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How Chang Zheng 9 arrived at the “Starship-like” design
China has been very agile in developing its super-heavy lift vehicle Chang Zheng 9 (CZ-9). It initially started as a fully expendable rocket, like the Ares V or SLS rockets, but over the years developed into at first a partially reusable concept, and recently, with Starship becoming more real, it changed its design again to…
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Rocket ignition test site to propel development
China has big plans to advance its space exploration and development, but whether those plans can become a reality depends on the capability of the country’s carrier rockets, or more specifically, rocket engines. China has some of the world’s best rocket engines, ranging from huge ones lifting the Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket to small…
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China lunar samples gifted to Russia, France
China has gifted lunar samples retrieved by the Chang’e 5 mission to Russia and France to boost lunar research, according to the China National Space Administration. The administration announced on Monday that 1.5 grams of lunar samples were presented to Russia during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China in February 2022. In return, Russia gave…
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Construction plan unveiled for int’l lunar research station
A senior Chinese space expert on Tuesday unveiled a plan for the construction of the International Lunar Research Station initiated by China and extended an invitation to organizations and scientists around the world to participate in the program. The building of the International Lunar Research Station will be carried out in three phases, with a…