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NASA to Host Briefings on Expedition 73 and Upcoming Crew Missions to ISS
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming Expedition 73 mission aboard the International Space Station during news conferences on Monday, Feb. 24, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will participate in an overview news conference at 2 p.m. EST on NASA+, covering preparations for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch in March and…
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Viasat to Upgrade Aeromexico’s In-Flight Connectivity for Boeing 787 Dreamliner Fleet
Aeromexico, Mexico’s global airline, will upgrade its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet with Viasat’s in-flight Wi-Fi solution, Viasat announced on Feb. 20. The upgrade includes 17 total aircraft: eight Boeing 787-8s to be upgraded first, and nine Boeing 787-9s following. The upgraded aircraft is set to enter service later in 2025. Viasat has provided in-flight connectivity…
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Columbia Sportswear and Intuitive Machines Expands Partnership for Next Lunar Mission
Columbia Sportswear continues to test the limits of its innovative technologies by expanding its partnership with space exploration company Intuitive Machines ahead of its historic second lunar launch later this month. Columbia’s Omni-Heat Infinity and Omni-Shade Sun Deflector technologies will help protect the lander from the extreme cold and hot temperatures in space and on…
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Indra Signs Contract to Provide a Low Space Orbit Surveillance Radar to the German Air Force
Following the German Parliament’s approval, Indra has signed a contract with the National Procurement Office (BAAINBw) of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) to provide the country’s air force, the Luftwaffe, with a last-generation radar capable of detecting objects in low space orbits. The system will protect satellites in service from potential impacts with debris from other missions orbiting at high speed in an uncontrolled manner that…
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True Anomaly Expands to Long Beach for Advanced Space Technology Development
True Anomaly Inc., the defense technology company developing advanced space superiority systems, announced its expansion into Southern California with a 90,000-square-foot factory in Long Beach. The factory will serve as the company’s footprint for new product development and vertical integration and include 20,000 square feet of office space for True Anomaly’s growing employee base. Long…
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Airbus Space Segment Logged Nearly $1.4B in Charges in 2024
Airbus logged another 300 million euros ($310 million) in charges on its Space programs in the fourth quarter 2024 after completing an in-depth technical review of its Space segment. In total, the Space segment took 1.3 billion ($1.36 billion) euros in charges during the year, some of which were previously reported. Airbus reported its full…
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SDA to Re-Bid Tyvak’s Contract for 10 Gamma T2TL Satellites After Viasat Protest
The Space Development Agency will cancel a contract with Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems and issue a new solicitation for 10 spacecraft following a bid protest by Viasat. Viasat filed a suit in September in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims related to the August 2024 SDA awards to Tyvak and York Space Systems to build and…
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Hughes to Deploy hiSky Solution for Remote Connectivity in Brazil
Hughes Network Systems is using hiSky satellite terminals to deploy remote connectivity to 400 remote solar energy sites in Brazil, the company announced on Feb. 19. Hughes’ customer plans to deploy autonomous solar energy sites in the Amazon region to bring renewable energy to families and small communities. Hughes will be using the hiSky communication…
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Kuiper Belt Exploration
The Kuiper Belt is a vast, disc-shaped region that lies beyond the orbit of Neptune, spanning distances from approximately 30 to 55 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. This region serves as a repository of ancient materials, holding countless small icy objects, comets, and dwarf planets such as Pluto, Haumea, and Makemake. This remote and…
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Sen: capturing Earth’s beauty from space in 4K
Sen is on a mission to democratize space through the use of high-quality video from above the Earth. The cameras it has launched into space so far include a free 4K video livestream from the International Space Station (ISS). NSF recently spoke with the company’s CEO, Charles Black, who hopes these views will be accessed…