Tag: Launch
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NASA to Host Media Event About Artemis Moon Mission Recovery
NASA and the Department of Defense will host a media event on the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II astronauts and the agency’s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year’s mission around the Moon. The in-person event will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Monday, March 31, at Naval Base San…
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Firefly Aerospace & Honeybee Robotics Team Up for 2028 Gruithuisen Domes Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace and Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company, announced Honeybee was contracted by Firefly to provide the lunar rover for the company’s recently awarded NASA task order to explore the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. Once deployed on the Moon by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander, Honeybee’s rover will carry NASA…
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NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 32nd Resupply Launch to Space Station
Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Monday, April 21, to launch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in…
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Türksat to Use Eutelsat’s KONNECT VHTS for In-Flight Connectivity Across Europe
Eutelsat Group, a global leader in satellite communications, delivering connectivity and broadcast services worldwide, and Türksat announce a new multi-million-dollar, multi-year agreement between for Ka band services on Eutelsat’s KONNECT VHTS satellite. Under the agreement, Türksat will leverage multiple beams over Europe to provide services to airlines. Türksat is one of the world’s leading satellite…
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Arianespace to launch ESA’s Biomass satellite on April 29, 2025 with Vega C
Arianespace, a leading company of space industry that designs and deploys space transportation services for all types of satellites, to all orbits, announced to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer Biomass satellite from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on Tuesday April 29th, 2025, at 6:15 a.m. local time (09:15 a.m. UTC, 11:15 a.m.…
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ESA finally has a commercial launch strategy, but will member states pay?
The European Space Agency is inviting proposals to inject competition into the European launch market, an important step toward fostering a dynamic multiplayer industry officials hope, one day, will mimic that of the United States. The near-term plan for the European Launcher Challenge is for ESA to select companies for service contracts to transport ESA…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission
After completing a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts will discuss their science mission during a postflight news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, March 31, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Following the news conference, the crew will be available for a limited number of individual interviews at…
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Pangea Aerospace Secures €23M to Advance Sustainable Rocket Propulsion
Pangea Aerospace, a startup specializing in the development of propulsion systems for the aerospace industry, has secured a €23 million Series A investment led by Hyperion Fund, which focuses on aerospace, cybersecurity, AI, and defense technologies. The round was backed by existing investors, including Primo Capital through its Primo Space Fund and CDTI Innvierte. Additionally,…
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As preps continue, it’s looking more likely that NASA will fly the Artemis II mission
Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System rocket into position between the vehicle’s two solid-fueled boosters. Working inside the iconic 52-story-tall Vehicle Assembly Building, ground teams used heavy-duty cranes to first lift the butterscotch orange core stage from its cradle in the…
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Blue Origin: Innovations Shaping the Future of Space Exploration and Commercialization
Founded in 2000, Blue Origin is a private aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Blue Origin focuses on developing advanced space technologies to enable safe and affordable access to space. The company specializes in satellite launch services, propulsion systems, payload deployment, and human spaceflight. With partnerships including NASA, and numerous aerospace…