Tag: Space
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SpaceX launches 10th crewed mission, third fully commercial flight
SpaceX on Sunday evening launched a commercial mission to the International Space Station carrying four people, including former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. This “Axiom-2” mission was commanded by Whitson and carried a paying customer named John Shoffner, who served as pilot, as well as two Saudi Arabian mission specialists, Ali al-Qarni and Rayyanah Barnawi. Shoffner…
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Once again, NASA leans into the future by picking an innovative lunar lander
NASA on Friday announced its selection of Blue Origin to build a second Human Landing System for its Artemis program to return to the Moon. The space company, founded by Jeff Bezos, will lead the development of a fully reusable lander that could take flight as soon as the end of this decade. The fixed…
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Rocket Report: Canada places premium on a spaceport, Lueders heads to Starbase
Welcome to Edition 5.39 of the Rocket Report! Weather permitting, SpaceX has a busy weekend of launch ahead. The company has two launches within nine hours of one another on Friday, and then the crewed launch of the Ax-2 private mission on Sunday. Safe travels to all. As always, we welcome reader submissions, and if…
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Rocket Report: Canada places premium on a spaceport, Lueders heads to Starbase
Welcome to Edition 5.39 of the Rocket Report! Weather permitting, SpaceX has a busy weekend of launch ahead. The company has two launches within nine hours of one another on Friday, and then the crewed launch of the Ax-2 private mission on Sunday. Safe travels to all. As always, we welcome reader submissions, and if…
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Allen Institute takes on a supporting role in experiment to grow stem cells in space
A live colony of human induced pluripotent stem cells fills the screen of a microscope. (Allen Institute Photo) Space: The final frontier … for stem cells? Seattle’s Allen Institute for Cell Science says cells from its collection are going into space for the first time on a private mission to the International Space Station. The…
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Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery
The Department of Defense envisions linking multiple ground communication systems with diverse satellite networks. (Photo via Defense Innovation Unit) Can a chatbot help Pentagon planners find the satellite data they need to understand what’s happening in a global hotspot? Microsoft Azure Space recently showed the U.S. military how an application beefed up with AI could…
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William Shatner describes ‘overwhelming sadness’ he felt for Earth in his Blue Origin flight to space
William Shatner stares out from Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship during his flight last October. (Blue Origin Photo) William Shatner’s journey to the final frontier aboard a Blue Origin spaceship last fall seemed like the perfect opportunity to strike profound joy and celebration into a man who had played a space traveler on TV…
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Seattle nonprofit aims to expose underrepresented youth to space industry careers
Deena Pierott, founder of iUrban Teen. From Boeing to Blue Origin, the Seattle region is a bustling aerospace hub. Now a Seattle-based nonprofit wants to help expose underrepresented youth to the industry and potential careers. iUrban Teen is hosting its first iSpace Summit on July 30 featuring leading space industry partners such as Virgin Galactic,…
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How the Star Trek saga blazed new trails for space exploration — with a hand from superfan Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos celebrates after his Blue Origin spaceflight in 2021, at left, and plays it cool as a Starfleet officer in the 2016 film “Star Trek Beyond.” (Photos: Blue Origin / Paramount via Justin Lin) Over the course of five decades, advances in space science and exploration have changed the Star Trek saga — but…
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory partners with U.S. Space Force to train cybersecurity workers
Students who participate in CHIRP will spend a week at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducting realistic cyber experiments in facilities such as PNNL’s Cybersecurity Operations Center. (Andrea Starr / PNNL Photo) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is collaborating with the U.S. Space Force to address the gap in cybersecurity professionals working on space-related technology.…