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Italian Space Agency Invests in In-Orbit Servicing Demonstration Led by Thales Alenia Space
Read more →: Italian Space Agency Invests in In-Orbit Servicing Demonstration Led by Thales Alenia SpaceThe Italian Space Agency (ASI) awarded a 235 million euro ($256 million) contract for an in-orbit servicing demonstration…
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Tesat to Build Quantum Key Payload for SES Eagle-1 Mission
Read more →: Tesat to Build Quantum Key Payload for SES Eagle-1 MissionTesat has joined SES’s team for the Eagle-1 quantum key distribution (QKD) satellite. SES announced last week that…
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Momentus Signs Launch Service Agreement with SpaceX on its Transporter Missions
Read more →: Momentus Signs Launch Service Agreement with SpaceX on its Transporter MissionsMomentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, signed a contract…
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Ariane 6’s first flight likely to slip into 2024
Read more →: Ariane 6’s first flight likely to slip into 2024Just over six months ago the European Space Agency (ESA) revealed the much-anticipated Ariane 6 would debut by…
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Overnight launch adds 56 more satellites to SpaceX’s Starlink fleet
Read more →: Overnight launch adds 56 more satellites to SpaceX’s Starlink fleetWatch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…
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Skylab at 50 – How the United States entered the space station era
Read more →: Skylab at 50 – How the United States entered the space station eraOn May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s first space station.…
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Chris Hadfield’s ‘Space Oddity’ cover, shot on the ISS, released to the world | This Day in Space (May 12, 2013)
Read more →: Chris Hadfield’s ‘Space Oddity’ cover, shot on the ISS, released to the world | This Day in Space (May 12, 2013)Creativity in space It’s easy to attempt to separate deeply creative fields like music from the scientific thinking…
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Vast attempting to leapfrog industry with the first commercial space station
Read more →: Vast attempting to leapfrog industry with the first commercial space stationWho is Vast? Founded in 2021 by Jed McCaleb, who made his billions in cryptocurrency, Vast aims to…
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SpaceX launches Starlink Group 5-9 to low Earth orbit
Read more →: SpaceX launches Starlink Group 5-9 to low Earth orbitSpaceX launched another batch of 56 Starlink internet communication satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) on Sunday, May…
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SES and TESAT to Develop Payload for Europe’s Pioneering Quantum Cryptography Satellite System
Read more →: SES and TESAT to Develop Payload for Europe’s Pioneering Quantum Cryptography Satellite SystemEAGLE-1 consortium lead SES announces a new key partner, TESAT, responsible for developing and integrating the Quantum Key…
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Saudi Astronauts Completes Intensive Training Program for the Mission to ISS
Read more →: Saudi Astronauts Completes Intensive Training Program for the Mission to ISSThe Saudi Space Commission (SCC) has confirmed that the Saudi astronauts are ready for the mission to the…
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This Week In Spaceflight – May 12
Read more →: This Week In Spaceflight – May 12In this week’s spaceflight news round-up, China’s reusable spaceplane has completed its second long-duration mission in orbit, with…