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Starliner completes OFT-2 test flight with White Sands landing
Read more →: Starliner completes OFT-2 test flight with White Sands landingAfter successfully rendezvousing and docking with the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing’s Starliner completed its mission, arriving back…
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NRO Awards Imagery Contracts to Maxar, BlackSky, and Planet Worth Billions
Read more →: NRO Awards Imagery Contracts to Maxar, BlackSky, and Planet Worth BillionsThe National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awarded contracts to Maxar Technologies, BlackSky, and Planet, for satellite imagery worth billions…
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory partners with U.S. Space Force to train cybersecurity workers
Read more →: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory partners with U.S. Space Force to train cybersecurity workersStudents who participate in CHIRP will spend a week at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducting realistic cyber…
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‘Touchdown Starliner!’ Boeing’s space taxi lands in New Mexico after first robotic trip to space station
Read more →: ‘Touchdown Starliner!’ Boeing’s space taxi lands in New Mexico after first robotic trip to space stationA ground crew checks out Boeing’s Starliner capsule after its landing. (NASA via YouTube) Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space…
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SpaceX launches fifth Transporter rideshare mission
Read more →: SpaceX launches fifth Transporter rideshare missionA Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the Transporter 5 mission. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now /…
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NRO strikes multibillion-dollar deals with BlackSky, Maxar and Planet for spy satellite imagery
Read more →: NRO strikes multibillion-dollar deals with BlackSky, Maxar and Planet for spy satellite imageryAn artist’s conception shows one of BlackSky’s satellites in orbit. (Black Sky Illustration) Three satellite imaging companies are…
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TCOM Subcontracts Spire Global for Weather Forecasts at Aerostat Sites
Read more →: TCOM Subcontracts Spire Global for Weather Forecasts at Aerostat SitesSpire Global has received a five-year, multimillion-dollar award to provide weather forecasts for TCOM, an intelligence, surveillance, and…
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Japanese Air Force Awards LeoLabs Multimillion-Dollar Contract for Situational Awareness Software
Read more →: Japanese Air Force Awards LeoLabs Multimillion-Dollar Contract for Situational Awareness SoftwareLeoLabs’ space situational awareness software will support the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) under a new multimillion-dollar…
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In its second year, Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator boosts 10 far-out startups
Read more →: In its second year, Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator boosts 10 far-out startupsArtwork shows the Nyx spacecraft during atmospheric re-entry. (Illustration via The Exploration Company) For the 10 startups participating…
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SpaceX swapping heat shield for next crew flight due to ‘manufacturing defect’
Read more →: SpaceX swapping heat shield for next crew flight due to ‘manufacturing defect’SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft after splashdown May 6, with its heat shield displayed toward the camera. Credit: NASA/Aubrey…
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Starliner spacecraft cleared for undocking and re-entry
Read more →: Starliner spacecraft cleared for undocking and re-entryBoeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Astronauts on the International Space Station closed…
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Mitsubishi Electric Develops Technology to 3D Print Satellite Antennas in Space
Read more →: Mitsubishi Electric Develops Technology to 3D Print Satellite Antennas in SpaceMitsubishi Electric Corporation announced Tuesday that it has developed an additive manufacturing technology to 3D print satellite antennas…