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Dr. Mae Jemison, first Black woman in space, celebrates Kamala Harris becoming vice president
Read more →: Dr. Mae Jemison, first Black woman in space, celebrates Kamala Harris becoming vice presidentNASA astronaut Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to fly in space in 1992. Dr. Mae Jemison…
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Major Launch CEOs See a Saturated Market for Dedicated Micro Launchers
Read more →: Major Launch CEOs See a Saturated Market for Dedicated Micro LaunchersA screenshot of the launch panel at World Satellite Business Week Virtual Edition. Photo: Euroconsult While launch executives…
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Second cable in three months snaps at hurricane-damaged Arecibo Observatory
Read more →: Second cable in three months snaps at hurricane-damaged Arecibo ObservatoryBack in mid-August, an auxiliary cable that was part of the Arecibo Observatory broke, severely damaging the reflector…
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Raytheon Technologies to Acquire Small Satellite Company Blue Canyon
Read more →: Raytheon Technologies to Acquire Small Satellite Company Blue CanyonRaytheon Technologies has agreed to acquire a developer and manufacturer of small satellites and related components, Blue Canyon Technologies,…
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NASA may be $2 billion short of sending astronauts to the Moon by 2024
Read more →: NASA may be $2 billion short of sending astronauts to the Moon by 2024Today the Senate Appropriations Committee published a draft bill authorizing the 2021 budget for the U.S. government including…
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SpaceX completes another static fire of Starship leading up to its 15-km test flight
Read more →: SpaceX completes another static fire of Starship leading up to its 15-km test flightSpaceX has been pushing forward toward its 15-km hop of Starship SN8. Last night they took another step…
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Boeing Starliner orbital flight test do-over set for Q1 2021 pending improved software tests
Read more →: Boeing Starliner orbital flight test do-over set for Q1 2021 pending improved software testsNASA’s Commercial Crew Program for sending astronauts from the U.S. to the International Space Station includes two partners:…
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Jupiter’s radiation causes Europa to glow in the dark
Read more →: Jupiter’s radiation causes Europa to glow in the darkJupiter has 79 moons that we currently know about, but some are more interesting and hence studied more.…
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China sends 13 satellites into orbit with single rocket
Read more →: China sends 13 satellites into orbit with single rocketChina successfully sent 13 satellites into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province…
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Rocket Lab touts triple rocket launch vision in new ‘Resilient Space’ video
Read more →: Rocket Lab touts triple rocket launch vision in new ‘Resilient Space’ videoCalifornia-based, small sat launcher Rocket Lab released a video Sunday detailing its plan for a resilient space program.…
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SpaceX Crew-1 crew arrives at Kennedy Space Center ready to launch on Resilience
Read more →: SpaceX Crew-1 crew arrives at Kennedy Space Center ready to launch on ResilienceThe four crewmates that will be flying on this week’s crewed flight from Florida arrived Sunday at Kennedy…
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Eutelsat Hires Thales Exec Pascal Homsy as CTO
Read more →: Eutelsat Hires Thales Exec Pascal Homsy as CTOEutelsat has hired Pascal Homsy, head of Thales Alenia Space’s Space Telecommunications Business Line, as chief technical officer…