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RTX’s Next-Generation Imagers Launched with Maxar’s WorldView Legion Satellites
Read more →: RTX’s Next-Generation Imagers Launched with Maxar’s WorldView Legion SatellitesTwo next-generation imaging instruments designed by Raytheon, an RTX business, launched as part of Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellites.…
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First crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi postponed due to valve issue
Read more →: First crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi postponed due to valve issueBoeing’s Starliner space taxi sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, ready for liftoff from Cape…
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L3Harris Selected by Millennium Space Systems to Build Eight Infrared Payloads for SDA
Read more →: L3Harris Selected by Millennium Space Systems to Build Eight Infrared Payloads for SDAL3Harris Technologies has received a contract from Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, to build eight infrared payloads…
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Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance Plan FireSat Constellation to Target Wildfires
Read more →: Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance Plan FireSat Constellation to Target WildfiresMuon Space and Earth Fire Alliance are working together to build a new satellite constellation to aid in…
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China’s first precipitation measurement satellite starts operation
Read more →: China’s first precipitation measurement satellite starts operationChina’s first precipitation measurement satellite in a low-inclination orbit, the Fengyun-3G (FY-3G), was officially put into operation on…
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China launches Chang’e-6 to retrieve samples from moon’s far side
Read more →: China launches Chang’e-6 to retrieve samples from moon’s far sideA Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-6 spacecraft, blasted off from its launchpad at the Wenchang Space Launch…
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Ship 30 set to Static Fire next week as Flight 4 Preparations Continue
Read more →: Ship 30 set to Static Fire next week as Flight 4 Preparations ContinueSpaceX has rolled out Ship 30 to complete its engine testing campaign and has completed Booster 13’s cryogenic…
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NASA hasn’t landed on the Moon in decades—China just sent its third in six years
Read more →: NASA hasn’t landed on the Moon in decades—China just sent its third in six yearsChina is going back to the Moon for more samples. On Friday the country launched its largest rocket,…
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News from the Press Site: Boeing approaches first astronaut mission with Starliner
Read more →: News from the Press Site: Boeing approaches first astronaut mission with StarlinerIn this week’s edition of News from the Press Site, Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith is joined by Rachel…
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AI in space: Karpathy suggests AI chatbots as interstellar messengers to alien civilizations
Read more →: AI in space: Karpathy suggests AI chatbots as interstellar messengers to alien civilizationsOn Thursday, renowned AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, formerly of OpenAI and Tesla, tweeted a lighthearted proposal that large…
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China’s Lunar Mission: Expert outlines the goals of Chang’e-6 moon mission
Read more →: China’s Lunar Mission: Expert outlines the goals of Chang’e-6 moon missionGe Ping, a key official at the China National Space Administration, has the details about the Chang-e-6 mission.…
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China Lunar Exploration: How the country’s most powerful carrier rocket, the Long March-5, is assembled
Read more →: China Lunar Exploration: How the country’s most powerful carrier rocket, the Long March-5, is assembledChina’s most powerful carrier rocket, the Long March-5, is crucial to the launch of the Chang’e 6 mission.…