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Copernical Team

Copernical Team

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Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 06, 2022
Six microsatellites developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) were successfully launched by the SpaceX Transporter-5 rideshare mission on May 25. The three GHGSat greenhouse gas monitoring and three HawkEye 360 radio frequency (RF) geolocation microsatellites bring to 36 the total number of SFL-built satellites placed into orbit since 2020. "SFL congratulates GHGSat and HawkEye 360 for th
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Houston TX (SPX) Jun 06, 2022
Officials of space and defense technology company Aegis Aerospace Inc. and pioneering space company Intuitive Machines yesterday formally announced they have entered into the first Texas-based business-to-business contract to deliver a commercial science payload to the Moon. This unique agreement extends Aegis Aerospace's Space Testing as a Service (STaaS) business model from Earth orbit t
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Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 06, 2022
The upcoming Shenzhou-14 crewed space mission will complete the construction of the Tiangong space station, with a basic three-module structure consisting of the core module Tianhe and the lab modules Wentian and Mengtian, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Saturday. The mission will build the space station into a national space laboratory, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy direct
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 06, 2022
Engineers successfully fired a 2-foot-diameter, subscale solid rocket booster June 1, 2022, at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The test, conducted in Marshall's East Test Area, produced 92,000 pounds of thrust and was done as part of the booster obsolescence and life extension (BOLE) program, providing an upgraded booster design for the evolved configuration of
Monday, 06 June 2022 09:30

Mars is all shook up

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Perth, Australia (SPX) Jun 06, 2022
Recently, 47 new 'marsquakes' (that is, quakes on Mars) have been detected by Professor Hrvoje Tkalcic from the Australian National University and Professor Weijia Sun from the Chinese Academy of Science. The discovery suggests Mars to be more seismically active than previously thought. The findings also provide clues about the composition of Mars and how other rocky planets in our Solar S
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A rocket carrying three astronauts on a mission to China's new space station was launched Sunday
A rocket carrying three astronauts on a mission to China's new space station was launched Sunday.

Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the country's space station on Sunday, the Chinese space agency for human flights said, the latest stride in Beijing's aim to become a major space power.

The trio blasted off in a Long March-2F rocket at 0244 GMT from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China's Gobi desert, reported state broadcaster CCTV.

The team is tasked with "completing in-orbit assembly and construction of the space station", as well as "commissioning of equipment" and conducting , state-run CGTN said Saturday.

The astronauts entered the central module of the Tiangong station at around 1250 GMT, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said. The journey took about "seven hours of flight", CCTV reported.

Tiangong, which means "heavenly palace", is expected to become fully operational by the end of the year.

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Beijing (AFP) June 5, 2022
Three Chinese astronauts docked at the country's space station on Sunday, the state broadcaster said, marking a new milestone in Beijing's drive to become a major space power. The trio blasted off in a Long March-2F rocket at 0244 GMT from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China's Gobi desert, said broadcaster CCTV. The team is tasked with "completing in-orbit assembly and const
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China launches mission to complete space station assembly
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying China's Shenzhou 14 spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sunday, June 5, 2022. China on Sunday launched the new three-person mission to complete work on its permanent orbiting space station. Credit: Li Gang/Xinhua via AP

China on Sunday launched a new three-person mission to complete assembly work on its permanent orbiting space station.

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Beijing (AFP) June 5, 2022
China on Sunday launched a rocket carrying three astronauts on a mission to complete construction on its new space station, the latest milestone in Beijing's drive to become a major space power. The trio blasted off in a Long March-2F rocket at (0244 GMT) from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China's Gobi desert, said state broadcaster CCTV, with the team to spend six months expandi
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In this still image taken from a Blue Origin broadcast, a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launches from Launch Site One in West T
In this still image taken from a Blue Origin broadcast, a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launches from Launch Site One in West Texas for the company's fifth crewed mission.

Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin flew six tourists into space for a 10-minute ride Saturday, successfully carrying out its fifth crewed mission.

The white spacecraft called New Shepard lifted off with a roar from a desert spot in west Texas at 8:26 local time (1326 GMT).

The crew hooted with glee as the rocket reached space, a Blue Origin webcast showed.

The flight included engineer Katya Echazarreta, who at 26 became the youngest American woman in space. The Guadalajara native also became the first Mexican-born woman to go into space.

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