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A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Nov. 9 despite having only one of its two solar arrays deployed.

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Astra Space is laying off one-sixth of its workforce, a move the company’s leadership says is needed to focus its resources on production of spacecraft electric thrusters and development of a new launch vehicle.

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SpaceWERX awards 124 orbital prime contracts

Wednesday, 09 November 2022 09:11
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Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Nov 08, 2022
The SpaceWERX Orbital Prime program awarded 124 Phase 1 contracts from June 15 to Sept. 22, 2022, each with a five-month term valued at $250,000. Orbital Prime, which is the first space effort under the SpaceWERX Prime line of business, intends to invigorate the In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing, or ISAM, market using Active Debris Remediation as a use case for the foundational tec
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Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 08, 2022
The University of South Australia is collaborating with American and British partners to launch a Global Executive MBA in Defence and Space, the first program of its kind in Australia. Leveraging the growth of two key sectors and the recent AUKUS strategic alliance, the MBA will address critical skills gaps in defence and space and help build a pipeline of talent across Australia, the Unit
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2022
New research uses NASA satellite observations and advanced computing to chronicle wetlands lost (and found) around the globe. From Lake Pontchartrain to the Texas border, Louisiana has lost enough wetlands since the mid-1950s to cover the entire state of Rhode Island. Using a first-of-its-kind model, NASA-funded researchers quantified those wetlands losses at nearly 21 square miles (54 squ
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Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 08, 2022
The Land Surface Temperature Monitoring (LSTM) programme led by Airbus has successfully passed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The approval of this milestone with ESA confirms that the satellite design is compliant with all mission requirements ensuring that mission objectives and user needs will be met. LSTM is part of the Copernicus programme established to fulfil the need among Eur
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Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2022
Critical elements of a new instrument attached to the International Space Station (ISS) this summer, and designed to examine the chemical composition of atmospheric mineral dust, is powered by hardware from high-performance electronics company Alpha Data. Data gathered by the NASA instrument - called the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) - as the Space Station orbits E

Wireless power from space

Wednesday, 09 November 2022 06:57
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Miami (AFP) Nov 8, 2022
NASA again rescheduled its long-delayed uncrewed mission to the Moon on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Nicole churned toward the east coast of Florida, officials said. A launch attempt, which had been scheduled for November 14, will now take place on November 16, Jim Free, a senior official at the US space agency, said on Twitter. It is the third delay of the highly-anticipated launch in as m
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 09, 2022
CAPTOPM First License Granted Under Japan's Space Resources Act ispace, inc. (ispace), a global lunar exploration company with its headquarters in Japan and regional offices in the United States and Europe, announced that it has received a license from the Japanese government to conduct business activity on the moon as part of its first lunar mission. The approval, the first granted under
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New York NY (SPX) Nov 09, 2022
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation ("EO") data collection, has announced the completion of an ~5% investment in Officina Stellare ("OS"). This includes an option for Satellogic to expand its ownership to up to 12% in the next 36 months and the appointment of Emiliano Kargieman, CEO and Co-Founder of Satellogic, to the OS Board of Directors. O
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McLean VA (SPX) Nov 09, 2022
Intelsat, operator of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), is accepting applications to its Space STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) program from teenagers across the African continent. This partnership with MaxIQ Space chooses high school students from across the continent to be involved in an
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Beijing (XNA) Nov 09, 2022
China's next-generation rocket to carry humans is expected to make its maiden flight around 2027, said a project manager. Zhao Xinguo, a senior rocket designer and head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology's rocket development department, said the new rocket, which has yet to be named, is an important backbone in China's ambitious plan to place its astronauts on the moon.
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Beijing (XNA) Nov 09, 2022
As China's Tiangong space station recently completed its in-orbit assembly, the country's space medicine experts have started planning to set up a "space hospital" to serve astronauts, according to a leading scientist. "We are carrying out extensive research, experiments and tests on the ground to advance the preliminary work on a space hospital that can be deployed inside a manned spacecr

Subtropical Storm Nicole delays SpaceX launch

Wednesday, 09 November 2022 06:42
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Washington DC (UPI) Nov 8, 2021
SpaceX's next launch has been pushed back at least four days due to concerns about the recently formed Subtropical Storm Nicole. The company had been planning to launch its Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 satellites for the telecom company Intelsat from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force station on Tuesday. "Teams at the Cape are preparing for Tropical Storm Nicole and are now targetin
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