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So what are we to make of the highly ambitious, private Polaris spaceflight?
A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell out of the night sky early on Sunday morning and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico not all that far from Key West. The darkened waters there were carefully chosen from among dozens of potential landing spots near Florida. This…
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Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth with splashdown in Gulf of Mexico
Update: Splashdown occurred at 3:37 a.m. EDT (0737 UTC) Dragon Resilience splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 15, 2024. Image: SpaceX. The Polaris Dawn crew closed out a record-setting commercial spaceflight and packed up Saturday for re-entry and a pre-dawn splashdown early Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico northwest of Key West,…
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NASA and ESA missions unexpectedly collaborate to reveal what accelerates solar winds
As the solar wind moves away from the Sun, it cools slower than expected and accelerates. Where the energy that powers this phenomenon comes from has long been unknown. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter, when they coincidentally lined up to observe the same solar wind stream, provided scientists…
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Polaris Dawn returns home after landmark commercial spaceflight
After a historic mission, the Polaris Dawn mission, flown by Crew Dragon Resilience with private astronauts, has successfully splashed down off the Florida coast. Polaris Dawn, which made history with the highest altitude attained by a crewed spacecraft since 1972, and the first commercial spacewalk, returned to Earth early on Sunday, Sept. 15. The Crew Dragon…
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Navy captains don’t like abandoning ship—but with Starliner, the ship left them
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are no strangers to time away from their families. Both are retired captains in the US Navy, served in war zones, and are veterans of previous six-month stays on the International Space Station. When they launched to the space station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on June 5, the…
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Starlink Lands United Deal for the Airline’s Full Fleet
United Airlines tapped Starlink as its in-flight connectivity (IFC) provider, announcing a deal on Friday to equip the airline’s entire fleet with Starlink and offer the service to passengers for free. United said this deal covers all aircraft, both mainline and regional, which is more than 1,000 planes. Installation will take place over the next…
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Starlink Lands United Deal for the Airline’s Full Fleet
United Airlines tapped Starlink as its in-flight connectivity (IFC) provider, announcing a deal on Friday to equip the airline’s entire fleet with Starlink and offer the service to passengers for free. United said this deal covers all aircraft, both mainline and regional, which is more than 1,000 planes. Installation will take place over the next…
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Telesat Finalizes Lightspeed Financing With Canadian, Quebec Governments
Telesat completed its Lightspeed funding agreements with the government of Canada and the government of Quebec, the operator announced Friday. Telesat now has the financing sources in place to fund Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network including manufacturing and launching the satellites. As previously announced, the government of Canada will loan $2.14 billion Canadian dollars and…
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Telesat Finalizes Lightspeed Financing With Canadian, Quebec Governments
Telesat completed its Lightspeed funding agreements with the government of Canada and the government of Quebec, the operator announced Friday. Telesat now has the financing sources in place to fund Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network including manufacturing and launching the satellites. As previously announced, the government of Canada will loan $2.14 billion Canadian dollars and…
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