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NASA cancels half-billion dollar water-ice-seeking VIPER Moon rover
NASA’s VIPER – short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover – sits assembled inside the cleanroom at the agency’s Johnson Space Center. Image: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas NASA announced Wednesday it was pulling the plug on the VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project. It was the second time in less than a decade, NASA…
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Intuitive Machines Successfully Qualifies its VR900 Engine for IM-2 Lunar Mission
Intuitive Machines, one of the leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services companies, has qualified the VR900 engine for its IM-2 lunar mission, which also advances the development of the Company’s VR3500 engine for larger cargo class landers. Designed, 3D-printed, and tested in-house, the IM-2 VR900 engine completed a full-duration hot-fire test that confirmed increased engine…
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Maxar Releases the First WorldView Legion Images
Maxar Intelligence released the first set of images from its new WorldView Legion satellites. The images released Thursday show the 30 cm-class imagery capabilities of the satellites, capturing views of San Francisco and Sacramento, California. This is a major milestone for Maxar’s next-generation imagery constellation. These first two satellites launched in May after years of…
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LeoLabs to Provide Support for UK’s First Intelligence and Surveillance Satellite in Low Earth Orbit
LeoLabs, one of the leading providers of integrated solutions that persistently monitor activity in space to reveal threats to safety and security, announced it was selected to support the launch and operations of the United Kingdom (UK) Space Command’s Project Tyche by delivering space tracking and monitoring, and collision avoidance services. Tyche, scheduled to launch…
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Elon Musk says SpaceX and X will relocate their headquarters to Texas
Elon Musk said Tuesday that he will move the headquarters of SpaceX and his social media company X from California to Texas in response to a new gender identity law signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Musk’s announcement, made via a post on X, follows his decision in 2021 to move the headquarters of the…
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Firefly Aerospace CEO Bill Weber Leaves the Company
Firefly Aerospace is looking for a new CEO after the launcher’s board of directors announced July 17 that CEO Bill Weber is no longer with the company. This news comes after space media outlet Payload reported this week that the company is investigating allegations of an inappropriate relationship between Weber and a female employee. The…
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Cobham Satcom Launches New Sea Tel Antenna for Maritime Market
Cobham Satcom is launching a new antenna for the maritime market, specifically designed for cruise ships and mega yachts. The Sea Tel 370s TV is Cobham Satcom’s second new TVRO launch in as many months. The 3.7 meter Sea Tel 370s TV aims to expand onboard access to the highest quality programming anywhere in the…
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iLAuNCH Trailblazer Project Advances Space Tech with Onshore Manufacturing of New Space Camera
The Australian defence and space industry is set to achieve onshore manufacturing of new eye in the sky technology, a space camera that can provide images back to Earth at high speed that will aid in disaster resilience operations, land management, and defence. This multi-sensor camera for Earth observation is now in development with Leonardo,…
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Vaya Space receives pathfinding liquid oxygen tank shell for its Dauntless rocket
A liquid oxygen tank shell was delivered from Scorpius Space Launch Company in California to Vaya Space in Florida on Monday, July 15, 2024. This will serve as a pathfinding test article as Vaya Space continues working on its forthcoming Dauntless rocket. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now A delivery from California to Florida on Monday marked…
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Axelspace Debuts AxelLiner Laboratory to Test Space Components
Japanese satellite manufacturer Axelspace is debuting a new service for in-orbit demonstration of space components, called AxelLiner Laboratory or AL Lab. The service allocates space on Axelspace’s 100 kg-class microsatellites to customers for their in-orbit demonstration equipment. Axelspace said that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has provided in-orbit demonstration opportunties through the Innovative Satellite…