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ULA’s Vulcan rocket shot for the Moon on debut launch—and hit a bullseye
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—Right out of the gate, United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket chased perfection. The Vulcan launcher hit its marks after lifting off from Florida’s Space Coast for the first time early Monday, successfully deploying a commercial robotic lander on a journey to the Moon and keeping ULA’s unblemished success record intact. “Yeehaw! I…
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UAE’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre to Provide Airlock for NASA’s Gateway Program
NASA and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced plans for the space center to provide an airlock for Gateway, humanity’s first space station that will orbit the Moon. The lunar space station will support NASA’s missions for long-term exploration of the Moon under Artemis for the benefit of…
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Kratos and Rancher Partner for Virtual Ground Systems Deployment Using OpenSpace Platform
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in Defense, National Security, and Global Markets, and Rancher Government Solutions, the provider company of enterprise Kubernetes management solutions to the U.S. Government, announced a strategic partnership to enable customers to seamlessly deploy and scale virtual ground systems using Kratos’ software-based OpenSpace Platform. With increasingly complex and…
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Astrobotic’s moon lander suffers failure in propulsion system, putting mission at risk
An artist’s conception shows Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander with Earth in the background. (Astrobotic via YouTube) Hours after the launch of its commercial moon lander, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic reported a failure within the robotic spacecraft’s propulsion system that could rule out a soft landing. “Unfortunately, it appears the failure within the propulsion system is causing a critical…
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The first Vulcan rocket launches commercial moon lander from Cape Canaveral
Watch live coverage as the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket will launches on its inaugural flight with the Peregrine commercial robotic lunar lander for Astrobotic. Peregrine will carry multiple experiments, scientific instruments, and tech demo payloads for NASA and other customers. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
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First Vulcan rocket launches commercial moon lander with a boost from Blue Origin
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad. (NASA via YouTube) Update: Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander fell back to Earth 10 days after launch due to a propellant leak that ruled out a moon landing. United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off for the first time tonight, making use…
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Peregrine lander suffers propulsion ‘anomaly,’ Moon landing seemingly unlikely
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander in the clean room at Astrotech in Titusville, Florida. The spacecraft was the main payload onboard the first launch of ULA’s Vulcan rocket. Image: ULA In situation seemly pulled from a science fiction movie, a robotic mission to the Moon swung from the brink of failure to having renewed hope before…
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ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket Makes its Debut
Vulcan Centaur, the next-generation heavy-lift rocket from United Launch Alliance, made its debut early Monday morning. It was a successful first launch for the long-awaited rocket — but the customer spacecraft from Astrobotic experienced a propulsion failure after deployment. The Vulcan mission took off on Jan. 8 at 2:18 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41…
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MegaPhase Introduces Thermal Vacuum Cables for Altitude Testing Operating up to 50 GHz
MegaPhase, an industry leader that designs, manufactures, and markets high-performance radio frequency (RF) coaxial cables and connectors for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), has introduced Thermal VAC Test Cables up to 50 GHz. Thermal VAC microwave test cables are specifically designed for testing space and airborne systems and components and offer a maximum frequency of 50…
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NOAA Awards Spire Global $9.4M Radio Occultation Data Buy
The National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) awarded Spire Global a $9.4 million data buy for radio occultation (RO) data for an 8-month period. This award is part of NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Program for RO data. Spire has provided data to the agency since 2016, and also received a $2.8 million contract from NOAA…