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ISS Resupply Mission Includes Expanded Drug-Development Platform by Redwire
The latest resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched early Monday included new in-space drug development technology by Redwire. Redwire launched a high-volume industrial crystallizer that is capable of processing up to 200 times the volume of samples than its previous platform for in-space pharmaceutical development, PIL-BOX. Redwire said the goal is to…
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5 of our favorite photos taken by Don Pettit while on the ISS
Image: Don Pettit 2. Milky Way We’ve all seen the jaw-dropping long exposures of the night sky out in the deserts where no light pollution can hide the view of our Milky Way galaxy. In space, the brightness of the Earth can usually make it hard to see the stars. However, using a tracker brought…
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L3Harris Expands Indiana Facility to Support America’s Golden Dome
L3Harris Technologies has completed a $125 million expansion at its space manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne to support the Department of Defense urgent need for on-orbit technology to defend the homeland by building a “Golden Dome” around the United States. L3Harris’ investment in facilities in Indiana will enable these strategic capabilities to be delivered in…
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Launch Roundup: China launches crew, Falcon 9 launches Bandwagon rideshare and 250th Starlink mission
This week, China has launched three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 had four flights scheduled, with its third Bandwagon rideshare mission followed by three more Starlink missions, including its 250th dedicated Starlink flight. United Launch Alliance successfully launched its first batch of operational Kuiper satellites aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket.…
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SpaceX Launches Third Bandwagon Mission to Mid-Inclination Orbit
SpaceX launched the third Bandwagon rideshare mission on Monday evening, launching satellites for Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Tomorrow.io, and Atmos Space Cargo. Bandwagon is a SpaceX rideshare mission series that launches to mid-inclination orbit, while the Transporter rideshare missions launch to a Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The Falcon 9 mission lifted off at…
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ULA Reschedules Amazon Kuiper Launch for April 28
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is now planning for the first full-scale launch for Amazon Project Kuiper on Monday April 28, at 7 p.m. ET. The mission was set to launch earlier this month on April 9, but was scrubbed due to weather. The Atlas V launch will be the first full-scale launch of Amazon’s broadband…
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NanoAvionics Secures €122.5M Contract to Build 280 Satellites for Meridian Space
Meridian Space, SpinLaunch’s next-generation satellite communication solution, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics as its exclusive satellite supplier for the initial tranche of its low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellation under a contract valued at 122.5M EUR. The partnership between SpinLaunch and NanoAvionics includes two prototypes, one of which is an in-orbit demonstrator (IOD) mission planned for…
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Thales Alenia Space Securess €51 Million Contract to Extend EGNOS Service Life
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, has signed a new contract worth €51 million with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) to extend the operational life of the European Satellite-Based Augmentation System (EGNOS). Named LIFEX 1 (Life Extension Phase 1), this contract will ensure that EGNOS V2 continues…
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Space Forge’s ForgeStar-1 Commences Orbiting Journey for In-space Manufacturing Mission
Cardiff-based Space Forge, headquartered in Florida and the U.S. subsidiary of the UK-based leader in in-space manufacturing, has shipped ForgeStar-1 – made in Wales and the UK’s first In-Space Advanced Manufacturing (ISAM) mission – to the U.S. ahead of launch later this year, in a landmark moment for the UK space sector and advanced materials…
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China to carry out intensive space missions in 2025
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) holds a press conference on the upcoming 10th Space Day of China in Beijing, capital of China, April 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang) BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) — China will carry out intensive space missions, including Tianwen-2 for asteroid exploration, in 2025, an official of the China National Space Administration…