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China’s manned lunar exploration program under steady progress
China aims to land its astronauts on the moon before 2030 for scientific exploration. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Monday that the country has been steadily advancing the lunar landing phase of its manned lunar exploration program. By 2025, China’s manned space program will focus on two major tasks: the application and…
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NASA Announces Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Second Private Moon Landing
Intuitive Machines, carrying NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations, is targeting their Moon landing no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6. The company’s Nova-C lunar lander is slated to land in Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s South Pole, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and…
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Starlab Proceeds to Full Development After Successfully Completing Key NASA Milestone
Starlab Space LLC has cleared a major milestone in its commercial space station development, successfully completing the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in collaboration with NASA, an important step toward full-scale production. The completion of the PDR and an exacting level 1 safety review signify that the station’s architecture, systems and integration plans are ready to…
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Sidus Space Celebrates One Year Orbital Anniversary for LizzieSat-1
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced the one-year orbital anniversary of LizzieSat-1 (LS-1), celebrating 365 days of operational success and technological advancements. Since its launch, LS-1 has demonstrated exceptional capabilities, generating revenue through advanced software applications and reinforcing Sidus’ position at the forefront of space technology. A Year of Innovation and Impact…
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Albedo Secures AFRL STRATFI Award to Advance VLEO Space Capabilities
Albedo, soon to be the first commercial company to operate in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), has been selected for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) opportunity by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), with potential funding of up to $12 million. The contract will provide AFRL with Albedo’s unique dataset on how U.S. Government space…
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Jeff Bezos brings Amazon work culture to Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos has moved to introduce a tough Amazon-like approach to his rocket maker Blue Origin, as the world’s third-richest person seeks to revive a company that has lagged behind Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The space company’s founder and sole shareholder has pushed to shift its internal culture with management hires from Amazon, while implementing policies…
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Myriota Unveils 5G-Compliant HyperPulse for Ultra-Low Power IoT Connectivity
Myriota, the provider of global satellite-based connectivity optimized for IoT devices, announces the availability of its groundbreaking 5G-compliant Myriota HyperPulse network running on Nordic Semiconductor low-power cellular IoT solutions. The partnership delivers end-to-end 5G NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) standards-based connectivity solutions for battery-constrained IoT. The two companies are closely aligned in delivering ultra-low power IoT services…
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NASA just lost yet another one of its low-cost planetary missions
Since the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft launched in late February as a rideshare spacecraft along with a Falcon 9 launch, NASA has been providing a series of increasingly worrisome updates about the health of the small orbiter. Trailblazer appears to be spinning and out of contact with engineers back on Earth. In an update published on…
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Redwire Selected by ESA to Develop Concept for Next-Generation Mars Spacecraft
Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has been awarded a study contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conceptualize a spacecraft platform that could be delivered to Mars as a part of ESA LightShip initiative. Redwire’s wholly-owned Belgian subsidiary, Redwire Space NV, has been…
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Butch Wilmore says Elon Musk is “absolutely factual” on Dragon’s delayed return
Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are due to return home on a Crew Dragon spacecraft in a couple of weeks. For two of the crew members, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, it has been a long, strange trip. To recap: Wilmore and Williams launch on the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft…