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NASA, Boeing Making Progress on Starliner, but Thruster Issues Persist
Boeing and NASA are making significant progress in addressing issues identified during the 2024 test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, although concerns about the spacecraft’s thrusters remain unresolved, according to an independent NASA safety panel. Paul Hill, a member of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), provided an update during a public meeting on…
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India Launches New Navigation Satellite, NVS-02, in First Mission of 2025
India marked its first space launch of the year late Tuesday, successfully sending a new-generation navigation satellite into orbit. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk II lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 7:53 p.m. Eastern (0053 UTC), carrying the NVS-02 satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The NVS-02 is the second satellite in…
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Trump and Musk Criticize Biden Administration Over Astronauts’ ISS Stay, Amid Ongoing Plans for Return
President Donald Trump has called on SpaceX to bring two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, back from the International Space Station (ISS) “as soon as possible,” despite plans already being in place for their return in the coming months. Trump’s remarks sparked confusion in the space industry, with questions raised about the timing…
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Planet Secures $230 Million Commercial Deal for Pelican Satellite Fleet
Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced the signing of a multi-year $230 million agreement to expand its partnership with a long-standing, Asia-Pacific commercial partner. Pursuant to the agreement, Planet will build and deliver a constellation of new Pelican high resolution satellites, securing certain capacity on the satellites…
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U.S. Space Force Faces Payload Processing Bottleneck Amid Commercial Space Growth
As the commercial space industry continues its rapid expansion, the U.S. Space Force is encountering a critical challenge: inadequate facilities to process satellites ahead of launch. Despite having the capacity to handle more rocket launches, officials warn that the limited space for payload processing at major spaceports is becoming a significant bottleneck in operations. Brig.…
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SpaceX Launches SpainSat Military Communications Mission for Hisdesat
SpaceX launched the communications satellite SpainSat NG I on Wednesday, Jan. 29. for Hisdesat. The Falcon 9 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 8:34 p.m. ET., launching the satellite to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). This was the 21st and final flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster. Airbus Defence & Space and…
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Bennu asteroid samples yield watery history, key molecules for life
A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers, and spruce forest near the town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of March 31, 1965. Fragments of this meteorite, discovered by beaver trappers, fell over a lake. A layer of ice saved them from the depths and allowed scientists a peek…
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Thales Alenia Space Wins ESA Argonaut Deal for Lunar Cargo Delivery
Thales Alenia Space has signed a large, new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to spearhead Europe’s plans to have better and autonomous access to the Moon. The contract, worth 862 million euros ($898 million), is for ESA’s Argonaut Mission. Planned to launch from the 2030s, Argonaut will deliver cargo, infrastructure and scientific instruments…
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Array Labs Teams with Raytheon and Umbra Space on 3D Imaging
Silicon Valley’s Array Labs — a four-year-old startup that aims to field a constellation of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) three dimensional, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) cube satellites with 20 centimeter x 20 centimeter x 5 centimeter resolutions — has teamed with Umbra Space, and RTX‘s Raytheon business “to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced 3D Earth observation…