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American, Japanese robotic landers share rocket launch to the Moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander pictured atop a bespoke payload canister, which encased ispace’s Resilience lunar lander prior to encapsulation inside SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings. Image: SpaceX For the first time in lunar exploration, two robotic landers, from two different nations launched to the Moon on one rocket. But despite Texas-based Firefly Aerospace…
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20th Anniversary of Huygens Probe Landing on Titan Marks Space Exploration Milestone
On January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe made history by becoming the first spacecraft to land on Titan, Saturn’s largest and most mysterious moon. This spectacular achievement, the result of exemplary international collaboration, pushed back the frontiers of interplanetary exploration and stands today as an unprecedented feat of engineering and science. A Historic Journey to…
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US Space Force Awards Slingshot Aerospace $2M Contract for GPS Jamming and Spoofing Detection
Slingshot Aerospace was awarded $1.9 million from the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to develop Slingshot’s GPS jamming and spoofing detection for international security, the company announced Jan.15. The new program, PNT-SENTINEL (Positioning, Navigation, and Timing – Secure Electronic Navigation Threat Intelligence and Location), gives Slingshot funding to improve the company’s existing…
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NASA Opens Media Accreditation for Cosmic Origins and Solar Wind Mission Launch
Media accreditation is open for the launch of two NASA missions that will explore the mysteries of our universe and Sun. The agency is targeting late February to launch its SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory, a space telescope that will create a 3D map of…
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Planet Set to Launch Pelican-2 and 36 SuperDove Satellites for High-Resolution Imaging
Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily Earth data and insights, announced that its high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite & 36 SuperDoves of Flock 4G are scheduled to launch on the Transporter-12 Rideshare mission with SpaceX on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX’s launch window opens at 10:49 a.m. PT,…
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Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket to orbit for the first time, marking a milestone for Jeff Bezos
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rises up from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a pillar of bluish flame. (Photo Courtesy of Trevor Mahlmann) For the first time ever, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit, using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket. The two-stage…
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Blue Origin launches New Glenn on flight NG-1 and makes orbit
After years of development, Blue Origin’s semi-reusable heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, successfully launched on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 2:03 AM EST (07:03 UTC) after moving from the start of the window due to engine chill issues and a boat that violated the range. The Jan. 13 scrub was caused by ice forming on…