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After 60 years of spaceflight patches, here are some of our favorites
The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to the Vostok 6 mission in 1963 that carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into low-Earth orbit for nearly three days. The patch for the first female human spaceflight showcased a dove flying above the letters designating the Soviet Union, CCCP. That…
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SpaceX launches final 2024 mission from Vandenberg
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX Update 10:04 p.m. EST (0304 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 22 Starlink satellites. SpaceX completed its first of three planned Falcon 9 launches before the end of year. The trio began with a Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base…
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After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly
After a long day of stops and starts that stretched well into the evening, and on what appeared to be the company’s fifth attempt Friday, Blue Origin successfully ignited the seven main engines on its massive New Glenn rocket. The test firing came as fog built over the Florida coast, and it marks the final…
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Lockheed Martin Launches Astris AI to Drive AI Adoption in Defense and Commercial Sectors
Lockheed Martin has announced the formation of Astris AI, a subsidiary focused on enabling the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions across the U.S. defense industrial base and commercial industry sectors that have high assurance requirements. Lockheed Martin has made significant investments in developing an industry-leading MLOps software capability, a generative AI platform tailored…
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Teledyne e2v Semiconductors Advances Space Data Compression for Efficient Onboard Processing
Space missions, where bandwidth and storage capacity are always economically constrained, demand efficient data management and transmission techniques. Ideally, system enhancements may result from applying effective data compression, which conserves essential information while minimizing the data set size. Compression demands that data be stored locally and processed (i.e. encoded) onboard before being transmitted to Earth.…
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Blue Origin completes its last major test to get ready for first New Glenn rocket launch
The New Glenn rocket executes an integrated vehicle hotfire on its Florida launch pad. (Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s put its orbital-class New Glenn rocket through its last major test in preparation for its first-ever launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. “Next stop launch,” Bezos said…
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ispace-EUROPE and Italian Space Signs Agreement to Transport LaRA2 on the Moon Surface
ispace EUROPE S.A., the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) have signed a payload services agreement to transport a Laser Retroreflector Array (LaRA2) to enable accurate position measurements on the Moon via laser ranging experiments, the two organizations announced. The agreement marks the first full-scale contract between ispace-EUROPE and ASI, with…
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International Space Station finishes challenging year as plans are made for its retirement
The International Space Station continues to act as humanity’s outpost in low-Earth orbit, a role that began at the turn of this century. However, the ISS is showing its age and plans are being advanced for its retirement around 2030. Several events on the Station in 2024 underlined just how the ISS program was dealing…
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HANNOVER MESSE 2025 Announced Canada as its Partner Country
HANNOVER MESSE 2025 has announced Canada as its official Partner Country for its 2025 edition, themed “The Future’s Here” underscoring the strong economic and political ties between “The True North” and Germany. Canada announced its Partner Country commitment in August 2022 when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Canada. Canada’s…