Report Notes Record Investment Spurred By Space Station Research
Space startups raised a record-setting $550 million in private and public capital and grant funding during the first quarter of fiscal 2022.
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Thu, 01/26/2023 - 19:44
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NASA Successfully Fires Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine
The test confirmed that a 3D-printed engine could operate for long periods at full throttle with a rotating detonation approach to combustion.
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Thu, 01/26/2023 - 13:27
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Hibari Smallsat Demos Performance Of Paddles
Researchers see a novel way to free up volume and electricity within small-satellite buses.
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Wed, 01/25/2023 - 09:00
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Space Force Acquisition Chief Takes Aim At Troubled Programs
It is time to complete space programs that have been long-standing thorns in the side of the U.S. military, a U.S. Air Force official says.
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Tue, 01/24/2023 - 23:53
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Ariane 6 Testing Now Well Underway
Despite technical glitches, Ariane 6’s final test campaign is now well underway.
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Tue, 01/24/2023 - 23:31
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NASA, DARPA To Pursue 2027 Space Nuclear Propulsion Demo
The technology is intended to reduce the transit time for human expeditions and science missions to Mars and other deep space destinations.
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Tue, 01/24/2023 - 21:11
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NASA’s Johnson Space Center To Archive Mars Samples
Once returned to Earth in 2033, the samples will join those gathered by the Apollo astronauts at the Moon and those from other destinations.
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Tue, 01/24/2023 - 15:58
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SDA Renames Military Satellite Constellation
The military satellite constellation was previously known as the “National Defense Space Architecture."
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Mon, 01/23/2023 - 22:49
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Russia To Start 2023 With Elektro-L Launch
The spacecraft arrived at Russia’s Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at the end of December.
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Mon, 01/23/2023 - 22:24
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NASA/JAXA’s Long-Running Geotail Mission Ends
Launched on July 24, 1992, on a four-year primary mission, Geotail was extended multiple times.
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Mon, 01/23/2023 - 18:55
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NASA Declares Unlatched Lucy Solar Array Good Enough
The array failed to deploy fully following the launch of the Lucy spacecraft on the first-ever mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
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Mon, 01/23/2023 - 15:31
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Honda To Build Prototype For Lunar Circulative Renewable Energy System
The system works by using solar power to split water, via electrolysis, into hydrogen and oxygen.
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Fri, 01/20/2023 - 22:21
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Spacewalkers Prep Space Station For Final Roll Out Solar Arrays
Two astronauts conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Jan. 20.
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ClearSpace Gets €26.7m For In-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris Removal
The financing will be used to help pay for the company’s first space debris removal mission.
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Thu, 01/19/2023 - 21:22
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