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SpaceX launches Starlink mission, prepares to undock a Crew Dragon from ISS Monday

SpaceX is closing out the weekend with a pair of planned Falcon 9 launches from Florida and California while also preparing for the undocking...

Turin-based spacetech Kurs Orbital secures €3.7 million to democratise in-orbit servicing and logistics | EU-Startups

Kurs Orbital, an Italian spacetech startup, has raised €3.7 million in seed funding to bring its innovative solutions to the in-orbit services and logistics...

India plans to spend $3 billion on space. Can it catch up to China?

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — India plans to spend about $3 billion on space-related contract awards over the next few years to reduce its dependence...

Astronauts, cosmonaut arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of NASA, SpaceX Crew-8 launch

Set against a bright, blue Florida skyline, the three astronauts and one cosmonaut who make up the SpaceX Crew-8 mission touched down at NASA’s...

Cybersecurity for satellites is a growing challenge, as threats to space-based infrastructure grow

Feb 20, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In today’s interconnected world, space technology forms the backbone of our global communication, navigation and security systems. Satellites orbiting Earth...

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through February 17)

OpenAI Teases an Amazing New Generative Video Model Called SoraWill Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review“OpenAI has built a striking new generative video model...

Thales Alenia Space to supply NEO Surveyor communications equipment

SAN FRANCISCO — Thales Alenia Space won a contract from Ball Aerospace, prime contractor for NASA’s Near Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, to provide key communications...

Monitoring solar energy | Soil Carbon Coalition

In working on soilhealth.app, I continue to wonder what sort of visualizations of energy flow and change over time might be useful to producers. Some...

SpaceX Falcon 9 sends Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to ISS

By Joey Klender Posted on January 30, 2024 SpaceX successfully sent Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) today in a...

How Much Life Has Ever Existed on Earth, and How Much Ever Will?

All organisms are made of living cells. While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly when the first cells came to exist, geologists’ best estimates...

SpaceX launches Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft on its way to the Space Station

SpaceX completed its second mission bound for the International Space Station this month. But unlike all previous missions targeting the orbiting outpost, this flight...

Eyes in the sky: The increasing importance of very low Earth orbit (VLEO) for national security

The war in Ukraine spotlighted the power of satellite imagery in new ways, and has already changed the way the military uses orbital reconnaissance...

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