In the evolving landscape of space technology, a pivotal transformation is quietly taking shape: the development of spacecraft autonomy. While launch capabilities often dominate headlines, the real innovation frontier lies in what happens…
Category: 2. Space
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NASA Helps with Progress on Vast’s Haven-1 Commercial Space Station
NASA-supported commercial space station, Vast’s Haven-1, recently completed a test of a critical air filter system for keeping future astronauts healthy in orbit. Testing confirmed the system can maintain a safe and healthy atmosphere for all…
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Air Force Research Laboratory Awards Moog Contract to Develop New Multimode Propulsion System to Enhance Dynamic Space Operations
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East Aurora, NY – Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid…
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Apex announces Comet satellite bus for constellations
WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturer Apex has unveiled its largest spacecraft yet, a bus designed to serve commercial and government constellation customers.
Apex announced May 28 it is now taking orders for Comet, a satellite bus…
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Budget Briefing
Keith’s note: I am hearing that here will be a OMB-issued FY 2026 budget coming out at 3:30 pm EDT on Friday followed by a NASA budget briefing around 5:30 PM EDT. Audio only. Invitation only. They are doing this on a Friday which has the added…
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Starship breaks up on reentry after loss of attitude control
AMSTERDAM — SpaceX’s Starship suffered a loss of attitude control after reaching space on its latest test flight May 27, leading to an uncontrolled reentry and a third consecutive failure.
Starship lifted off from SpaceX’s test site…
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Starship Flight 9
Keith’s note: I just did live coverage of the SpaceX Starship Flight 9 mission. After two last minute holds the rocket lifted off re0-using a fist stage that had already flown – 29 engines were being re-flown – and one of them was being flown for…
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Detection of X-ray emission from a bright long-period radio transient
Hurley-Walker, N. et al. A radio transient with unusually slow periodic emission. Nature 601, 526–530 (2022).
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