A delegation from the French Space Agency CNES visited Colorado and Texas last week to expand ties between French and American aerospace companies. The officials, who jokingly refer to themselves as France’s NewSpace Musketeers, plan to establish virtual hubs in Denver and Houston for Connect by CNES, a government initiative to spur space-related innovation. “We …
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Virgin Galactic’s sixth commercial spaceflight will lift off next month, if all goes according to plan. The mission, known as Galactic-06, is targeted for Jan. 26, Virgin Galactic announced in a statement issued on Tuesday (Dec. 19). The flight will include four private astronauts — one from Texas, one from California, one from Austria and …
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Firefly Aerospace plans to launch its fourth-ever mission today (Dec. 20), and you can watch the action live. The company’s Alpha rocket is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today during a 20-minute window that opens at 12:24 p.m. EST (1724 GMT; 9:24 a.m. local California time), kicking off a mission …
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