Day: May 4, 2024

The new Starliner spacecraft is “go” for its first-ever astronaut launch on Monday (May 6), Boeing and NASA officials announced today (May 3). Barring bad weather or any last-minute technical issues, Starliner was cleared to send two veteran NASA astronauts and former U.S. Navy test pilots to the International Space Station (ISS). On board this …

Boeing Starliner Spacecraft ‘Go’ For 1st Astronaut Launch On May 6, NASA Says. Read More »

Virgin Galactic will fly again next month, if all goes according to plan. The company announced on Wednesday (May 1) that it’s targeting June 8 for its seventh commercial spaceflight, a suborbital jaunt called, fittingly enough, Galactic 07. It will be Virgin Galactic‘s second spaceflight of the year, after the Galactic 06 mission on Jan. …

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It has been 38 years since Halley’s Comet last passed through the inner solar system. This famous comet takes roughly 75 years to circle the sun. But if you’re 42 years old or younger, you probably have little or no memory of the 1986 appearance of this famous cosmic vagabond (your next chance will come in …

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The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) hosted the Earth Observation (EO) for Climate Change stakeholder engagement workshop on 29 April 2024. The objective of the workshop was to showcase some of the Earth observation and Earth intelligence activities that are currently being undertaken in the country in support of national or regional climate change …

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Lúnasa Space, a UK-based startup focused on next-gen autonomous navigation systems for in-space vehicles, announced today a contract worth €611k with the European Space Agency (ESA), under the NAVISP Element 2 programme. Lúnasa will further develop its novel high-precision, COTS-based, Relative Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) solution, enabling critical in-orbit satellite services and docking missions, …

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