Day: January 13, 2025

SpaceX Launching 21 Starlink Satellites From Florida This Morning.

SpaceX plans to launch another set of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this morning (Jan. 13). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct to cell capabilities, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today during a 3.5-hour window that opens at 10:08 a.m. …

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Blue Origin Scrubs 1st New Glenn Rocket Launch Due To Technical Issue.

We’ll have to wait a bit longer to see Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lift off for the first time. Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, aimed to launch its first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket from Florida’s Space Coast this morning (Jan. 13), during a three-hour window that opened at 1 …

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World’s 1st Wooden Satellite Deploys From ISS To Demonstrate Cleaner Spacecraft Tech.

An experimental satellite made of wood has been deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) to test how the renewable, sustainable material withstands the harsh orbital environment. The satellite, designed and built by Kyoto University and Japanese wood processing company Sumitomo Forestry, is called LignoSat, a reference to the organic polymer lignin, which is prevalent …

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Smart Robot Helps Out Astronauts On China’s Tiangong Space Station.

Astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station have been getting some assistance from an “intelligent” robot. Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze — the crew of the current Shenzhou 19 mission aboard Tiangong — have been working alongside a robot named Xiao Hang (“Little Space”) using human-robot collaborative interaction software. The software has allowed them …

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Watch Blue Origin Launch Its 1st New Glenn Rocket Early Monday In A free Livestream.

Blue Origin plans to launch the debut mission of its powerful New Glenn rocket no earlier than early Monday (Jan. 13) after a delay, and you can watch the action live. New Glenn is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Monday’s wee hours during a three-hour window that opens …

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