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This first ever private spacewalk will be bringing some serious style to outer space. SpaceX‘s privately-funded crewed mission, Polaris Dawn, is moving toward a launch sometime this summer. The four-person crew, which includes the mission’s funder, billionaire philanthropist Jared Isaacman, recently completed acceptance testing for SpaceX’s new extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, which they will wear …

Polaris Dawn Crew Shows Off New SpaceX Spacesuits For 1st Private Spacewalk. Read More »

NASA says its next spacewalk will be delayed indefinitely until engineers understand more about what caused a coolant leak on June 24. Tracy Dyson, a NASA astronaut, had a brief spacesuit leak a month ago while still in the hatch of the International Space Station (ISS). She and Mike Barrett had just opened the door …

NASA Delays ISS Spacewalks Indefinitely To Investigate Spacesuit Coolant Leak. Read More »

Virgin Galactic’s future fleet of commercial space planes will now have a home where they will be brought to life starting next year. Virgin Galactic’s new “Delta” class space planes are set to take flight no earlier than 2026. The final flight of their previous space plane, VSS Unity, took place on June 8 and …

Virgin Galactic Completes New Delta Space Plane Manufacturing Facility In Arizona. Read More »

NASA will perform its own re-authorization of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 before the rocket launches its next astronaut crew or cargo mission, the agency confirmed Wednesday (July 17). Falcon 9 experienced a rare failure during an engine burn of SpaceX rocket’s second stage, due to an oxygen leak, during a launch on Thursday (July 11). A …

SpaceX Launches To ISS Are Under Independent NASA Review After Rare Falcon 9 Rocket Failure. Read More »

An astronaut assigned to back up a historic moon mission was seeing orange last week. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, recently named backup for the Artemis 2 round-the-moon flight scheduled for 2025, finished a standard spacesuit fit check in the agency’s orange outfit. Then he posted how it looked in different positions on X, formerly Twitter. …

Snazzy Spacesuit! Artemis 2 Moon Mission Backup Astronaut Andre Douglas Tries On His Lunar Duds. Read More »

Astronomers have imaged a strange S-shaped jet emerging from a neutron star for the first time ever. The weird emission suggests this dead star resembles the shape of water spraying from a garden sprinkler. The “cosmic garden sprinkler” in question is a neutron star that sits in the binary system Circinus X-1, located more than …

Strange ‘Garden Sprinkler’ Jets Are Erupting From A Dead Vampire Star. Read More »

Key Highlights Avanti conducts successful satellite connectivity tests to fortify digital banking systems. Avanti Communications has led a groundbreaking satellite connectivity test with BankservAfrica, Africa’s largest automated clearing house, and Capitec Bank, one of South Africa’s top retail banks. The successful test marks a crucial step towards enhanced transactional security.It underscores satellite communications’ role in …

Avanti Conducts Successful Satellite Connectivity Test to Enhance Financial Security and Resilience in Africa. Read More »

NASA has cancelled its VIPER moon rover program due to rising costs. VIPER, short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, was a robotic mission intended to land near the moon’s south pole and spend 100 days scouting for lunar ice deposits. The rover was slated to launch in 2025 to the moon aboard an Astrobotic …

NASA Cancels $450 Million VIPER Moon Rover Due To Budget Concerns. Read More »

The Intersputnik International Organisation of Space Communications and the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation (RASCOM) have entered into a cooperation agreement covering satellite communications and other areas of shared interest. This agreement includes provisions for mutual consultations, participation in events hosted by both organisations and information and document exchange. The agreement was signed by Mr …

Intersputnik and RASCOM Sign Long-Term Cooperation Agreement for Satellite Communications. Read More »

SpaceX is seeking a rapid return to Falcon 9 launches following a rare failure of its workhorse rocket during a satellite launch last week. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received a request from SpaceX on Monday (July 15) to continue launching Falcon 9 flights during the mandatory mishap investigation following the ill-fated Starlink 9-3 mission …

SpaceX Wants To Resume Falcon 9 Rocket Launches While FAA Completes Investigation. Read More »