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November 28, 2022
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch TROPICS Mission



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2022
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by NASA to launch the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission, as part of the agency's Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. Rocket Lab will launch the TROPICS mission, which is part of NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder Program and consists of four CubeSats in two low-Earth orbital planes, into their operati ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Airbus and ArianeGroup sign Ariane 6 transition batch contract in Spain
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 23, 2022
Airbus and ArianeGroup have signed a contract for the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large carbon fibre structures. The contract includes the manufacturing and supply of innovative, large, lightw ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Japan space agency says research team tampered with ISS experiment
Tokyo (UPI) Nov 26, 2022
Japan's space agency said Friday that a research team had tampered with data from an experiment simulating life on the International Space Station. The team, headed by astronaut Satoshi Furuka ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX sends another Dragon full of cargo and science to ISS
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 26, 2022
SpaceX's 26th commercial resupply mission for NASA is on its way to the International Space Station. Carrying more than 7,700 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo, the ... more
ROBO SPACE
Flocks of assembler robots show potential for making larger structures
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 23, 2022
Researchers at MIT have made significant steps toward creating robots that could practically and economically assemble nearly anything, including things much larger than themselves, from vehicles to ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE
Millennium Space Systems completes Missile Track Custody, Mission Payload Critical Design Review
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2022
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, completed a Critical Design Review for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command's Missile Track Custody, or MTC, program mission payload. "This ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Space belongs to humanity, come share it with China
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
At the UN/China space exploration and innovation partnership conference on Monday, the China National Space Administration raised eight issues in the keynote speech delivered by its deputy director ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Japan missile defense flight test successful
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 24, 2022
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announce the successful completion of a two-week missile defense event incorporating two live fire ex ... more
ENERGY TECH
MSU helms $15M project to help make fusion energy a reality
East Lansing MI (SPX) Nov 22, 2022
Michigan State University's Andrew Christlieb is leading a massive U.S. Department of Energy project to help deliver on the not-yet-realized promise of nuclear fusion ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Hall of mirrors for Proba-3 laser testing
Paris (ESA) Nov 23, 2022
The double spacecraft of ESA's Proba-3 mission will become the most precisely controlled objects in space, maintaining a set distance from each other down to millimetre-level precision. An ESA clean ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Phantom Space wins 4 new NASA Task Orders
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 26, 2022
Phantom Space Corp. has been awarded four new NASA task orders to launch CubeSat satellites into space as part of the new VADR contract. NASA's VADR missions (for Venture-class Acquisition of ... more
GPS NEWS
Navigating the sea from space with innovative technologies
Paris (ESA) Nov 21, 2022
Shipping is the most energy efficient form of transport, and more than 80% of goods traded globally are carried via the oceans, with a doubling in volume during the last quarter of a century. Recogn ... more
AEROSPACE
NASA looks for a new twist on sustainable aviation
Cleveland OH (SPX) Nov 24, 2022
For a team of NASA and industry researchers seeking to make aviation more sustainable, it's all about the twist. No, we're not thinking of Chubby Checker and his signature song and dance. Inst ... more

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DRAGON SPACE
Tianzhou 4 deploys minisatellite
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
China has recently conducted an in-orbit test of a robotic cargo spacecraft to deploy miniature satellites, according to a project insider. In the test that took place on Nov 14, the Tianzhou ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Shenzhou XV to begin mission to space soon
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
China will conduct its Shenzhou XV manned spaceflight in coming weeks, sending three astronauts into orbit for a six-month stay inside the country's Tiangong space station. The Long March 2F c ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Chen Dong sets national record for longest time in space
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
Chen Dong has set a new record for the most cumulative days living and working in space by a Chinese astronaut. The China Manned Space Agency said on Tuesday that the two-time space traveler, ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA temporarily loses communication with Orion spacecraft
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 23, 2021
Communication between NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston and the Artemis I moon mission spacecraft was lost for 47 minutes Wednesday morning. It was resolved by a reconfiguration on the ground side, according to NASA. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX Falcon 9 carries Eutelsat communications satellite in final launch
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 23, 2021
A SpaceX rocket carrying a communications satellite blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday night on a mission that will allow improved internet connectivity for passengers aboard ships and planes. ... more
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China tests new Tianzhou fuel cell on route to Tiangong Station

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Germany contributes four billion euros and remains key partner of European spaceflight
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2022
On 22 and 23 November 2022, the ministers and government representatives of the 22 member states of the European Space Agency ESA met at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris to set the course for j ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China lays out plan for future deep space exploration
Beijing (XNA) Nov 25, 2022
China has made an ambitious road map for its future lunar exploration programs, including an international scientific outpost, according to the programs' chief planner. Wu Weiren, an academician of ... more
AEROSPACE
Ex-US Marine a 'high risk' inmate in Australia prison
Sydney (AFP) Nov 28, 2022
A former US military pilot has been placed under "extreme" restrictions inside an Australian prison while fighting a secretive extradition battle with the Department of Justice in Washington, his lawyer said following a court hearing Monday. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
NATO chief says up to Germany if it gives Ukraine Patriot missiles
Brussels (AFP) Nov 25, 2022
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday it was up to Germany to decide if it wants to supply Patriot missile defences to Ukraine, after Poland urged Berlin to send them. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Poland asks Germany to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine
Warsaw (AFP) Nov 24, 2022
Poland's defence minister has asked Germany to ship a Patriot surface-to-air missile defence system intended for Poland to Ukraine instead, to help its defence against Russia's invasion. ... more
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The space transportation and logistics company D-Orbit has announced the signing of a hosted payload contract with SpacePNT, a Swiss company specialized in the design and manufacturing of low cost high-accuracy GNSS receivers for the New Space satellite market. The contract covers the integration of a new GNSS receiver prototype into ION Satellite Carrier, D-Orbit's proprietary orbital tra ... more
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Navigating the sea from space with innovative technologies
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