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Rocket Lab updates launch location for NASA's TROPICS mission![]() Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 11, 2023 A NASA constellation of four storm tracking CubeSats are getting a new launch location as they prepare to study tropical cyclones beginning in the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) will observe the atmosphere to increase our understanding of hurricanes, typhoons, and other intense weather. Rocket Lab has announced the mission now wil ... read more |
Fish-inspired, self-charging electric battery may help power space applicationsNiversity Park PA (SPX) Apr 11, 2023 A research lab at Penn State will equally share a three-year, $2.55 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) with three other teams at Carnegie Mellon University and th ... more
China's inland space launch site advances commercial servicesJiuquan, China (XNA) Apr 07, 2023 The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, which is currently China's only site for launching manned spacecraft into orbit, is looking to tap into the burgeoning commercial market by offering more service ... more
Musk's Twitter marks BBC, NPR as 'government funded' but not Tesla or SpaceXWashington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2023 Elon Musk's Twitter marked the BBC and NPR as "government-funded" on Saturday but has not applied the label to Tesla or SpaceX - which have received billions in subsidies. Despite the signific ... more
Practice makes perfectParis (ESA) Apr 11, 2023 ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen was at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany in March, training for his Huginn mission to the International Space Station, planned to launch later this sum ... more |
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Orion stretches its wings ahead of first crewed Artemis missionKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 11, 2023 Before NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission can be outfitted with its solar array wings, teams at the agency's Kennedy Space Center must first verify that the arrays extend and close p ... more
SmartSat funds research projects for Space Qualification Mission Waratah SeedAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Australia's largest space research centre, is committing over AU$1 million to support the development of new space technology that will be tested in space ... more
NASA's TEMPO spacecraft hitched a ride with Intelsat's 40e satellite on a SpaceX rocketSpace Coast FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida, on Friday, April 7th, at 12:30 a.m. EDT, with the Intelsat 40e (IS-40 ... more
SpaceX prepares for rehearsal, test flight of Starship rocketWashington (AFP) April 6, 2023 SpaceX plans to carry out a launch rehearsal next week of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, and its first test flight possibly the following week, the private space company said Thursday. ... more |
Axiom Space's upcoming ISS mission part of increasing commercialization of spaceWashington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021 NASA and Axiom Space announced the first possible launch date of the commercial Ax-2 Mission to the International Space Station on Thursday. ... more
Soyuz spacecraft that will bring ISS crew back to Earth moved to new portWashington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021 The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft that will return three International Space Station crew members to Earth moved to a new docking port on the space station Thursday. ... more
May 8 launch for private mission to ISS with Saudi astronautsWashington (AFP) April 6, 2023 Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the first Saudi woman, will blast off from Florida on May 8 on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space and NASA officials said Thursday. ... more
Makenzie Lystrup named first female director of Goddard Space Flight CenterWashington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2023 Makenzie Lystrup has been named the first female director of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, NASA announced Thursday. ... more |


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