Space Business News
April 20, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX's Starship, world's biggest rocket, explodes during test flight



Starbase, United States, (AFP) Apr 20, 2023
SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded on Thursday during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The gigantic rocket successfully blasted off at 8:33 am Central Time (1333 GMT) from Starbase, the private SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship capsule had been scheduled to separate from the first-stage rocket booster three minutes into the flight but separation failed to occur and the rocket blew ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
NASA shares first Moon to Mars Architecture Concept review results
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
As NASA builds a blueprint for human exploration throughout the solar system for the benefit of humanity, the agency released Tuesday the outcomes from its first Architecture Concept Review, a robus ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab to take big step towards Electron reusability with pre-flown engine
Long Beach CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) is taking the next major step in evolving the Electron launch vehicle into a reusable rocket by launching a pre-flown Rutherford engine. The 3D printed engine, pr ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Phantom Space selects Arnhem Space Centre for new dedicated launch site
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Phantom Space Corporation (Phantom), a space applications company providing small-class launch services to commercial and government clients has announced the selection of Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX counts down toward Thursday launch of Starship rocket
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2023
SpaceX will again attempt to launch the first test flight of its fully integrated Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket on Thursday. ... more
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ROBO SPACE
PickNik Robotics and Motiv Space Systems partner for advanced robotics development
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
PickNik Robotics, a leader in advanced robot arm software solutions, and Motiv Space Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of space-rated robotic systems, motor controllers, and mechanisms, h ... more
ROBO SPACE
Improving how robots communicate with people
College Park MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2023
Robots are machines that can sense the environment and use that information to perform an action. You can find them nearly everywhere in industrialized societies today. There are household robots th ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China and Brazil to expand cooperation in space development
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
On April 14, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Lula, Zhang Kejian, director of China National Space Administration, signed the "People's Republic of China Sup ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Building a Secure Resilient Satellite Infrastructure for Europe
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
The IRIS2 Satellite Constellation is a project led by the European Union that aims to build a new secure, resilient and sovereign satellite constellation in Europe. This constellation will offer com ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Technicians apply foam to Artemis III
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Technicians at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, apply the first round of spray foam as part of the thermal protection system to the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) of ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide propulsion for three additional Orion spacecraft
Redmond WA (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a $67 million contract award from Lockheed Martin to provide propulsion systems for the Orion spacecraft that are planned to launch on Artemis missions VI-V3. Th ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Russian cosmonauts take spacewalk outside of ISS
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2023
Two Russian cosmonauts are conducting a more than six-hour spacewalk Tuesday night outside the International Space Station in their third attempt to move a radiator and an experiment module. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Mission Ax-2 set to launch stem cells to space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
Cedars-Sinai investigators, in collaboration with Axiom Space of Houston, are sending stem cells to space in early May to explore whether microgravity can make it easier and more efficient to produc ... more

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ROCKET SCIENCE
Stuttgart students launch self-built rocket into space
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
The Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) student team at the University of Stuttgart spent around three years developing, manufacturing, and testing its hybrid rocket. In mid-April, the rocket will be ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Calnetix Technologies' high-speed blower system installed on ISS
Cerritos CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
Calnetix Technologies has announced that their Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (FBCO2) high-speed blower system was successfully installed by NASA on the International Space Station (ISS). The magn ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX reschedules Starship test flight for Thursday
Starbase, United States (AFP) April 17, 2023
SpaceX has rescheduled for Thursday the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond, after a technical glitch forced a halt to the countdown. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Shenzhou XV mission crew members set China record
Beijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2023
The Shenzhou XV mission crew members carried out their fourth spacewalk on Saturday, topping previous crews, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a news release on Su ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Spacewalks become 'routine' after 12th mission
Beijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2023
Shenzhou XV mission members conducted their fourth spacewalk on Saturday, surpassing previous crews, according to China Manned Space Agency. In a news release on Sunday afternoon, the agency s ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China's space station achieves 100 pct regeneration of oxygen resources
Beijing (XNA) Apr 16, 2023
China's space station, with the Shenzhou-15 crew now in orbit, can produce 100 percent of its oxygen supply through its onboard regeneration system, according to a space technology conference in Har ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China, France join hands in space
Beijing (XNA) Apr 16, 2023
There are solid reasons that China and France should join hands in space exploration and development, industry observers said. Pang Zhihao, a space analyst in China, said on Wednesday that bot ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO)
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Each year, thousands of wildfires release large amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and burn roughly 1.5 million acres of forests and grasslands throughout the country, acco ... more

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