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Europe’s strategic autonomy in space will define its role in the ‘second space age’

Europe’s future in space really boils down to one question: can it stay ahead without relying on technology made somewhere…

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NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon

Earth’s crescent is seen from a solar array camera on the Orion spacecraft on the first flight day of the…

3 months ago

Artemis 2 heads to the moon

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is on its way to the moon after a successful maneuver April 2. The post Artemis…

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Artemis 2 astronauts head for the moon after make-or-break engine burn (video)

Artemis 2's Orion capsule aced a critical engine burn this evening (April 2) that sent it from Earth orbit outward…

3 months ago

Swift spacecraft reorientation buys time for reboost mission

NASA modified operations of an astrophysics spacecraft in a decaying orbit to buy more time for a mission later this…

3 months ago

The Artemis Generation Begins! Artemis II Launches for the Moon

At 06:25 p.m. EDT (03:25 p.m. PDT) on April 1st, the Artemis II mission lifted off from the historic Launch…

3 months ago

Lucky airplane passengers capture NASA’s Artemis 2 moon launch from the sky

Some airplane passengers had the best seats in the house during NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket launch. Here are some…

3 months ago

Former Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice to lead Astrion

Huntsville-based defense contractor focuses on systems engineering and integration, and space mission assurance The post Former Sierra Space CEO Tom…

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In honor of “Project Hail Mary”‘s Rocky, we celebrate 17 sci-fi aliens who look nothing like humans

Because there's more to extra-terrestrial life than humans with prosthetics stuck to their foreheads.

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Optical terminals still a bottleneck in Pentagon’s proliferated constellation

GP Sandhoo: ‘From an optical communications terminal perspective, we’re not there yet on how many we need’ The post Optical…

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