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NASA adds three companies to launch services contract for smallsat missions

NASA added three companies to a contract for launching smallsat missions, including one publicly traded company that has had recent…

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NASA Composite Manufacturing Initiative Gains Two New Members

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An automated fiber placement machine on an industrial robot is…

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Mynaric’s manufacturing woes threaten to delay production of U.S. military satellites

The U.S. Space Force's ambitious plans to deploy a vast network of low Earth orbit satellites could face delays due…

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Amazon expands Kennedy Space Center facility to accelerate satellite deployments

Amazon is investing $19.5 million to expand its satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to mitigate delays…

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New Study Proposes how a Black Hole in Orbit Around a Planet Could be a Sign of an Advanced Civilization.

In 1971, English mathematical physicist and Nobel-prize winner Roger Penrose proposed how energy could be extracted from a rotating black…

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Norwegian spaceport receives government license

A Norwegian spaceport is a step closer to hosting the first orbital launch for Isar Aerospace after receiving a government…

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Comparing Two Proposed NASA Missions to Jupiter’s Moon Io

Thanks to NASA’s Juno mission to the Jupiter system, we’re getting our best looks ever at the gas giant’s volcanic…

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Polaris, Earth’s North Star, Has A Surprisingly Spotted Surface

Humanity’s been fortunate to have a star situated over Earth’s north pole. The star, known as Polaris, or the North…

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The Knowledge We Don’t Yet Have

We have gained so much powerful knowledge in the past few hundred years. But there’s still so much that we…

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