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Viasat secures $153 million U.S. Army contract to modernize ‘Blue Force Tracker’ network

The Blue Force Tracker is a military system that helps soldiers and commanders know where friendly forces are located on…

2 years ago

NASA reaffirms decision to cancel OSAM-1

NASA is proceeding with plans to shut down a satellite servicing mission at the end of the month after rejecting…

2 years ago

NASA’s Boeing Starliner Mission Landing Criteria, Timeline

NASA and Boeing teams work around Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft after it landed at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbor, May…

2 years ago

Join the Eclipsing Binary Patrol and Spot Rare Stellar Pairs!

Eclipsing binary stars point the way to exoplanets and many other discoveries. Be one of the first to join the…

2 years ago

Col. Michelle Idle, United States Space Force – Leading Women in Space

In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Col. Michelle Idle, Deputy…

2 years ago

Explaining Different Kinds of Meteor Showers. It’s the Way the Comet Crumbles

The Universe often puts on a good show for us down here on Earth but one of the best spectacles…

2 years ago

Dark Oxygen Could Change Our Understanding of Habitability

The discovery of dark oxygen at an abyssal plain on the ocean floor generated a lot of interest. Could this…

2 years ago

Collimate offers tool to predict downlink success

SAN FRANCISCO – Collimate Space, a new Silicon Valley startup, aims to tackle a specific problem for satellite operators. Collimate…

2 years ago

Asking the Big Question: Where Did Life Originate?

Where on Earth did life originate, and where else could it occur? A comprehensive answer is most likely a long…

2 years ago

Hubble telescope spies a sparkling ‘cosmic fossil’ 3 million light-years away (image)

Located about 3 million light-years from Earth, the Tucana Dwarf galaxy sits at the far edge of the Local Group…

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