Boeing Starliner spacecraft springs more leaks on way to ISS
Thursday, 06 June 2024 11:05
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Boeing's Starliner crew capsule, which is making its way to the International Space Station on its first mission carrying astronauts, has developed two helium leaks since entering orbit but remains stable and on course for docking, NASA said.
The spaceship finally blasted off from Florida on Wednesday following years of delays and safety scares - as well as two recently aborted launch atte Preparing for future human spaceflight missions in low Earth orbit
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At ILA Berlin, ESA and Vast signed a Memorandum of Understanding for future Vast space stations.
Air-quality mission ready to join its host weather satellite
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Following months of meticulous testing to ensure that it will deliver first-class data on air quality around the world, the new Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument has been delivered to Airbus in France ready to be installed on the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite.
Dozens of companies, institutions and NGOs sign the Zero Debris Charter
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More than 40 companies, research centres and international organisations signed the Zero Debris Charter at the Berlin International Airshow (ILA) today, confirming their dedication to the long-term sustainability of human activities in space.
Chang’e-6 spacecraft dock in lunar orbit ahead of journey back to Earth
Thursday, 06 June 2024 09:25
Opening day at ILA 2024
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The 2024 edition of the Berlin International Airshow (ILA), Germany's largest aerospace trade show, opened its doors on 5 June. ESA is taking part with an exhibition in the Space Pavilion alongside the German Space Agency (DLR) and the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI).
Highlights of the opening day included the visit of the German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Space Pavilion opening ceremony, and the kick-off press conference with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher.
Astroscale shares soar in Tokyo stock market debut
Thursday, 06 June 2024 03:28
SES Space and Defense Successfully Demonstrates Multi-orbit, Multi-band LEO Relay
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SES Space and Defense, a subsidiary of SES, has announced the successful demonstration of a multi-orbit, multi-band commercial space relay service for NASA's Communications Services Project (CSP).
In collaboration with Planet Labs, SES utilized its O3b mPOWER satellite constellation in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Planet's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) flight-representative terminal to demonstrate Carbon capture must quadruple by 2050 to meet climate targets: report
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By 2050, humanity must durably remove four times as much CO2 from the air as today to cap global warming below the crucial target of two degrees Celsius, researchers said Tuesday.
But massively expanding CO2-absorbing forests - 99 percent of current carbon removal - could claim land needed to grow food and biofuels, while it remains highly uncertain whether new technologies for sucking CO2 Iridium Secures Five-Year $94 Million Contract with Space Systems Command
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Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) announced a new five-year contract awarded by the United States Space Force's Space Systems Command's Commercial Space Office (COMSO) for Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) capabilities and security sustainment services (ECS3). This contract supports the Iridium EMSS program, ensuring continued operations of the EMSS Service Center for critical U BlackSky Secures One-Year Extension for NRO Imagery Contract
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BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) received a one-year extension contract from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to continue its Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) subscription for high-frequency Gen-2 imagery services.
"This contract represents continued confidence in BlackSky as a trusted mission partner as the NRO makes strides in leveraging commercial space technology to Humanity's climate impact like dinosaur-ending meteor: UN chief
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Humankind's role in the destructive warming of the planet is comparable to the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday, calling for rapid steps including bans on fossil fuel advertising.
"Of the vast forces that have shaped life on Earth over billions of years, humanity is just one small blip on the radar," Guterres said in a speech at New Yo 
World's most powerful rocket Starship set for next launch
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Starship, SpaceX's massive prototype rocket that may one day send humans to Mars, is poised for its next flight on Thursday.
It will be the fourth test for the most powerful launch system ever built, vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade and to SpaceX CEO's Elon Musk's hopes of one day colonizing the Red Planet.
A two-hour liftoff window from the comp