Tycoons bound for ISS aren't tourists, insists space company
Tuesday, 01 March 2022 06:00
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Three tycoons and an ex-NASA astronaut are all set for the first fully private voyage to the International Space Station next month - just don't call them tourists.
That's the word from Michael Lopez-Alegria, formerly of the US space agency and now commander of the Ax-1 mission, which will see the crew launch from the Kennedy Space Center on March 30 aboard a SpaceX Dragon, then spend eigh SpaceX Axiom crew nears final training for first all-private mission to ISS
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NASA and Houston-based Axiom Space are in the final stages of training and preparation to launch the first all-private astronaut mission, Ax-1, to the International Space Station in late March, mission leaders said Monday.
But don't call the crew - three billionaires paying $55 million each - space tourists, Michael Lopez-Alegria, former astronaut and Ax-1 mission commander, said du EOS Data Analytics issues urgent plea for imagery of Ukraine
Tuesday, 01 March 2022 05:09 Write a comment
EOS Data Analytics is asking Earth observation companies around the world to share up-to-date optical and radar satellite imagery of Ukraine.
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NASA exploring ways to keep ISS afloat without Russian help: official
Monday, 28 February 2022 19:22 Write a comment
NASA is exploring ways to keep the International Space Station in orbit without Russian help, but doesn't see any immediate signs Moscow is withdrawing from the collaboration following the invasion of Ukraine, a senior official said Monday.
Kathy Lueders, who heads the agency's human spaceflight program, told reporters on a call that operations on the research platform were proceeding "nominally" and "we're not getting any indications at a working level that our counterparts are not committed.
Europe's joint Mars mission with Russia postponed by war
Monday, 28 February 2022 19:21 Write a comment
![Europe's joint Mars mission with Russia postponed by war](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2022/europes-joint-mars-mis.jpg "This illustration made available by the European Space Agency shows the European-Russian ExoMars rover. On Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, the ESA said the planned launch of a joint mission with Russia to Mars this year is now "very unlikely" due to sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine. Credit: European Space Agency via AP")
The launch of a joint Europe-Russian mission to Mars this year is now "very unlikely" due to sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine, the European Space Agency said Monday.
Russia-Ukraine war raises questions for upcoming OneWeb launches
Monday, 28 February 2022 18:47 Write a comment
Mounting international sanctions amid Russia’s war on Ukraine have thrown plans to launch 36 OneWeb satellites this week into uncertainty.
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SpaceX heeds Ukraine’s Starlink SOS
Monday, 28 February 2022 17:03 Write a comment
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Saturday that he's sending Starlink terminals to Ukraine to help keep the embattled country connected to the outside world as Russia steps up its invasion.
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ESA says it’s “very unlikely” ExoMars will launch this year
Monday, 28 February 2022 16:38 Write a comment
The European Space Agency said Feb. 28 that it is “very unlikely” that its ExoMars mission will launch this September because of sanctions on Russia from its invasion of Ukraine.
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Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, York Space selected to build DoD’s internet-in-space constellation
Monday, 28 February 2022 15:12 Write a comment
The Space Development Agency announced Feb. 28 it awarded Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems contracts worth nearly $1.8 billion to produce 126 satellites for a global communications network in low Earth orbit.
ULA Atlas V rocket topped off with NOAA's GOES-T satellite
Monday, 28 February 2022 14:10 Write a comment
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) satellite now officially has its ride.
GOES-T was transported from Astrotech's Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida, to United Launch Alliance's (ULA) nearby Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41. It was then mated to the top of the Atlas V 541 rocket, which will carry it into space.
ISS experiments to find solutions for cleaning up orbital debris and repairing damaged satellites
Monday, 28 February 2022 12:16 Write a comment
In 2002, the European Space Agency launched Envisat, the largest civilian satellite (at the time) to go to low Earth orbit (LEO).
ESA statement regarding cooperation with Russia following a meeting with Member States on 28 February 2022
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Press Release N° 6–2022
We deplore the human casualties and tragic consequences of the war in Ukraine. We are giving absolute priority to taking proper decisions, not only for the sake of our workforce involved in the programmes, but in full respect of our European values, which have always fundamentally shaped our approach to international cooperation.
GOES-T nears launch as NASA plans studies of next-generation weather satellite
Monday, 28 February 2022 11:12 Write a comment
The latest in a series of geostationary weather satellites is ready for launch as NASA takes the next step in plans for a next generation of such spacecraft.
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Keeping it fluid(ics) | Cosmic Kiss 360°
Monday, 28 February 2022 08:00 Write a comment
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Europe’s Columbus laboratory is a hive of activity in this 360° timelapse as ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer works on an experiment called Fluidics and his NASA colleague Raja Chari carries out activity in the Veggie plant habitat.
Developed by French space agency CNES and co-funded by Airbus, the Fluidics experiment investigates how liquids behave in space. It was first run by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet in 2017 during his Proxima mission.
Made up of six small, transparent spheres housed in the black centrifuge seen here, the experiment studies two phenomena. The first is ‘sloshing’ or how liquids move in
Satellite imaging companies increase profile as they track Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Sunday, 27 February 2022 23:00 Write a comment
The conflict in Ukraine has showcased the capabilities of commercial geospatial companies whose high-resolution satellite images have been ubiquitous for the past several weeks.
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