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NASA, NOAA rank the 2024 Ozone Hole as 7th-smallest since recovery began
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Healing continues in the atmosphere over the Antarctic: a hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth's southern pole was relatively small in 2024 compared to other years. Scientists with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project the ozone layer could fully recover by 2066.
During the peak of ozone depletion season from Sept. 7 through Oct. 13, Gilmour Space secures historic Australian permit for Eris orbital launch test flight
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Australia's first-ever orbital launch permit has been awarded to Gilmour Space Technologies, enabling the company to proceed with its Eris rocket's maiden flight from Bowen Orbital Spaceport in north Queensland. Granted by Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic MP and the Australian Space Agency, the permit represents a landmark in Australia's space exploration capabilities.
The launch SpaceX launches resupply mission to International Space Station
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SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night, sending over 6,000 pounds of essential cargo, including a range of science and student-led experiments, to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 9:29 p.m. EST and is scheduled to reach the station by 10:15 a.m. EST on Tuesday.
The Dragon capsule on this 31st Commercial Res Final Venus Flyby sets up Parker Solar Probe for closest sun skim
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On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 233 miles (376 km) of Venus' surface. The flyby will adjust Parker's trajectory into its final orbital configuration, bringing the spacecraft to within an unprecedented 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. It will be the closest any human made object ha Japan successfully launches a defense satellite carried by a new flagship H3 rocket
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Apophis: A new European space mission could get up close with a large asteroid that's set to brush by Earth
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Communications user terminal prepares for historic moon flyby
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Australia axes $7bn military satellite project
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In a significant blow to Australia's defence capabilities, the federal government is cancelling what would have been the nation's largest-ever space project: a A$7 billion military satellite communications system.
The decision was confirmed in a press statement today. It comes just 18 months after the Albanese government gave the green light to the ambitious program.
Defence industry China space station crew returns to Earth after 6 months in space
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Japan launches a defense satellite carried by a new flagship H3 rocket
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