SES to enable RPAS operations via satellite
The latest contract awarded by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) will see the agency continue to use SES's high-performance satellite connectivity services for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems' (RPAS) operations, SES and EMSA announced. Under the new agreement, SES's managed connectivity service will allow end-users to receive and exchange RPAS data in near real-time and support the op PickNik Robotics to work with Sierra Space on space robotics
PickNik Robotics, a leader in robotics software and engineering services, has announced that it is collaborating with the team at Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company with 1,100 employees, more than 500 missions and over 30 years of space flight heritage. The collaboration will explore implementation of robotic autonomy and controllability for autonomous maintenance of space habitat Martian brain freeze
New views from ESA’s Mars Express reveal fascinating ice-related features in Mars’ Utopia region – home to the largest known impact basin not only on the Red Planet, but in the Solar System.
Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities
Small launch vehicle company Virgin Orbit says it sees opportunities not just in satellite launch but also in hypersonics as it looks to increase its revenue.
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China to launch Einstein Probe in 2023 to observe violent cosmic events
A Chinese wide-field x-ray space observatory has passed a major review and is expected to launch next year to detect flashes from cataclysmic cosmic events.
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US astronaut ends record-long spaceflight in Russian capsule
A NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a U.S. record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war.
Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside the Russian Space Agency's Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, who also spent the past year in space.
A record broken: Hubble finds the most distant star ever seen
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A record broken: Hubble finds the most distant star ever seen Journey to Destination Earth begins
Today, the European Commission, ESA, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) celebrated the official launch of the Destination Earth initiative: an ambitious project that involves creating a digital replica of Earth to help us move towards a sustainable future.
Jeff Matthews joins Radian Aerospace as director of strategy
Radian Aerospace, a startup developing a reusable spaceplane, announced March 30 that Jeff Matthews, a founding member of Deloitte Consulting’s space sector practice, would become the company’s director of strategy.
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Soyuz returns astronaut and cosmonauts from space station
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed in Kazakhstan March 30, an ordinary end of a mission in extraordinary times.
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