Smiling Sam
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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is all smiles after arriving at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, last week with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins.
Collectively known as Crew-4, the astronauts flew in from Houston, Texas, USA, and are spending the days ahead in quarantine before being launched this week to the International Space Station on the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom.
“This is getting real,” said Samantha. “It’s very emotional for me, that this final stretch to the launchpad has started with the landing here, on this runway.” Samantha recalled her childhood fascination watching the
Crew of first private flight to ISS head back to Earth
The crew of the first fully private mission to the International Space Station departed the orbiting laboratory on Monday to head back to Earth.
The three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut had spent more than two weeks on the station on a history-making mission organized by startup company Axiom Space.
The SpaceX capsule undocked from the ISS at 0110 GMT for the return trip and was March in space science
As the last days in space for ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer near and he prepares the European space laboratory Columbus for his colleague ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, European scientific endeavours on the International Space Station in March continued.
U.S. ASAT ban meant to support U.N. discussions on space threats
A State Department official said the Biden administration’s announcement of a ban of one kind of ASAT weapon tests was timed to support discussions at an upcoming United Nations forum on norms of behavior in space.
Hubble observations used to answer key exoplanet questions
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Hubble observations used to answer key exoplanet questions Starlink secures first major airline Wi-Fi deal with Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines said April 25 it plans to offer free Starlink services on transpacific flights to and from Hawaii next year, becoming the first major airline to announce a deal with SpaceX’s high-speed broadband network.
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ManTech tracking foreign influence using open-source intelligence
ManTech developed a model that uses open-source intelligence to measure the level of foreign influence in any country
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A boom in Earth observation satellites creating new demands for intelligence
Crises such as the covid pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine are fueling demand for geospatial information
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Capella raises $97 million to expand radar constellation
Capella Space raised $97 million in a Series C investment round.
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Orbital Insight brings Satellogic data into its platform
Geospatial intelligence company Orbital Insight announced plans April 25 to bring high-resolution imagery from Satellogic, an Earth observation company based in Argentina, into its geospatial intelligence platform.
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