NASA selects two heliophysics missions
NASA has selected a spacecraft to study the sun’s corona and a cluster of smallsats to monitor turbulence in the solar wind as its next Explorer-class heliophysics missions.
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ESA to host flagship office to coordinate global climate models
The European Space Agency announced plans Feb. 9 to host an international office to coordinate global climate modeling efforts for at least five years.
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Space Force eyes its own version of the metaverse
The Space Force could create our own version of the metaverse to train guardians, said Lisa Costa, chief technology and innovation officer.
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ESA selects payloads for Ariane 6 first flight
ESA in close collaboration with ArianeGroup and Arianespace has selected payloads which best fit the profile of the first mission of its new generation Ariane 6 launch vehicle from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
The devil’s in the detail
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The devil’s in the detail Earth from Space: Hereford, Texas
Hereford, and its surrounding colourful patchwork of agricultural fields, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.
Astra Space stock plunges after rocket failure during NASA launch
California-based Astra Space suffered a rocket failure during launch of a NASA mission from Florida on Thursday after two previous delays.
The company's stock plunged by more than 32% to $3.59 following the launch failure, but recovered a portion of that loss in subsequent trades. The plunge prompted a brief trading halt by the Nasdaq.
NASA's Launch Services Program, which had hi Musk 'confident' of Starship orbital launch this year
Elon Musk delivered updates on SpaceX's efforts to develop its interplanetary Starship rocket on Thursday night, but stopped short of announcing a firm launch date for an orbital test or new missions, despite considerable buildup ahead of the rare presentation.
Addressing an audience at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica, south Texas, the tycoon merely said: "I feel at this poi Spire Global completes acquisition of exactEarth
Spire, a leading provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of exactEarth Ltd., a leading provider of global maritime vessel data for ship tracking and maritime situational awareness solutions, by way of a plan of arrangement, following the completion of all closing conditions.
The Arrangement, which was annou SpaceX Starship orbital flight likely this year
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk gave an update plans for the company's Starship rocket on Thursday night in South Texas, as the company prepares for the rocket's first orbital test flight, saying it would fly sometime this year - a less ambitious time frame than he'd previously offered.
SpaceX has not yet received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch orbital fli 
