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USSPACECOM forum discusses need for space-savvy medical personnel
US Space Command's office of the Command Surgeon hosted the 2nd USSPACECOM Joint Space Medicine Forum April 18-19, at the Catalyst Campus in Colorado Springs, Colo. The two-day event brought together 37 medical leaders from combatant commands, service components, academia and NASA. This year's event emphasized a growing need for medical personnel to be "space savvy," placing a greater focus on d                Exo-Space hardware delivered to Sidus Space for LizzieSat
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU) reports that Exo-Space has delivered its hardware for integration and testing in preparation for launch aboard LizzieSat. 
As previously announced, Sidus Space will integrate Exo-Space's FeatherEdge Data Processing Platform into its hybrid 3D printed satellite, LizzieSat. Through collaboration on data processing and storage technology in space, on-orbit testi                Astra announces spacecraft engine contract with Apex
Astra Space (Nasdaq: ASTR) and Apex Technology, Inc. have announced a contract for Astra to initially provide 5 Spacecraft Propulsion Kits for Apex's satellite bus platform. Astra is expected to begin delivering the Spacecraft Propulsion Kits in 2023. 
The Spacecraft Propulsion Kit disaggregates the four subsystems of the Astra Spacecraft Engine module: (1) thruster, (2) power processing un                Latest two O3b mPOWER satellites successfully launched for SES
Two additional O3b mPOWER satellites were successfully launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, at 6:12 pm local time, SES announced Friday. 
The second pair of O3b mPOWER satellites will join the first two satellites launched in December 2022, which have arrived at their target medium earth orbit (MEO) and are currently undergo                Around the world in 10 Days
NASA's football-stadium-sized scientific super pressure balloon crossed the 169.24 east longitude line at about 11:32 p.m. EDT, April 25, officially completing its first mid-latitude circumnavigation after launch April 15 (U.S. Eastern time) from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand. 
NASA achieved the milestone just 10 days, 3 hours, and 50 minutes after launch. Th                China's International Lunar Research Station advances
China National Space Administration (CNSA) and Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) Sign Joint Statement on International Lunar Research Station Cooperation 
On April 25, the first International Conference on Deep Space Exploration (Tiandu), themed "Flying to Deep Space through Win-win Cooperation," commenced in Hefei, Anhui. During the opening ceremony, the China National Sp                ShadowCam images Lunar south polar region
With the success of NASA's Artemis I mission and the agency recently naming the Artemis II crew, progress towards humanity's first-ever journey to the lunar South Pole region during Artemis III is well underway. 
To prepare, NASA scientists and engineers are learning as much as possible about this shadowy region that promises to yield scientific discoveries that can help us learn about our                Russia to stay on International Space Station through 2028
 Russia has committed it will remain on the International Space Station until 2028, backing away from a plan to leave the low-Earth orbiting laboratory next year, according to NASA. 
 NASA on Wednesday announced Russia would "support continued station operations" for another five years, while the United States, Japan, Canada and participating countries of the European Space Agency offered                Key radar antenna stuck on Europe's Jupiter-bound spacecraft

A second pair of SES' O3b mPower satellites launched on a SpaceX rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched two communication satellites, O3b mPower 3 and 4, and is now just one launch away from launching SES' next-generation broadband constellation in medium Earth orbit (MEO). 
Falcon 9 lifted off Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40), at 6:12 p.m. EDT (2212 GMT) on Friday. 
O3b is an acronym that stands for "Other 3 Billio                