Blue Origin has revealed its concept for a Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO), entering a burgeoning field alongside Rocket Lab and Lockheed Martin as companies vie to enhance communications infrastructure for future Mars missions. The announcement highlights a proactive push by private aerospace firms, even as SpaceX remains notably absent from the fray, opting instead for its own ambitious Martian connectivity plans.
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ChineseInternationalMars
China Roundup: Third successful EVA and deep-space ambitions as China’s space economy surges
by Martin SmithThe Shenzhou-19 crew recently conducted their third spacewalk this month as the China National Space…
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ChineseInternational
China Roundup: reusable satellites, lunar EVA suits, and expanding spaceports
by Martin SmithAs China prepares to increase its launch cadence further, there are plans to expand the…
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The last month has been an eventful one for the Expedition 71 crew on the…
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China’s Chang’e 6 landed on and sampled the far side of the Moon while the…
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Boeing/StarlinerISS
ISS Roundup: an eclipse, an EVA, and more than just science returns to Earth
by Martin SmithEvery month aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is packed with activity, science, and research…
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EuropeanInternationalISSOtherRussian
ISS Roundup: Expedition 70 underway, Rubio’s record stay in space, technical issues, completed EVAs
The last few months aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been eventful. Expedition 70…
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The International Space Station’s iROSA (ISS Roll-Out Solar Array) solar panel upgrade, started in 2021,…
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NASA and Roscosmos astronauts have both conducted spacewalks this week aboard the International Space Station…
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The Chinese space program has resumed launches after going over a month without a single…
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Astronauts Koichi Wakata and Nicole Mann have completed another spacewalk, continuing work to enable the…
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China conducted another EVA outside of their Tiangong Space Station, preparing the station for the…
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InternationalISSRussian
Russian cosmonaut pair perform follow-on EVA to outfit robotic arm
by Tyler GrayRoscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev returned to work outside the International Space Station…
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ShuttleUncrewed
Teams evaluate Hubble safe mode event, history of telescope leads to JWST
by Adrian BeilThirty-one years after its launch, and 12 years after its most-recent servicing mission, the NASA/…
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ISS Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Pytor Dubrov performed an EVA (Extravehicular Activity)…
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NASA is currently forecasting that Artemis 2 will be ready to launch no earlier than…
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SpaceX
Following Starship SN15’s success, SpaceX evaluating next steps toward orbital goals
by Chris BerginSpaceX is considering numerous options for the upcoming Starship test schedule as the goal of…
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Two NASA astronauts, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins, have completed the latest Extravehicular Activity (EVA,…
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Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) conducted a spacewalk to continue the process…
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ArtemisBoeing/Starliner
Second prevalve issue delays completion of SLS Core Stage Green Run campaign
by Philip SlossA problem with another one of the eight prevalves in the Artemis 1 Core Stage…