With the fate of the Constellation Program at this juncture of time all but a certainty, Program officials are, nonetheless, pressing ahead with testing of the Orion crew capsule design. Specifically, current testing on Orion’s design is geared toward EVA egress/ingress procedures and mechanics for the four person capsule that was supposed to serve as a replacement, later this decade, for the retiring Shuttle fleet.
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As part of the on going effort within the Constellation Program to finalize the design…
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Launch Roundup: Starlink constellation continues to expand while China begins building G60 constellation
by John SharpFollowing a busy last two weeks, the pace of the worldwide launch schedule slowed down…
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As megaconstellations grow, scientists become concerned with their impacts on astronomy
by Ian AtkinsonSince their initial launch in 2019, SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites have become infamous for photobombing…
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Arianespace, ULA, Blue Origin discuss executing ambitious Kuiper constellation missions for Amazon
Amazon’s announcement of three launch contracts totaling 83 flights split across Ariane 6, Vulcan, and…
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China launches internet constellation satellites on CZ-2C
by Adrian BeilChina launched the Xuancheng-1 mission onboard a Chang Zheng 2C from Xichang today. The launch…
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Volcanic eruptions, floods, and daily ice, crop monitoring highlight need for RADARSAT imaging program
When the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano explosively erupted in Tonga in January, the world was…
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Led by Inspiration4 commander Jared Isaacman, the newly announced Polaris program aims to demonstrate multiple…
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SpaceX has provided some interesting context into its plans to launch vast numbers of next-generation…
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Arianespace and Starsem to continue OneWeb constellation deployment with fifth launch
by Mihir NealArianespace and Russian-French company Starsem launched 36 OneWeb satellites to Low Earth Orbit aboard Soyuz…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster flies for 9th time as Starlink constellation grows
SpaceX has launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites on the Starlink v.0 L21 mission…
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SpaceX launched their third mission of 2021 and the first of many planned Smallsat Rideshare…
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The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) expressed its concern about the integrated computer testing capabilities…
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A 12 year campaign – including a two year, eight launch process – came to…
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The Orion Program has concluded its drop test series for the spacecraft’s parachute system, with…
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Orbital ATK’s Pegasus rocket finally launched on Thursday, carrying NASA’s CYGNSS environmental research satellite constellation…
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China launched the first satellite of a new orbital meteorological constellation. The Yunhai-1 (01) was…
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China launched a new high-resolution remote sensing satellite on Monday around 03:17 UTC using the…
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India has launched a PSLV rocket carrying the IRNSS-1G navigation satellite. The launch, which took…
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Crawler Transporter 2 (CT-2) has completed all of the necessary modifications to upgrade it to…