☄️ Watch Biomass launch live
ESA's Biomass mission is on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Don’t miss the live coverage of liftoff on Tuesday 29 April, on ESA WebTV. Coverage will start at 10:55 CEST with commentary live from Kourou and ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Germany. The Vega-C rocket carrying Biomass is scheduled for liftoff at 11:15.
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ESA's Biomass mission is on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Don’t miss the live coverage of liftoff on Tuesday 29 April, on ESA WebTV. Coverage will start at 10:55 CEST with commentary live from Kourou and ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Germany. The Vega-C rocket carrying Biomass is scheduled for liftoff at 11:15.
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🧑🚀 Katalyst Space acquires Atomos to accelerate in-space services
Arizona-based Katalyst completed the acquisition of Colorado-based Atomos in March for an undisclosed amount.
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Arizona-based Katalyst completed the acquisition of Colorado-based Atomos in March for an undisclosed amount.
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🧑🚀 Boeing reports progress on containing Starliner costs
Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, but offered few details on technical work.
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Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, but offered few details on technical work.
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🛰️ New Chinese Space Station Crew Lifts Off
A crew of three Chinese taikonauts lifted off this morning to the Tiangong-3 space station. Shenzhou-20 will replace the Shenzhou-19 crew who have been aboard for the past six months. […]
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A crew of three Chinese taikonauts lifted off this morning to the Tiangong-3 space station. Shenzhou-20 will replace the Shenzhou-19 crew who have been aboard for the past six months. […]
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🌌 Okapi raises 13 million euros to expand space traffic management suite
SAN FRANCISCO – German space traffic management startup Okapi:Orbits raised 13 million euros ($14.75 million) in a seed funding round announced April 24. With the new investment, Okapi will expand […]
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SAN FRANCISCO – German space traffic management startup Okapi:Orbits raised 13 million euros ($14.75 million) in a seed funding round announced April 24. With the new investment, Okapi will expand […]
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🚀 Hidden and hampered: elevating the Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Winning the new space race with China is contingent on the competitiveness of the United States commercial space industry. While the Chinese space program enjoys the full financial and regulatory […]
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Winning the new space race with China is contingent on the competitiveness of the United States commercial space industry. While the Chinese space program enjoys the full financial and regulatory […]
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🚀 NASA Engineering Sparks Innovative New Battery
Nickel-hydrogen technology is safe, durable, and long-lasting – now it’s affordable too.
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Nickel-hydrogen technology is safe, durable, and long-lasting – now it’s affordable too.
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🔭 Fear, greed and glory with Lori Garver
In this week's episode of Space Minds, Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator sits down with host David Ariosto. Garver describes what drives spaceflight-and what that means for the agency's shifting priorities.
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In this week's episode of Space Minds, Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator sits down with host David Ariosto. Garver describes what drives spaceflight-and what that means for the agency's shifting priorities.
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Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload
🗓️ April 27, 2025 - 15:55:00 CEST
🕦 Window: 15:44:00 - 16:19:00
📝 Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Rocket: Long March 3
🏢 Pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
💙 Status: Go for Launch
🚩 Country: China
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🗓️ April 27, 2025 - 15:55:00 CEST
🕦 Window: 15:44:00 - 16:19:00
📝 Mission: Unknown Payload
🚀 Rocket: Long March 3
🏢 Pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
💙 Status: Go for Launch
🚩 Country: China
For more information and to stay up to date on new space launches, follow our Go4Launch channel: https://t.me/go4launch
🌎 China Report: Debris risks, startup funding and previewing Space Day
China’s megaconstellation launches spark debris concerns; commercial space expands; Lightyear Explorer raises funds; key updates expected during China’s Space Day and Shenzhou-20 launch.
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China’s megaconstellation launches spark debris concerns; commercial space expands; Lightyear Explorer raises funds; key updates expected during China’s Space Day and Shenzhou-20 launch.
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🔭 NASA Orbiter Spots Curiosity Rover Making Tracks to Next Science Stop
The image marks what may be the first time one of the agency’s Mars orbiters has captured the rover driving. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has never been camera shy, having been seen in selfies and images taken from space. But on Feb. 28 — the 4,466th Martian day, or sol, of the mission — Curiosity […]
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The image marks what may be the first time one of the agency’s Mars orbiters has captured the rover driving. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has never been camera shy, having been seen in selfies and images taken from space. But on Feb. 28 — the 4,466th Martian day, or sol, of the mission — Curiosity […]
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🌎 NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus
NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft configurations. Boeing’s proposed focus centers on a ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology. Work on the X-66 flight demonstrator – which currently […]
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NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft configurations. Boeing’s proposed focus centers on a ground-based testbed to demonstrate the potential for long, thin-wing technology. Work on the X-66 flight demonstrator – which currently […]
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🌌 Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft arrives at Tiangong space station
Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station Thursday aboard the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, hours after launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
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Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station Thursday aboard the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, hours after launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
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🌎 Report warns U.S. risks strategic drift in space as China gains ground
The State of the Space Industrial Base 2024 report was released this week by the nonprofit NewSpace Nexus
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The State of the Space Industrial Base 2024 report was released this week by the nonprofit NewSpace Nexus
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☄️ OroraTech opens US office to expand wildfire monitoring network
German satellite operator OroraTech opened its U.S. headquarters in Denver, Colorado, April 24 to push its growing wildfire-monitoring constellation into a country that regularly experiences some of the world’s most costly fires.
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German satellite operator OroraTech opened its U.S. headquarters in Denver, Colorado, April 24 to push its growing wildfire-monitoring constellation into a country that regularly experiences some of the world’s most costly fires.
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☄️ NASA Tracks Snowmelt to Improve Water Management
As part of a science mission tracking one of Earth’s most precious resources – water – NASA’s C-20A aircraft conducted a series of seven research flights in March that can help researchers track the process and timeline as snow melts and transforms into a freshwater resource. The agency’s Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) […]
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As part of a science mission tracking one of Earth’s most precious resources – water – NASA’s C-20A aircraft conducted a series of seven research flights in March that can help researchers track the process and timeline as snow melts and transforms into a freshwater resource. The agency’s Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) […]
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🔭 NASA Marshall Fires Up Hybrid Rocket Motor to Prep for Moon Landings
NASA’s Artemis campaign will use human landing systems, provided by SpaceX and Blue Origin, to safely transport crew to and from the surface of the Moon, in preparation for future crewed missions to Mars. As the landers touch down and lift off from the Moon, rocket exhaust plumes will affect the top layer of lunar […]
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NASA’s Artemis campaign will use human landing systems, provided by SpaceX and Blue Origin, to safely transport crew to and from the surface of the Moon, in preparation for future crewed missions to Mars. As the landers touch down and lift off from the Moon, rocket exhaust plumes will affect the top layer of lunar […]
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☄️ Webinar: SpaceX – 2025 Business Outlook
Join us on April 16 for a timely discussion on those challenging Starlink and the push for multi-orbit and multi-operator solutions.
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Join us on April 16 for a timely discussion on those challenging Starlink and the push for multi-orbit and multi-operator solutions.
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🌎 NASA cancels lease for Earth science office in New York
NASA is canceling the lease for the offices of a branch of the Goddard Space Flight Center in New York that does Earth science research.
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NASA is canceling the lease for the offices of a branch of the Goddard Space Flight Center in New York that does Earth science research.
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