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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 31/05/2025
🌕 Sierra Space has been awarded a contract by NASA to explore how its LIFE inflatable habitat could be repurposed for staging, transport, and storage on the Moon. The study contract falls under NASA’s NextSTEP-2 Appendix R initiative. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05...
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Sierra Space Expands on Its new Lunar Contract for NASA | Space Voyaging
Sierra Space reveals details of its NASA lunar logistics contract, expanding its LIFE habitat technology from LEO to Moon missions under the Artemis program
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 30/05/2025
The FAA is requiring an investigation for the SpaceX Starship Flight 9 mishap. This only applies to the Ship loss, the Super Heavy vehicle loss was under a test objective cover
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 29/05/2025
ULA says that the launch of Kuiper 2 Mission for Project Kuiper, the second batch of production satellites for Amazon, on an Atlas V 551 rocket is planned for June 13, 2025, pending range approval. Liftoff scheduled for 2:29 p.m. EDT with a 30-min window, from SLC-41, Florida
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 15/05/2025
The FAA approved license modifications for the SpaceX #Starship Flight 9 mission. However, SpaceX may not launch until the FAA either closes the Starship Flight 8 mishap investigation or makes a return to flight determination. The FAA is reviewing the mishap report #SpaceX submitted on May 14.
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 15/05/2025
The FAA has just released the following statement about SpaceX's Starship Flight 9:
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 29/04/2025
🚀 A Firefly's Alpha rocket launch from Vandenberg suffered a mishap during stage separation. 🛰️ The #FLTA006 mission was carrying Lockheed Martin's LM 400 tech demo satellite. As of now, it is unclear whether the payload has reached orbit. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04...
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Firefly Alpha carrying Lockheed Martin Satellite suffered Stage Separation Mishap | Space Voyaging
Firefly launched the Lockheed Martin's LM 400 tech demo abord its Alpha Rocket, however, a mishap during stage separation may have compromised the mission
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 29/04/2025
🛰 ULA successfully launched the first batch of 27 satellites for Amazon's Kuiper commercial constellation. 🚀 The Atlas V 551 rocket lifted off from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral, carrying the satellites to low Earth orbit. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04...
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ULA Launches The First Batch Of Kuiper For Amazon’s New Constellation | Space Voyaging
Today, ULA's Atlas V rocket successfully launched the first batch of satellites for Amazon's new mega constellation for worldwide connectivity: Project Kuiper
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 29/04/2025
🚀 Today, Arianespace successfully launched the #VV26 mission from French Guiana. 🌍 Vega-C carried ESA’s Earth Explorer #Biomass satellite, which will provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their role in Earth’s carbon cycle. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04...
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ESA’s New Biomass Launched to Map Forests’ Carbon | Space Voyaging
ESA’s Biomass satellite launched from Kourou on the Vega-C VV26 mission to map forest carbon, strengthening Europe’s independent access to space with Avio
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 04/04/2025
The US Space Force has awarded the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 contract to SpaceX for $5.9B, United Launch Alliance for $5.3B, and Blue Origin for $2.3B: www.defense.gov/News/Contrac...
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 02/04/2025
ULA's launch of Kuiper 1, the first production satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, with an Atlas V 551 rocket, is planned for April 9, 2025. The launch is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. EDT at the opening of a three-hour window, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fl
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 01/04/2025
🚀 Last night, #SpaceX launched #Fram2, the first human spaceflight into polar orbit. 🌎 The planned three-to-five-day private mission will support polar and space environment studies, advance long-duration spaceflight and human health research. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04...
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Fram2 Launched into Polar Orbit for a New Worldview | Space Voyaging
SpaceX launched Fram2, the first private human spaceflight over Earth's poles, carrying a four-person crew for scientific research and educational outreach
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 31/03/2025
The FAA closes the investigation on #Starship Flight 7:
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 28/03/2025
🚀 The US Space Force has selected @rocketlabusa.com and Stoke Space to participate in the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program. The IDIQ contract has a maximum value of $5.6 billion, with an ordering period until 2029. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...
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US Space Force selects Rocket Lab and Stoke for National Security Space Launches | Space Voyaging
The United States Space Force (USSF) has added Rocket Lab and Stoke Space to the competition for launch contracts under the NSSL Phase Line 1
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 20/03/2025
"If a plane doesn't throw away its doors to deliver cargo, why should our rocket?" says Rocket Lab on X today. Interesting because, reading feels like 2016 again, with a certain CEO of a certain company trying to pursue fairing recovery (and reuse) while getting mocked by everyone...
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 18/03/2025
🧑‍🚀 After much controversy, SpaceX's #Crew9 mission safely splashed down off the coast of Florida. The Crew Dragon capsule is carrying NASA's astronauts Nich Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Willmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...
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Crew-9 is Back on Earth, Ending an Eventful Mission | Space Voyaging
SpaceX's Crew-9 Dragon capsule safely splashed down off the coast of Florida carrying Willmore and Williams after a long and controversial mission
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 19/03/2025
🌌 Among the most notable #Euclid results is a classification survey that has cataloged over 380,000 galaxies and identified 500 gravitational lens candidates, leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and citizen science contributions. 📸Credits: ESA
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 19/03/2025
🚨 @esa.int's Euclid mission released its first major batch of survey data, including a preview of Euclid’s deep fields. This data release consists of three large mosaics that contain 26 million galaxies, some as far as 10.5 billion light-years away. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...
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ESA Euclid Mission Unveils First Deep Field Data | Space Voyaging
ESA Euclid first deep field data reveals millions of galaxies, mapping the cosmic web, advancing understanding of dark matter, dark energy, and galaxy evolution
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 07/03/2025
Intuitive Machines confirmed today, in a press release, that #Athena landed 250 meters from the planned landing site in a crater. The lander is on its side, and the solar panels are not charging the batteries. The mission is thus concluded, and teams are analysing all collected data.
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 07/03/2025
🚀 SpaceX launched the height #Starship flight test, and it hasn't gone as planned with the second consecutive losses of the upper stage early in the flight. However, the tower catch maneuver was successfully validated again. An analysis of what happened: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 07/03/2025
Official SpaceX words: "The vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly and contact was lost. Our team immediately began coordination with safety officials to implement pre-planned contingency responses. We will review the data from today's flight test to better understand root cause"
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 06/03/2025
🚀 Today Arianespace launched the first Ariane 6 commercial mission carrying the CSO-3 Earth Observation satellite for French government. 🛰️The Composante Spatiale Optique constellation provides high-quality optical imagery for France's defense needs. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...
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Ariane 6 Launches CSO-3 Supporting France’s Defense Earth Observation | Space Voyaging
Despite delays, today Arianespace's Ariane 6 successfully launched the French CSO-3 observation satellite, marking an important step for European sovereignity
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 02/03/2025
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 02/03/2025
🛰️ Yesterday, NASA's Europa Clipper probe conducted a gravity assist around Mars, reaching a minimum distance of 884 kilometers from the Red Planet’s surface. During the close flyby, the spacecraft tested some of its important scientific instruments. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...
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Europa Clipper swings by Mars on its Long Journey to Jupiter | Space Voyaging
The Europa Clipper spacecraft passed near the Red Planet to change its orbit. The NASA probe tested two of its nine fundamental scientific instruments
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 02/03/2025
🌕 This morning, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 softly touched down on the surface of the #Moon, carrying 10 scientific payloads for #NASA. On its first attempt, Firefly became the first company to complete a fully successful lunar landing. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...
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Blue Ghost Completes Historic Landing on the Moon | Space Voyaging
Today, Firefly became the first private company to soft land on the Moon thanks to Blue Ghost successful historic touch down
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 28/02/2025
From the FAA: "After completing the required and comprehensive safety review, the FAA determined the SpaceX Starship vehicle can return to flight operations while the investigation into the Jan. 16 Starship Flight 7 mishap remains open. The FAA is overseeing the SpaceX-led investigation."
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 27/02/2025
📸 Stunning photo of Earth from the Athena lunar lander on its way to the Moon. Behind is visible the Falcon 9 upper stage and some payloads deployed. Intuitive Machines is targeting a lunar landing opportunity on March 6.
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 27/02/2025
Katy Perry is flying on Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-31 Mission. She joins Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, Gayle King, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez.
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 27/02/2025
🚀 Last night, #SpaceX successfully launched Intuitive Machines' second mission towards the Moon. 🌕 The Nova-C lander is carrying a bunch of important payloads, including the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1 (PRIME-1), as part of NASA's CLPS. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/02...
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 24/02/2025
SpaceX closes the investigation into Starship Flight 7 failure and eyes February 28th for next launch. Article ⬇️
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 21/02/2025
NASA has selected SpaceX's Falcon 9 to launch the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed price is ~$100 mln, which includes launch service and other mission related costs
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 21/02/2025
🚀 Isar Aerospace completed all static fire tests of Spectrum's first and second stages, qualifying the vehicle for its maiden launch. The company is now waiting for approval and licensing from the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/02...
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Isar Completes Final Static Fire Test Ahead of Spectrum Maiden Launch | Space Voyaging
Isar Aerospace is now ready to launch for the first timeits Spectrum rocket, pending licensing from Norwegian authorities
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 18/02/2025
This was an interesting one to write
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 18/02/2025
After reports of Blue Ghost missing the LOI2 burn, which per FCC filings should've been completed around Feb. 17 at 09:09 UTC, Firefly confirms that they delayed the burn 24h. "LOI2 is not a time critical burn. We delayed it 24 hours so that our team has more time to plan the maneuver."
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 12/02/2025
✈️ With the second and last test flight of the XB-1 aircraft, Boom demonstrated supersonic commercial flight without an audible sonic boom. Now the company will focus on the development of Overture, the potential successor of the iconic #Concorde. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/02...
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Boom Supersonic Demonstrates Boomless Flight | Space Voyaging
Boom Supersonic XB-1 aircraft completed its second and last supersonic flight test, demonstrating the potential for faster travel without an audible sonic boom
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 11/02/2025
From Vast: "Haven-1 primary structure qualification article at Vast’s Mojave test site, with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lighting up the evening sky—Haven-1’s future ride." Wow...
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 11/02/2025
🚀 Today, CASC carried out the inaugural flight of the Long March 8A rocket from Wenchang, marking #China's seventh orbital launch of 2025. 🛰️ The mission deployed a second batch of 10 satellites for the future SatNet LEO (Guowang) constellation. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/02...
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Successful Inaugural Launch of China’s new Long March 8A rocket | Space Voyaging
China's new Long March 8A rocket successfully completes its maiden flight launching SatNet LEO satellites in the country's 7th orbital mission of 2025
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 10/02/2025
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide the launch service for the agency’s Pandora mission, which will study at least 20 known exoplanets and their host stars to find out how changes in stars affect our observations of exoplanet atmospheres
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 10/02/2025
🤝 US company Momentus Inc. has secured an expansion of contract from DARPA agency that will support an in-orbit demonstration of large-scale structure assembly. 🛰️ The mission is set to launch in 2026 aboard a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/02...
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Momentus Expands Defense Department Contract for In-Space Assembly Demonstration | Space Voyaging
Momentus secures expanded DARPA contract for in-space assembly demo, launching in 2026 to validate orbital manufacturing technologies
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 10/02/2025
🔭 Today, @esa.int shared a major discovery made by the European #Euclid telescope: a stunning Einstein Ring around Galaxy NGC 6505. 🌌 The rare phenomenon is made up of light, distorted by gravity, from a bright galaxy 4.42 billion light-years away. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/02...
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Euclid Telescope Captures new Einstein Ring around a Galaxy | Space Voyaging
ESA's space mission Euclid made a great discovery in a well-known Galaxy. The telescope captured an Einstein ring, a rare and fascinating phenomenon
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 09/02/2025
No news from the FAA, in the meantime...
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 08/02/2025
🚀 Today, a #RocketLab' Electron successfully launched a new batch of five satellites to LEO for the French Kinéis. 🛰️ This is the fourth mission out of five planned to deliver the constellation, developed to enhance global IoT connectivity. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/02...
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Rocket Lab Launches Five New Satellites for Kinéis | Space Voyaging
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket launched 'IoT 4 You and Me,' the fourth mission for Kinéis, deploying 5 more of 25 IoT satellites to boost global connectivity
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 08/02/2025
🚀 Recently, ATMOS received approval from the FAA for the first test flight of its Phoenix capsule in April 2025. Phoenix will launch aboard #SpaceX Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission and test its inflatable heat shield during atmospheric reentry. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/02...
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ATMOS to Launch Phoenix Re-entry Capsule in 2025 | Space Voyaging
ATMOS Space Cargo confirmed the maiden flight of its re-entry capsule, Phoenix, to Low Earth Orbit on a SpaceX rideshare mission planned for April 2025
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 06/02/2025
🚀 Yesterday, #Russia launched the Kosmos 2581 satellite aboard the last #Soyuz 2.1v rocket. The mission also marked the retirement of the historic NK-33 engine, developed in the 1960s for the N1 rocket and lately bought by Aerojet. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/02...
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The Last Flight of the NK-33 Engine | Space Voyaging
With the launch of the Soyuz 2.1v on February 5th, the last NK-33 engine, originally designed for lunar flights, flew from the Plesetsk Military Cosmodrome
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 29/01/2025
🔬 Today, #NASA shared for the first time the results of the analysis of the sample collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission on the asteroid Bennu in 2020. 🧬 Scientists discovered several chemical compounds that are key for the formation of life. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/01...
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NASA Found Life’s Ingredients in Asteroid Bennu Sample | Space Voyaging
The first analyses of the materials collected from Bennu by NASA OSIRIS-REx mission highlight the presence of key components for the formation of life
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 29/01/2025
🚀 Today, @esa.int announced that Ariane 6 has been selected to launch the Plato mission in 2026. 🪐 Plato will discover, analyze, and catalog hundreds of exoplanets orbiting orbiting in habitable zones around more than 200.000 Sun-like stars. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/01...
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Ariane 6 will Launch ESA’s Plato Mission in 2026 | Space Voyaging
The first science mission of Ariane 6 will deploy ESA's Plato spacecraft, which will discover and study hundreds of exoplanets orbiting around Sun-like stars
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 28/01/2025
🛰 Today, Arianespace announced that Ariane 6 has been selected to launch the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite in 2025. 🚀 Meanwhile, the rocket is ready on the launch pad for its second mission, VA263, which will carry the French CSO-3 satellite. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/01...
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Ariane 6 Selected to Launch Sentinel-1D | Space Voyaging
Ariane 6 has been selected to launch two missions for European institutions in 2025. Meanwhile, preparations for the second flight are going on
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Michael Sheetz @michaelsheetz.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Voyager Technologies (fka Voyager Space) confidentially filed to IPO, with an expected valuation between $2-3 billion: www.wsj.com/finance/defe...
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Exclusive | Defense and Space Company Voyager Technologies Files to Go Public
The sector is expected to benefit under the Trump administration.
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 21/01/2025
🤝 Redwire announced the acquisition of the US defense company Edge Autonomy for $925 million. 🛰️ Redwire aims to lead in multi-domain autonomous technology, combining innovative space infrastructure with combat-proven autonomous airborne platforms. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/01...
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Redwire Acquires Edge Autonomy to Enhance Multi-Domain Space and Defense Capabilities | Space Voyaging
The acquisition of Edge Autonomy marks a significant new step for Redwire in the development of multi-domain capabilities for the defense sector
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Space Voyaging @spacevoyaging.com · 18/01/2025
🛰️ On Thursday, ISRO achieved a major milestone with the successful in-orbit docking between two spacecraft as part of the #SpaDeX demonstration mission, launched in 2024. India thus becomes the fourth nation to acquire this key space capability. Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/01...
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SpaDeX: India Achives Historic First Docking in Orbit | Space Voyaging
The Indian SpadeX mission successfully achieved its main objective of rendezvousing, and docking the two small spacecraft in a low-Earth circular orbit
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Edoardo Giammarino | Space Reporter @edoardo.spacevoyaging.com · 17/01/2025
🚨 The FAA is requiring #SpaceX to perform a mishap investigation into the loss of #Starship during launch operations on Jan. 16. "There are no reports of public injury, and the FAA is working with SpaceX and appropriate authorities to confirm reports of public property damage on Turks and Caicos."
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