Space industry
India’s lunar rover goes down a ramp to the moon’s surface area and takes a walk
A guy reads a day-to-day Hindi newspaper with front site reporting on productive landing of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the south pole of the Moon, in New Delhi on Aug. 24, 2023. Arun Sankar | AFP | Getty Photos A lunar rover slid down a ramp from the lander of India’s spacecraft inside of several […]
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DOJ sues SpaceX alleging hiring discrimination from refugees and asylum recipients
A Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside the house the Room Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters on January 28, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Photos The U.S. Office of Justice sued SpaceX on Thursday, alleging Elon Musk’s house enterprise discriminated in its hiring techniques versus refugees and persons granted […]
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Viasat reviews 2nd satellite malfunction in a make any difference of months
An artist’s rendering of an I6 satellite in orbit. Inmarsat A 2nd Viasat communications satellite is malfunctioning in orbit, this time from the fleet of recently obtained U.K.-primarily based Inmarsat, the organization claimed on Thursday. The I6 F2 satellite, which Inmarsat released in February, suffered a failure with its energy system though climbing in orbit to […]
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DOJ sues SpaceX, alleging hiring discrimination against refugees and asylum seekers
A Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters on January 28, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice sued SpaceX on Thursday, alleging Elon Musk’s space company discriminated against refugees and asylum seekers in its hiring practices. The lawsuit […]
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India’s moon landing made history at a low cost
The shadow of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is seen on the moon’s surface. ISRO The list is grim reading: Stuck, failed, missed, failed, failed, stuck, failed, crashed, missed, crashed, crashed. Those were the fate of the Soviet Union’s first 11 attempts before successfully landing a spacecraft on the moon, according to a database compiled by Jonathan […]
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India becomes fourth country to land on the moon, first on the south pole, with Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft
The moon’s surface is seen below the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on August 20, 2023 as it orbited in preparation for landing. ISRO India staked new claim as a national superpower in space, landing its Chandrayaan-3 mission safely on the moon’s unexplored south pole on Wednesday. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft launched last month and touch downed on the […]
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Pentagon space arm awards $1.5 billion contract to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for communications satellites
An artist illustration shows the functions of SDA’s satellite constellation. Space Development Agency The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency on Monday awarded $1.5 billion in contracts to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for prototype communications satellites. SDA said the 72 satellites will be for the “Beta” variant of its Tranche 2 Transport Layer constellation, a network […]
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Axiom Space raises $350 million from Saudi and Korean investors
Chief Engineer Jim Stein wears the new spacesuit during the Axiom Space Artemis III Lunar Spacesuit event at Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas, on March 15, 2023. – “Since a spacesuit worn on the Moon must be white to reflect heat and protect astronauts from extreme high temperatures, a cover layer is currently being […]
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Redwire and Sierra team up to make drugs in space on inflatable habitat’s first mission
An ADSEP with blue PIL-BOXs, hardware which will be delivered to Sierra Space for the LIFE habitat pathfinder mission. Redwire Space infrastructure company Redwire is putting a biotech technology testbed on Sierra Space’s first mission with its inflatable space habitat, establishing a new partnership between the two companies to make drugs in orbit. “It’s an […]
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Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft suffers technological glitch in pre-landing maneuver
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat higher stage and the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 blasts off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far japanese Amur area, Russia, Aug. 11, 2023. Roscosmos | Through Reuters Russia reported an “abnormal situation” Saturday on its moon-sure Luna-25 spacecraft, which launched previously this month. The […]
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