Day: June 2, 2023

Virgin Orbit Spent More Than a Billion to Make Millions

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• Commercial

Virgin Orbit Spent More Than a Billion to Make Millions

Payload June 2, 2023

Cosmic Girl in flight. Image credit: Virgin Orbit. Virgin Orbit spent well over $1 billion developing a...

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Terran Orbital to Present at Emerging Growth Conference 58 “Space Symposium” Exploring the Future of Space & Satellite

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• Interviews
• Satellites

Terran Orbital to Present at Emerging Growth Conference 58 “Space Symposium” Exploring the Future of Space & Satellite

Terran Orbital June 2, 2023

Terran Orbital to Present at Emerging Growth Conference 58 “Space Symposium” Exploring the Future of Space &...

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity went silent for 6 ‘agonizing’ days in April

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• Science & Astronomy

Mars helicopter Ingenuity went silent for 6 ‘agonizing’ days in April

Space.com June 2, 2023

NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity had its handlers sweating bullets about two months ago. The little chopper failed...

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James Webb Space Telescope finds water in super-hot exoplanet’s atmosphere

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• Science & Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope finds water in super-hot exoplanet’s atmosphere

Space.com June 2, 2023

The James Webb Space Telescope has found traces of water vapor in the atmosphere of a super-hot...

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NASA’s Kepler telescope discovered 2 mini-Neptune exoplanets just before dying

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• Science & Astronomy

NASA’s Kepler telescope discovered 2 mini-Neptune exoplanets just before dying

Space.com June 2, 2023

NASA’s prolific Kepler space telescope, which shut its powerful eye nearly five years ago, continued finding exoplanets...

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Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA indefinitely over parachute, wiring safety issues

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• Technology

Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA indefinitely over parachute, wiring safety issues

Space.com June 2, 2023

Boeing is standing down from the first-ever crewed launch of its Starliner astronaut capsule for NASA, possibly...

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A poem for Europa Clipper: US Poet Laureate Ada Limón reveals ode to fly on NASA Jupiter moon mission

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• Launch

A poem for Europa Clipper: US Poet Laureate Ada Limón reveals ode to fly on NASA Jupiter moon mission

Space.com June 2, 2023

“It is not darkness that unites us, not the cold distance of space, but the offering of...

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World’s 1st ‘hacking sandbox’ satellite and more to ride on SpaceX’s next NASA cargo launch

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• Satellites

World’s 1st ‘hacking sandbox’ satellite and more to ride on SpaceX’s next NASA cargo launch

Space.com June 2, 2023

SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply mission (CRS-28) is poised to launch new science experiments and provisions to the...

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Watch live views of Mars from a European probe at the Red Planet in a 1st-of-its-kind livestream today

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• Science & Astronomy

Watch live views of Mars from a European probe at the Red Planet in a 1st-of-its-kind livestream today

Space.com June 2, 2023

The European Space Agency (ESA) will livestream imagery from its Mars Express orbiter in near-real time today...

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‘I’m ready. Let’s go!’ Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson eager for next flight after private Ax-2 mission

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• Interviews

‘I’m ready. Let’s go!’ Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson eager for next flight after private Ax-2 mission

Space.com June 2, 2023

Record-breaking former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson hasn’t been back on Earth for long, but she’s already eager...

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