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Virgin Orbit To Shut Down After Failing To Find A Financial Lifeline

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Virgin Orbit To Shut Down After Failing To Find A Financial Lifeline

Payload March 30, 2023

VirginOrbit Richard Branson’s cash strapped launch company Virgin Orbit announced on Thursday that it will shut down...

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Space Business Briefs: Starlink Problems, Investments, Contract Awards, Mission Updates

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Space Business Briefs: Starlink Problems, Investments, Contract Awards, Mission Updates

Payload March 29, 2023

A Falcon 9 launches the SES-18 and SES-19 communications satellites in March 2023. (Credit: SpaceX) Starlink is...

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Virgin Orbit extends employee furlough after finance deal falls through: report

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Virgin Orbit extends employee furlough after finance deal falls through: report

Space.com March 29, 2023

Launch company Virgin Orbit extended unpaid furlough for employees after a financing deal fell through over the...

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Space SPAC Index: Uncertain Futures And Delisting Notices Loom

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Space SPAC Index: Uncertain Futures And Delisting Notices Loom

Payload March 28, 2023

Cosmic Girl Boeing 747 (Credit Virgin Orbit) It is the worst of times for launch providers Virgin...

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Private Japanese moon lander sends home stunning image from lunar orbit

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Private Japanese moon lander sends home stunning image from lunar orbit

Space.com March 28, 2023

A photograph of the lunar surface taken by the Hakuto-R moon lander built and operated by Japanese...

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‘All Systems Are Go’ Snoopy stage show debuts at NASA visitor complex

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‘All Systems Are Go’ Snoopy stage show debuts at NASA visitor complex

Space.com March 27, 2023

Snoopy, the Peanuts gang and NASA’s plans for exploring the moon received a “go” to launch as...

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Blue Origin says it finally knows what caused its New Shepard rocket launch to fail last year

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Blue Origin says it finally knows what caused its New Shepard rocket launch to fail last year

Space.com March 25, 2023

Blue Origin has figured out what doomed its most recent spaceflight. That uncrewed mission — known as...

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Boom! Sierra Space blows up final inflatable space station module in initial test series (video)

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Boom! Sierra Space blows up final inflatable space station module in initial test series (video)

Space.com March 24, 2023

Fasten your safety Bat-Belt for another Sierra Space explosion. Sierra Space finished its fourth (of four) deliberate...

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Virgin Orbit restarts operations with ‘small’ team as it works on finance deal: reports

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Virgin Orbit restarts operations with ‘small’ team as it works on finance deal: reports

Space.com March 23, 2023

Launch company Virgin Orbit is returning a “small” team to operations from furlough to prepare for its...

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Maple leaf to the moon: Canadian Space Agency debuts new logo

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Maple leaf to the moon: Canadian Space Agency debuts new logo

Space.com March 17, 2023

When the first Canadian astronaut to launch to the moon lifts off with NASA’s next Artemis mission,...

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