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Original full-size space shuttle mockup to be restored for Downey display

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Original full-size space shuttle mockup to be restored for Downey display

Space.com September 30, 2024

A full-size mockup of the space shuttle orbiter that was built as a contractor’s showcase model before...

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D-Orbit Eyes Global Expansion After Closing $166M Series C 

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D-Orbit Eyes Global Expansion After Closing $166M Series C 

Payload September 27, 2024

D-Orbit, the Italian space logistics company, raised an additional €50M ($56M) as part of a Series C...

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Boeing’s Starliner was mysteriously blooping like a submarine in space. Here’s why.

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Boeing’s Starliner was mysteriously blooping like a submarine in space. Here’s why.

Mashable September 27, 2024

UPDATE: Sep. 2, 2024, 7:00 p.m. EDT In a statement released to Mashable on Monday, Sept. 2,...

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NASA Almost Gave All Its Crew Funding to Boeing’s Disastrous Starliner, Leaving SpaceX Out in the Cold

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NASA Almost Gave All Its Crew Funding to Boeing’s Disastrous Starliner, Leaving SpaceX Out in the Cold

futurism-com September 26, 2024

As part of its Commercial Crew program, NASA picked two private companies in 2014 to develop spacecraft...

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AICRAFT secures funding from the South Australian Space Collaboration + Innovation Fund

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AICRAFT secures funding from the South Australian Space Collaboration + Innovation Fund

Sat News September 26, 2024

South Australian artificial intelligence (AI) company AICRAFT has secured funding from the inaugural South Australian Space Collaboration...

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Impact of In-Space Relay Networks on Ground Station as a Service 

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Impact of In-Space Relay Networks on Ground Station as a Service 

Payload September 25, 2024

Traditional Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) providers will soon face competition from relay communications networks that...

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Maxar Opens UK HQ for International Government Biz

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Maxar Opens UK HQ for International Government Biz

Payload September 24, 2024

Maxar Intelligence, the US-based geospatial intelligence company, announced a new headquarters for its international government business unit...

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Boeing Space & Defense chief Ted Colbert is leaving: reports

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Boeing Space & Defense chief Ted Colbert is leaving: reports

Space.com September 21, 2024

Boeing is getting a new space chief. Ted Colbert will no longer be CEO of Boeing Defense,...

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A space company is headed to Mars this fall. No, it’s not SpaceX.

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A space company is headed to Mars this fall. No, it’s not SpaceX.

Mashable September 21, 2024

During a solar storm, the sun unleashes a torrent of radiation into space. If you’re on Earth,...

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Elon Musk, Who Brutally Mocked Jeff Bezos’ Space Company for Suing the Government, Is Now Suing the Government With His Own Space Company

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Elon Musk, Who Brutally Mocked Jeff Bezos’ Space Company for Suing the Government, Is Now Suing the Government With His Own Space Company

futurism-com September 21, 2024

How the tables have turned. Space Suit SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long fought with fellow tech...

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