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Lord David Willetts appointed as Chairman of UK Space Agency
Lord David Willetts has been formally appointed as Chairman of the UK Space Agency by the UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. The former MP and government minister will oversee the work of the agency, led by CEO Dr Paul Bate, as it attempts to pursue the goal of the...
Opinion: Commercial satellite imagery firm Maxar becomes a sort of “hero” of the Ukraine conflict as it lets world know what is going on
In the battle for world opinion with respect to the war in Ukraine, most now decry Russia for its initial invasion and for its subsequent behaviour. And satellite imagery has been key to this. NATO is providing everything it can to Ukraine short of actual military...
On a lighter note: Barbie is in space
It has been announced by her manufacturer Mattel that the girls doll Barbie, who has been dressing in space inspired clothes since the 1960s, is in space with her friend on the International Space Station (ISS). Her mission is as part of Mattel's collaboration with...
Capella Space scores US$97 million in Series C funding as demand for SAR satellite tech grows
Earth observation start up Capella Space has secured US$97 million in its latest Series C fundraising round. According to the newspace company, the new money will be put towards growing its satellite imagery and analytics services after it saw an "exponential" surge...
SpaceX launches four person crew mission to ISS, uses new Dragon capsule (Updated)
At 0752 GMT on 27 April a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the NASA Crew-4 mission to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The launch took place from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and saw a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule start its journey to the ISS. This is the first launch of this...
SpaceX launches Axiom AX-1 first all-commercial crew to ISS which returns to Earth late (Updated)
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the first privately crewed mission to the ISS from the Kennedy Space Centre, USA, at 1517 GMT on 8 April. The first stage of the Falcon 9 (B1062 on its fifth flight) successfully landed on the drone barge “A Shortfall of Gravitas”...
Japanese IHI Aerospace plans satellite launches for 2022 after clinching first commercial order
IHI Aerospace (IA) - the defence division of Japanese engineering corporation IHI Corporation - has signed a contract for the launch of two earth observation satellites later this year in its first commercial launch order. The two synthetic aperture Rader (SAR)...
China to launch an asteroid deflection mission in 2025 – but is it safe?
As part of its planetary defence strategy, China plans to launch an asteroid impactor mission to deflect the orbit of a near-Earth asteroid. The test mission, as reported by SpaceNews (Andrew Jones), will make close-up observations of a selected, potentially...
SLS Wet Dress Rehearsal is dogged by delays which eventually postpones it
The much delayed SLS Heavy-lift Launch Vehicle (HLV) due to take NASA astronauts back to the Moon won’t be going anywhere soon. Its Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Centre, starting on 4 April, suffered a series of setbacks that in the...
Rocket Lab Electron launch to carry HawkEye 360 satellites on its first launch from Wallops Island
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket will carry HawkEye 360 satellites when it embarks on its much anticipated first launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA, late this year. It has to date only launched from OneNui Station, on the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. As part of...
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