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NASA’s Solar Sail Makes First Contact From Space Before Stretching Its Enormous Wings

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

2024-05-01 10:57 PM

An artist’s concept of the Solar Sail mission in orbit. Illustration: NASA Nearly a week after launching to space, a microwave-sized cubesat ...

Launch providers look for competitive advantages in era of transition

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

2024-03-21 11:38 AM

WASHINGTON — The launch industry is negotiating a transition into new families of launch vehicles, working to bring additional capacity into the ...

Launch roundup – Starship poised for third integrated test flight

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

2024-03-12 08:47 PM

11 The focus of the week ahead is dominated, of course, by the much anticipated third test flight of Starship. Once ...

Electron launches Astroscale inspection satellite

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

2024-02-19 05:35 AM

Updated 12:45 p.m. Eastern with confirmation of contact with satellite after deployment. WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron launched an Astroscale spacecraft ...

A Year In The Space Economy

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

2024-01-02 01:25 AM

SpaceX’s Starship rocket shortly before it’s “rapid unscheduled disassembly” in November. AFP via Getty Images Over the past year, many startup sectors ...