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...the early 1960s. Though not as famous as the astronauts they helped reach orbit, the mathematicians gained belated notoriety through the Oscar-nominated film. Among its champions is NASA, whose headquarters...
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...Force and other organizations. Bloomberg on Friday first reported on the SDA’s budget request for fiscal years 2021 through 2025. SpaceNews independently obtained a copy of the draft proposal. Sources...
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...speech. “We were hoping actually to pull that forward to 2020, but right now we are thinking 2021 will be when we first fly.” Northrop Grumman, who, like Blue Origin...
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...the fast track to public markets, privately owned Voyager Space stands out as a sorely needed source of patient capital. Although SPACs deserve much of 2021’s limelight for giving everyday...
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...developed with strong input from the U.S. Space Force, said Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond. “I personally worked on this budget very closely in both of my hats...
...inside a star’s habitable zone, like Earth. The space film will mark the first time that IMAX and the Walt Disney Studios have jointly produced a film together. The companies...
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...foundered. A Russian director, Yuri Kara, sought to fly two actors to Mir for what was described as a “sci-fi romance” film in the 1990s but failed to secure the...
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...and reduce cost? Is it difficult to make those types of investments in this budget environment? Fortunately, Hughes is fundamentally a commercially oriented company. Most of our customers are...
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...by an Ariane 5 launch in late July. While two Soyuz launches for OneWeb originally scheduled for this year from the spaceport are unlikely to take place now because of...
![China plans more than 50 space launches in 2022]()
...launch the first Jielong-3 solid rocket during 2022. China’s 2021 in space The CASC document mainly focuses on activities during 2021. China launched 55 times in 2021, sending 115 spacecraft...
![SLS contractors expect first launch in 2021]()
...launch in early 2021 rather than 2020. The first launch of the SLS, on a mission called Artemis 1, had been formally scheduled for the second half of 2020, a...
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...private-sector entity to safely and reliably transport people to orbit.” Those people include more than just astronauts. SpaceX has agreements with Axiom Space and Space Adventures for commercial missions using...
...challenge of meeting the 2021 date is steep. Currently the SLS-Orion combo is not slated to debut until 2017 or 2018, with its first crewed mission to follow in 2021....
![Space challenges for President Biden: Four issues for the next four years]()
...U.S. intelligence and defense agencies begin to seriously consider alternatives to the traditional model of hiring contractors to develop bespoke capabilities. This article originally appeared in the Jan. 18, 2021...
![House bill offers flat funding for NASA]()
...On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) 1 mission, formerly Restore-L, versus the agency’s request of $133 million, and $110 million for nuclear thermal propulsion work. The House bill also rejects...
...satellite, Ikonos, launched nearly eight years ago, continues to function normally and may last beyond the mid-2008 date previously estimated for its retirement, GeoEye officials told investors and the U.S....
![NASA space technology faces potential budget pressure]()
...the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM) 1 mission, which is the combination of the Restore-L satellite servicing mission and a space assembly technology demonstration known as SPIDER. That funding...
![Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities]()
...(EBITDA). Virgin Orbit reported an adjusted EBITDA of –$140.4 million in 2021 versus –$157.5 million in 2020. Dan Hart, chief executive of Virgin Orbit, noted the growing interest in the...
![Intelsat and SES on course for mammoth C-band payments]()
...portion of the spectrum currently being used to provide TV and radio to nearly 120 million U.S. homes must be available for 5G mobile. Intelsat and SES will get $1.2...
