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Satellite breaks free of Earth orbit and is heading towards moon

It is hoped the satellite will soar past the moon before being pulled back into its orbit

Wales Online

NASA Satellite Breaks from Orbit around Earth, Heads to Moon

A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA's plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again. It's been an unusual journey already for the Capstone satellite. It was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon

A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth and is headed toward the moon

The Independent UK

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Astronaut Study Reveals Effects of Space Travel on Human Bones

A study of bone loss in 17 astronauts who flew aboard the International Space Station is providing a fuller understanding of the effects of space travel on the human body and steps that can mitigate it, crucial knowledge ahead of potential ambitious future missions. The research amassed new data on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NZ and the changing face of space exploration

More than 74 nations and a rapidly growing number of private companies are participating in a burgeoning space economy – including New Zealand, write Mitchell Bruce and Robert G Patman

Newsroom.co.nz

NASA hopes New Zealand launch will pave way for moon landing

NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the coming years to once again land astronauts on the lunar surface

The Independent UK

NASA Hopes New Zealand Launch Will Pave Way for Moon Landing

NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the coming years to once again land astronauts on the lunar surface. So it is sending up a test satellite from New Zealand, with the launch scheduled for late Tuesday. If successful, the…

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Despite 2 failed launches, NASA intends to stick with using Astra Space

Astra Space has gone 0-for-2 in its attempts for success from the Space Coast, with the latest supposed to be the first of three launches this summer for NASA to put several hurricane-tracking satellites into orbit.

Orlando Sentinel

Ball Aerospace Picks Rocket Lab To Power NASA's GLIDE Spacecraft

Ball Corp (NYSE:BALL) subsidiary Ball Aerospace has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ:RKLB) to manufacture the Solar Array Panel to power NASA's Global Lyman-Alpha Imager of Dynamic Exosphere (GLIDE) mission spacecraft planned to launch in 2025. GLIDE is a heliophysics mission intended to study variability in Earth's atmosphere. The Solar Array Panel will utilize SolAero…

Benzinga

Play it cool: This company is building a cryogenic gas station in space

ETA Space is trying to solve one of the biggest problems with space travel. It might just have a solution.

Inverse

French satellite constellation tracks criminal 'dark ships' at sea

Brittany-based company Unseenlabs has launched its seventh satellite to monitor so-called "dark ships" – which prefer to go under the radar – from space, boosting the fight against illegal fishing, drug trafficking and marine pollution.

Radio France Internationale

Rocket Lab successfully snags rocket booster midair using helicopter

Using a helicopter to retrieve boosters is part of the private aerospace company's plan to save costs and reuse rockets.

Input

Watch: Amazing video shows a helicopter catching a rocket booster mid-air

For the first time ever, Rocket Lab captured its Electron booster mid-air via helicopter. It's one big step toward reuse of the rocket.

Inverse

Tech & Science Daily: Helicopter catches rocket then drops it

Hear the moment a helicopter catches a falling rocket mid-air.

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Rocket Lab helicopter catches rocket booster, then drops it

The company’s test is partially successful as it attempts to make its boosters reusable.

The Independent UK

New Zealand rocket caught but then dropped by helicopter

Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a “supersonic ballet.”

ABC News

Rocket builder to attempt to catch falling booster using a helicopter

Rocket Lab is gearing up to catch a falling four-storey-tall rocket booster using a helicopter off New Zealand's coast.

Benzinga

Rocket Lab USA Shares Slide On Q1 Revenue Guidance Cut

Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ:RKLB) announced the launch window for its next Electron mission, a dedicated mission for Blacksky Technology Inc (NYSE:BKSY) through global launch services provider Spaceflight Inc., begins April 1, 2022, UTC. The delay in launch window opening is weather related and will result in this mission and…

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The Conversation

Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond

Want to go to space? It could cost you.

Benzinga

Rocket Lab Eyes To Fill The Vacuum Created By Russia's Soyuz

Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ:RKLB) weighed ways to accelerate the development of its next rocket, Bloomberg reports. The invasion of Ukraine effectively ended commercial business for Russia's Soyuz medium-lift rocket. The Russian rocket earned a reputation for being reliable and affordable. Rocket Lab could build three Neutron rockets in 2024, the year…

Inverse

Rocket Lab Venus mission: Launch date and plans for ambitious exploration

Forget Mars: Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck has an ambitious plan to visit Venus to look for life and possibly phosphine. Here's what he plans to do.

Inverse

SpaceX Starship: Rocket Lab CEO explains a flaw in Elon Musk's plan

Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck has warned that SpaceX's Starship won't be ideal for all its planned uses.

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