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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

 
TARDIS Talk: Space, Time, and “Doctor Who”...
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NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding...
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system.  Renyu Hu from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, is lead author on a paper published today in Nature. “Webb is pushing the frontiers of exoplanet characterization to rocky planets,” Hu said. “It is...

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NRO outlines plan to onboard commercial satellite...
Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. Processing… Success! You’re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn’t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The head of the National Reconnaissance Office’s commercial space office Pete Muend announced plans to create a flexible contracting pipeline to onboard the latest innovations from private remote sensing companies. Speaking at the GEOINT...

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Are you passionate about space and eager to kick-start your career with a renowned industry leader? SpaceNews, the premier source for space industry news and analysis, is seeking a proactive and enthusiastic Sales and Marketing Manager to join our dynamic team. As the Sales and Marketing Manager, you’ll play a vital role in driving advertising and sponsorship sales while expanding our network of industry contacts. From cultivating client relationships to conceiving innovative marketing strategies, this role offers a unique...

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Military surveillance constellation fuels debate over who...
Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. Processing… Success! You’re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn’t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The U.S. military and the intelligence community are developing an ambitious new constellation of satellites designed to track moving targets on the ground. Meanwhile, a debate is unfolding over who should control and task...

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NATO seeks assistance in data exploitation
Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. Processing… Success! You’re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn’t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. KISSIMMEE, Fla. – NATO is looking to industry for help speeding up intelligence exploitation and understanding. The 32 NATO allies “bring a wealth of intelligence and security capability to the alliance,” Scott Bray, NATO assistant secretary general...

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Chang’e-6 enters lunar orbit ahead of far...
HELSINKI — China’s Chang’e-6 lunar far side sample return spacecraft entered orbit around the moon late Tuesday, in another step towards collecting lunar samples. The Chang’e-6 orbiter completed a braking burn at 10:21 p.m. Eastern, May 7 (0221 UTC May 8), slowing the craft down to allow it to be captured by the moon’s gravity, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced.  The mission launched May 3 and embarked on a roughly 112-hour journey to the moon. It is...

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Starliner launch delayed to mid-May
WASHINGTON — The first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will be delayed at least another week and a half to replace a faulty valve in its Atlas 5 launch vehicle. NASA announced late May 7 that the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, whose launch was scrubbed May 6 because of a malfunctioning valve in the rocket’s Centaur upper stage, had been rescheduled for no earlier than May 17 at 6:16 p.m. Eastern. The lengthy delay will allow United...

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International SWOT Mission Can Improve Flood Prediction 
A partnership between NASA and the French space agency, the satellite is poised to help improve forecasts of where and when flooding will occur in Earth’s rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are like our planet’s arteries, carrying life-sustaining water in interconnected networks. When Earth’s water cycle runs too fast, flooding can result, threatening lives and property. That risk is increasing as climate change alters precipitation patterns and more people are living in flood-prone areas worldwide. Scientists and...

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Breaking the Scaling Limits: New Ultralow-noise Superconducting...
When imaging faint objects such as distant stars or exoplanets, capturing every last bit of light is crucial to get the most out of a scientific mission. These cameras must be extremely low-noise, and be able to detect the smallest quantities of light—single photons.  Superconducting cameras excel in both of these criteria, but have historically not been widely applicable because their camera sizes have been small, rarely exceeding a few thousand pixels, which limits their ability to capture high-resolution...

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Space Policy Edition: The power of the...
Should policymakers spend more time looking — really looking — at the Moon? Chris Cokinos thinks so. He is the author of the new book, Still As Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon, from Antiquity to Tomorrow, which explores the role of our nearest celestial neighbor in culture, art, and our dreams of space exploration over the course of human history. It’s about the power of looking and seeing something beyond what you’d expect. But the conversation goes...

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