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A tether covered in solar panels could boost the ISS's orbit
While it might seem a permanent fixture in the sky, the orbiting space laboratory ... force to prove orbital stationkeeping, generated power directly from the tether itself. Engineers have long ...
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DARPA Wants to Build Giant Space Structures Using Living Organisms
DARPA wants space structures that are grown rather than built, and the building blocks for these new structures are living ...
Stars and Stripes12d
Space Force’s secretive X-37B completes seventh mission after spending over a year in space
The U.S. Space Force’s secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7, an unmanned spaceplane, completed its seventh successful mission early Friday morning when it landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base ...
Space.com21d
The 1st Australian rocket to launch from Australian soil could reach orbit next month
Australian company Gilmour Space has announced the launch window for its first-ever orbital launch attempt. Gilmour Space announced on Feb. 24 that it is targeting a launch no earlier than March ...
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U.S. military spaceplane completes 7th mission, including advanced orbital maneuvers
“Mission 7 broke new ground by showcasing the X-37B’s ability to flexibly accomplish its test and experimentation objectives across orbital regimes,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance ...
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Gilmour Space Technologies set launch window for rocket take off from Bowen Orbital Spaceport
A Gilmour Space spokesperson said currently the Eris rocket is securely housed in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Bowen Orbital Spaceport where it would remain until the team arrives in the ...
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Roscosmos chief approves schedule of creating Russian orbital station through 2033
MOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos Head Yury Borisov approved a general schedule for creating the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) through 2033, the space agency’s ...