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SpaceX Starship’s 7th Test Flight on January 10: Starlink Simulators, Super Heavy Boosters, and More
SpaceX is preparing for the seventh Starship flight test, scheduled for January 10, which will focus on deploying 10 Starlink simulators. The mission aims to assess Starship's capacity for carrying and deploying advanced payloads. Enhancements to the Starship design and propulsion system will be tested, along with the Super Heavy booster’s recove...
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Trump's Election Win Expected To Make Way For Musk's Mars Plans: Report
Elon Musk's dream of transporting humans to Mars will become a bigger national priority under the administration of US President-elect Donald Trump, sources said, signaling big changes for NASA's moon program and a boost for Musk's SpaceX.
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ISRO to Conduct First Test Flight of Gaganyaan Mission in February Next Year
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will start a series of test flights for India's maiden human space flight mission from February next year, a senior official said on Thursday. The space agency also plans to deploy the heavy lift Chinook helicopter and the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft for testing the crew module, which will carry...
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Blue Origin's Fifth Crewed Space Mission NS-21 to Launch on June 4 After Delaying It on May 20
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin plans to launch its fifth human mission NS-21 on June 4. NS-21 is set to launch from Blue Origin's West Texas facility on Saturday during a window that opens at 9am EDT (6:30pm IST). Six individuals will fly on NS-21, states Blue Origin on its website.
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ISRO Ropes in Doctors to Build Human-Rated Spacecraft for India’s Gaganyaan Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation is taking help of doctors in building its human-rated spacecraft for the Gaganyaan mission. This will be India's first human spaceflight to take astronauts into a low earth orbit.
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Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict, NASA Extends SpaceX Contract for ISS Crew Transportation Services by 3 Missions
NASA has granted three more missions — Crew-7, Crew-8, and Crew-9 — to SpaceX as part of its Commercial Human Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract for crew transportation services to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Unveils Lunar Lander Project "Blue Moon"
Jeff Bezos, who heads both Amazon and space company Blue Origin, unveiled on Thursday a lunar lander that he said would be used to transport equipment, and possibly human beings, to the south pole of the Moon by 2024.
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NASA's Most Powerful Rocket To Send 13 Satellites Into Space
NASA will launch the world's most powerful rocket in 2018 to transport an unmanned spacecraft as well as 13 mini-satellites that will help pave the way for future human exploration in deep space, including the journey to Mars.
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Human space flight mission off ISRO priority list
India's proposed human spaceflight programme that generated considerable excitement in the second half of the last decade is off the priority list of ISRO, with the mission being ruled out before 2017.
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SpaceX Starship’s 7th Test Flight on January 10: Starlink Simulators, Super Heavy Boosters, and More
SpaceX is preparing for the seventh Starship flight test, scheduled for January 10, which will focus on deploying 10 Starlink simulators. The mission aims to assess Starship's capacity for carrying and deploying advanced payloads. Enhancements to the Starship design and propulsion system will be tested, along with the Super Heavy booster’s recove...
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Trump's Election Win Expected To Make Way For Musk's Mars Plans: Report
Elon Musk's dream of transporting humans to Mars will become a bigger national priority under the administration of US President-elect Donald Trump, sources said, signaling big changes for NASA's moon program and a boost for Musk's SpaceX.
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ISRO to Conduct First Test Flight of Gaganyaan Mission in February Next Year
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will start a series of test flights for India's maiden human space flight mission from February next year, a senior official said on Thursday. The space agency also plans to deploy the heavy lift Chinook helicopter and the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft for testing the crew module, which will carry...
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Blue Origin's Fifth Crewed Space Mission NS-21 to Launch on June 4 After Delaying It on May 20
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin plans to launch its fifth human mission NS-21 on June 4. NS-21 is set to launch from Blue Origin's West Texas facility on Saturday during a window that opens at 9am EDT (6:30pm IST). Six individuals will fly on NS-21, states Blue Origin on its website.
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ISRO Ropes in Doctors to Build Human-Rated Spacecraft for India’s Gaganyaan Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation is taking help of doctors in building its human-rated spacecraft for the Gaganyaan mission. This will be India's first human spaceflight to take astronauts into a low earth orbit.
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Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict, NASA Extends SpaceX Contract for ISS Crew Transportation Services by 3 Missions
NASA has granted three more missions — Crew-7, Crew-8, and Crew-9 — to SpaceX as part of its Commercial Human Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract for crew transportation services to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Unveils Lunar Lander Project "Blue Moon"
Jeff Bezos, who heads both Amazon and space company Blue Origin, unveiled on Thursday a lunar lander that he said would be used to transport equipment, and possibly human beings, to the south pole of the Moon by 2024.
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NASA's Most Powerful Rocket To Send 13 Satellites Into Space
NASA will launch the world's most powerful rocket in 2018 to transport an unmanned spacecraft as well as 13 mini-satellites that will help pave the way for future human exploration in deep space, including the journey to Mars.
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Human space flight mission off ISRO priority list
India's proposed human spaceflight programme that generated considerable excitement in the second half of the last decade is off the priority list of ISRO, with the mission being ruled out before 2017.
