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The International Astronautical Congress in Antalya is examining NASA’s Artemis II results and lunar data, the security of large satellite constellations, and the growing overlap between commercial space activity and national interests. Other discussions include Türkiye’s Moon mission, crew autonomy, European plans and space manufacturing.
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The International Astronautical Congress in Antalya is examining NASA’s Artemis II results and lunar data, the security of large satellite constellations, and the growing overlap between commercial space activity and national interests. Other discussions include Türkiye’s Moon mission, crew autonomy, European plans and space manufacturing.
NASA is offering countries that have signed the Artemis Accords opportunities to participate in its plans for a lunar base and a proposed space academy. The offer links international participation in the agency’s lunar ambitions with a potential forum for space education and cooperation.
NASA has selected a Planetary Science Institute-led proposal to examine whether an underground cave extends beyond the opening of the Marius lunar pit. The investigation will assess a feature that could be relevant to identifying future lunar base sites; the available report does not specify the mission’s timeline or methods.
SpaceX is working to ready historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for Starship, with the rocket’s first liftoff from Florida potentially only months away. The effort would bring the company’s largest launch vehicle to a new site at the center.
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Margaret Hamilton, the software pioneer whose work helped make the first crewed Moon landing possible, has died at 90, MIT announced. Her work on the Apollo program helped establish software engineering as a field and supported NASA’s effort to land astronauts on the Moon.
On Oct. 7, 2002, NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on STS-112. The mission contributed to building the backbone of the International Space Station, advancing the orbital outpost’s assembly through the shuttle program.
The SR-71’s airframe may be capable of speeds beyond its established performance, prompting speculation that NASA could explore higher-speed flight with new engines. The article frames Mach 4 as a possibility, but provides no specific engine plan or confirmed effort to modify the aircraft.
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