SpaceX is set to launch 25 Starlink broadband satellites aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base's SLC‑4E early Sunday. The Starlink 17-23 mission will add another batch to the company's LEO constellation as liftoff is scheduled from the West Coast.
Universe Today
• Carolyn Collins Petersen
By Universe Today: Future farmers on the Moon and Mars will have a big challenge: how to grow healthy food in two extremely unhealthy environments. That's because the soil on both worlds isn't at all hospitable to plants and animals.
NASA Spaceflight
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By NASA Spaceflight: Firefly Aerospace is returning its Alpha launch vehicle to flight after a nearly 10-month stand….
Universe Today
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By Universe Today: We've been waiting a long time for the Vera Rubin Observatory to begin its work. The observatory features the largest digital camera ever built. It'll create a time-lapse of the southern night sky for ten years with its 3.2 gigapixel camera.
CNBC
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By CNBC: NASA is sending the first Black and first female astronauts to the moon in an upcoming launch, marking the first journey to the moon in over 50 years.
Ars Technica
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By Ars Technica: Launching SLS every three and a half years or so is not a recipe for success.".
Bloomberg
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By Bloomberg: SpaceX is targeting filing confidentially for an initial public offering as soon as next month, according to people familiar with the matter, as billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company moves forward with plans for the biggest-ever listing.
Space Intel Report
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By Space Intel Report: LUXEMBOURG — Four years after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s use of SpaceX Starlink satellite broadband for fixed….
Via Satellite
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New York Times
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