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NASA extends ISS cargo contracts through 2030
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has extended three contracts with companies to continue providing transportation of cargo to and from the International Space Station through the projected end of the station’s life in 2030.
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A Trash Compactor is Going to the Space Station
By Universe Today: Astronauts on the International Space Station generate their share of garbage, filling up cargo ships that then deorbit and burn up in the atmosphere. Now Sierra Space has won a contract to build a trash compactor for the space station.
India Government to Amazon and Elon Musk's Starlink: Your satellite application can be processed only after you’ve passed our stringent security requirements
By Times of India: TECH NEWS : Elon Musk's Starlink and Jeff Bezos's Amazon are facing delays in launching their satellite communication services in India. The Department of Telecom.
Japanese corporates pour money into spacetech startups. Japan is second only to the US when it comes to spacetech startups raising funding from the corporate sector
By globalventuring.com: Both VC and CVC-backed rounds in spacetech have proven resilient in recent years. In the corporate-backed space tech, Japanese corporates are stepping up their global investments.
China's space agency brought the 1st lunar far side samples to Earth this year
By Space.com: The Chang'e 6 mission collected samples from Apollo crater and brought them to our planet in late June.
Back from space, NASA crew discusses mission, but declines to address post-flight medical issue
By CBS News: Medical issues aside, the astronauts described a water leak in June that triggered a blizzard in the International Space Station's airlock.