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NASA • Tiernan P Doyle

NASA astronaut Suni (Sunita) Williams retires after 27 years; final ISS mission extended by Starliner failures

Suni Williams retired from NASA effective 27 December 2025 after a 27-year career. Her final mission aboard the International Space Station was extended when Boeing's Starliner suffered failures, keeping her and crewmate Butch Wilmore aloft until their March 2025 return aboard a SpaceX spacecraft after 286 days in orbit.

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2026-01-20T14:16:10.540192-08:00
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Reuters

Blue Origin unveils 'TeraWave' — a 5,408‑satellite LEO communications constellation

By Reuters: Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Wednesday announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites in space for a communications network that will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into a satellite constellation market dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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2026-01-21T10:18:41.709346-08:00
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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Starfish Space wins SDA contract to deorbit satellites for missile‑tracking and communications constellation

By SpaceNews.com: Starfish Space has won an SDA contract to deorbit satellites in a missile-tracking and communications constellation.

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2026-01-21T06:12:15.700958-08:00