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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Vulcan competes second flight despite SRB anomaly

SpaceNews.com reports: United Launch Alliance’s second Vulcan Centaur lifted off Oct. 4 on a test flight needed to certify the vehicle for carrying national security payloads, but may have suffered a problem with one of ….

Also: Ars Technica, spacescout.info, Via Satellite, Aviation Week, Reuters, Spaceflight Now, Breaking Defense, DefenseNews.com, Space.com, USA Today, CBS News, Phys.org and 10 more
2024-10-04T05:38:10.155344-07:00

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Leonard David • Leonard DavidApril 02

Blue Origin Unveils 2nd Human-rated Suborbital Tourism Vehicle

By Leonard David: Blue Origin is set to debuts its second human-rated suborbital tourism vehicle – named RSS Kármán line. The vehicle is designed to enable “expanded flight capacity to better meet growing customer demand,” according to a Blue Origin statement.

2024-10-04T08:26:12.913169-07:00
Satellites   Space Force  
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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Impulse Space wins $34.5 million contract for U.S. Space Force missions

By SpaceNews.com: The company will provide two orbital transfer vehicles that will carry space surveillance payloads for the U.S. military’s Tactically Responsive Space program.

Also: Defense Daily, TechCrunch and insidedefense.com
2024-10-04T09:13:27.324125-07:00
NASA   ISS  
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Washington Post • Praveena Somasundaram

These Americans voted from the ends of the Earth

By Washington Post: Earlier this month, two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station said they had requested absentee ballots to vote in this year’s general election.

2024-10-03T15:27:20.540926-07:00