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Archive for September, 2020

On This Day in Space: Sept. 11, 1985: International Cometary Explorer completes 1st comet flyby

September 11th, 2020 by

On Sept. 11, 1985, the International Cometary Explorer, or “ICE” became the first spacecraft to fly by a comet.

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Astronaut Clayton Anderson will promote children’s literacy in 1st ‘Virtual Astronaut’ talk next week

September 11th, 2020 by

Two-time NASA spaceflyer Clayton Anderson is the first speaker in a new virtual initiative designed to keep astronauts in the public eye.

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Gravitational waves: Do they suggest a bang at the end of the universe?

September 11th, 2020 by

The detection of gravitational waves could explain how our universe began when another one ended.

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Everyone wants a Space Force — but why?

September 11th, 2020 by

Countries around the world are following the U.S. in creating their own version of the Space Force.

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Laika and her crew: ‘Space Dogs’ documentary explores Moscow through a stray’s eyes

September 11th, 2020 by

A new film channels the spirit and traces the lineage of Laika, the first creature ever to orbit Earth.

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Gilmour Space announces customer for first Eris rocket

September 10th, 2020 by

Gilmour Space Technologies said it has secured the first Australian customer for its maiden Eris rocket launch in 2022. Space Machines Company has contracted to launch a 35-kilogram spacecraft to orbit, the largest payload announced to date by an Australian space company.

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New smallsat mission to rendezvous with binary asteroids

September 10th, 2020 by

The University of Colorado Boulder and Lockheed Martin will soon lead a new space mission to capture the first-ever closeup look at a mysterious class of solar system objects: binary asteroids.

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SSTL demos new GNSS-R capabilities

September 10th, 2020 by

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has successfully demonstrated GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) from its 18-kg DoT-1 satellite.

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