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Archive for March 17th, 2023

Maple leaf to the moon: Canadian Space Agency debuts new logo

March 17th, 2023 by

When the first Canadian to launch to the moon lifts off with NASA’s next Artemis mission, he or she will do so wearing a new symbol of Canada’s efforts in space: the Canadian Space Agency’s new logo.

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Student-led ‘beach ball’ space antenna aims to boost cubesat communications

March 17th, 2023 by

University of Arizona students’ inflatable “beach ball” antenna prototype could change the way small satellites send data back to Earth.

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Solving space junk problem may require lasers and space tugs, NASA says

March 17th, 2023 by

A new NASA report evaluates the costs and benefits of various space debris removal efforts for the estimated 100 trillion bits of space junk in orbit.

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Exclusive: NASA astronaut Mae Jemison stars in Disney+ episode of ‘Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’

March 17th, 2023 by

Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space, voices a fictional app in a new episode of ‘Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ that runs March 18, during Women’s History Month.

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Virgin Orbit pauses operations while it looks for funding

March 17th, 2023 by

Launch company Virgin Orbit has temporarily halted operations and furloughed most of its employees as it looks for funding, according to media reports.

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Asteroid feared to hit Earth in 2046 will almost certainly miss, NASA says

March 17th, 2023 by

An asteroid that was initially given 1-in-600 chance of wiping out an entire city on Valentine’s Day 2046 is now expected to almost definitely whizz past us without incident.

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