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The Year Ahead in Spaceflight
A lot happened in space in 2022, including NASA’s historic Artemis 1 mission to the Moon. The sequel, Artemis 2, won’t happen for another two years (at least), but that doesn’t mean we’ll be neglecting the lunar environment in 2023. Over a dozen lunar missions are planned for the coming year, some public and some…
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SpaceX Wants to Start Launching Its Next Generation Starlink Satellites Before the End of the Year
SpaceX is trying to squeeze in the debut of its second generation Starlink satellites by the end of the month, hoping the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will grant it temporary authority to loft its heftier broadband satellites.
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‘Starshield’ Gets SpaceX Deeper in Bed With Global Militaries
As much as SpaceX has become a force of nature in the deployment of commercial space infrastructure, the company’s work assisting nations’ attempts to militarize space has sat simmering on the back burner. Now, with a new military-minded division under the company’s newly christened “Starshield” banner, that could all change.
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SpaceX Preparing for First Launch of Its New Cargo Capsule
The private company’s 26th resupply mission for NASA will carry an experiment that could eventually allow astronauts to grow their own food.