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What to Know About World’s First Wooden Satellite, Set to Launch This Year
Japan’s wooden satellite could solve the space trash problem by burning up completely on re-entry, leaving no debris and reducing environmental impacts.
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NASA’s Partners Are Complicating Plans to Build ISS Replacement
NASA’s plans to retire the International Space Station and replace it with commercial projects are not kaput, they’re just changing. Wrinkles are now appearing in Blue Origin’s plans for Orbital Reef, while Northrop Grumman’s unnamed space station project might not even happen. Ars Technica reports that Northrop Grumman may be ending its contract with NASA…
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Crypto Billionaire Wants to Launch First Commercial Space Station With SpaceX
The International Space Station (ISS) hasn’t been retired yet, but private space companies are already vying for a spot in low Earth orbit to take its place. A California-based startup wants to be the first to put a commercial space station in orbit, assigning SpaceX as its launch partner.
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Space Startup Wants to Build a Manufacturing Platform in Low Earth Orbit
ThinkOrbit’s ambitious project could be used to manufacture computer chips and other products in space.