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President Donald Trump signs order creating US Space Academy | Space News
United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing the country’s first-ever Space Academy. On Friday…
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Astrum Space To Go Public Via Space SPAC
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On this day in space! Aug. 28, 1993: Galileo spacecraft flies by asteroid Ida on the way to Jupiter only to find a tiny moon!
On Aug. 28, 1993, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Ida while on its way to Jupiter.…
Quiz of the week: how will the new ‘AstroRad’ vest be of benefit to astronauts? – Physics World
Quiz of the week: how will the new ‘AstroRad’ vest be of benefit to astronauts? – Physics World…
Shanghai starts work on wharf for its “Rocket City”
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A Changing World for Emperor Penguins
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Astronaut Jonny Kim leaves NASA, will return to active military duty
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In 2026, astronomer Samantha Lawler and two colleagues modelled SpaceX’s proposal for one million orbital AI data-centre satellites and found that, if they are launched with the assumed sizes and reflectivity, naked-eye satellites could outnumber visible stars for large portions of the night and year almost everywhere on Earth.
A million satellites is difficult to picture as an orbital system. Aaron Boley, Samantha Lawler and Hanno Rein…