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WE’RE ENTERING THE ERA OF PRIVATE SPACE STATIONS WE’RE ENTERING THE ERA OF PRIVATE SPACE STATIONS - Lockheed Martin’s Starlab is one of several currently proposed private space stations. The company hopes to have it built by 2027. Credit: Nanoracks The era of the International Space Station (ISS) is coming to a close. In the near future, NASA plans to bring down the station in a controlled deorbit. The end of the ISS will leave a large gap in human spaceflight, although the Chinese Tiangong space station is currently active. Still, to make a space pun, nature abhors a vacuum. Multiple companies are actively working on creating the next generation of crewed space stations to maintain a human presence in space. Of critical importance, these will be privately owned and operated by a variety of commercial entities   More
(Source: Astronomy Magazine - Nov 8)


CREW UNPACKS NEW STATION SCIENCE DELIVERED ABOARD DRAGON CREW UNPACKS NEW STATION SCIENCE DELIVERED ABOARD DRAGON - New science experiments and research samples delivered aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft on Tuesday are being installed today aboard the International Space Station. Meanwhile, more science and lab maintenance continued ensuring the upkeep of the orbital outpost. The four NASA astronauts representing the Expedition 72 crew, Flight Engineers Don Pettit, Nick Hague, and Butch Wilmore, and Commander Suni Williams, spent the day unloading the research-packed Dragon that arrived on Tuesday, Nov. 5.   More
(Source: NASA - Nov 8)


SPACEX'S DRAGON IS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING TO THE ISS IT'S NEVER DONE BEFORE SPACEX'S DRAGON IS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING TO THE ISS IT'S NEVER DONE BEFORE - SpaceX will boost the space station for the first time Friday (Nov. 8), as the company prepares to eventually kill the orbiting complex. A Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) will fire its engines for 12.5 minutes on Friday (Nov. 8), NASA officials said at a press conference Monday (Nov. 4). Other spacecraft have done this before, but it will be a first for a SpaceX capsule — and an important precursor to a bigger Dragon vehicle that will one day drive the ISS to its demise.   More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 8)


SPACEX LAUNCHING 20 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM CALIFORNIA EARLY NOV. 9 SPACEX LAUNCHING 20 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM CALIFORNIA EARLY NOV. 9 - SpaceX will launch 20 Starlink internet satellites from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft — 13 of which have direct-to-cell capability — is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday, during a four-hour window that opens at 1:14 a.m. EST (0514 GMT; 10:14 p.m. Nov. 8 local time). SpaceX will webcast the launch live via X, beginning about five minutes before liftoff.   More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 8)


RUSSIA SENDS 53 SATELLITES TO ORBIT ON RECORD-BREAKING LAUNCH RUSSIA SENDS 53 SATELLITES TO ORBIT ON RECORD-BREAKING LAUNCH - Russia launched 53 small satellites into orbit on Monday (Nov. 4), a mix of Russian and international spacecraft. A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage lifted off from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East at 6:18 p.m. EST on Monday (2318 GMT; or 2:18 a.m. on Nov. 5 local time).   More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 8)


CARGO SHIP BRINGS SUPPLIES, SCIENCE GEAR AND HOLIDAY TREATS FOR SPACE STATION CREW CARGO SHIP BRINGS SUPPLIES, SCIENCE GEAR AND HOLIDAY TREATS FOR SPACE STATION CREW - An unpiloted SpaceX Dragon cargo ship caught up with the International Space Station and glided in for a smooth docking on Tuesday — Election Day across the U.S. — bringing 3 tons of supplies, science gear and other equipment to the lab, including holiday treats for the crew. The Dragon's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 9:29 p.m. EST Monday, lighting up the night sky for miles around as it climbed away atop 1.7 million pounds of thrust.   More
(Source: CBS News - Nov 7)


SPACEX LAUNCHING 23 MORE STARLINK SATELLITES FROM FLORIDA ON NOV. 7 SPACEX LAUNCHING 23 MORE STARLINK SATELLITES FROM FLORIDA ON NOV. 7 - SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 7) from Florida's Space Coast. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday during a four-hour window that opens at 3:13 p.m. EST (1813 GMT). SpaceX will webcast the launch live via X, beginning about five minutes before liftoff.   More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 7)


RUSSIA LAUNCHES SOYUZ ROCKET WITH DOZENS OF SATELLITES, INCLUDING TWO FROM IRAN RUSSIA LAUNCHES SOYUZ ROCKET WITH DOZENS OF SATELLITES, INCLUDING TWO FROM IRAN - Russia launched a Soyuz rocket early on Tuesday carrying two satellites designed to monitor the space weather around Earth and 53 small satellites, including two Iranian ones, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said. The Soyuz-2.1 launch spacecraft, which lifted off from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome, carried two Ionosfera-M satellites, which will become part of the space system for monitoring the Earth's ionosphere, the agency said.   More
(Source: Reuters - Nov 6)


SPACEX LAUNCHES 31ST CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION FOR NASA SPACEX LAUNCHES 31ST CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION FOR NASA - SpaceX launched its 31st resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday night. The mission, dubbed Commercial Resupply Services-31 (CRS-31) ferried more than 6,000 pounds of cargo and science experiments to the orbiting outpost. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) happened at 9:29 p.m. EST (0229 UTC).   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 6)


WORLD’S FIRST WOODEN SATELLITE LAUNCHED INTO SPACE WORLD’S FIRST WOODEN SATELLITE LAUNCHED INTO SPACE - The world’s first wooden satellite has been launched into space as part of study on using timber to help reduce the creation of space junk. Scientists at Kyoto University expect the wooden material to burn up when the device re-enters the atmosphere – potentially providing a way to avoid generating metal particles when a retired satellite returns to Earth.   More
(Source: The Guardian - Nov 6)

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