Aviation Week Space

Insights into Space technologies, trends, analysis and more. Part of @AviationWeek Network.

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🚀 After a seven-month hiatus, @SpaceX is preparing to resume flight tests of the Starship-Super Heavy reusable launch system with launch of a re-engineered, orbital-class vehicle slated for May 19.

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#SpaceX #Starship #RocketLaunch #SpaceXStarship

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🎙️ Today's #Check6 #Podcast has our editors discussing how space control is front and center for the @USSpaceForce, allied services and adversaries.

🎧 ▶️ Tune in here: https://t.co/Li2cmdflAh

#SpaceForce #SpaceDomain #SpacePodcast

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🚀 @SpaceX's IPO could be the most consequential in aerospace and defense—setting the stage for a wave of new public offerings.

What's your take on the ripple effect?

💭 Read more: https://t.co/Pl4B9K4WU2

#SpaceX

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🚀 After more than a decade of erosion in its launch prowess, #Russia is trying to make a comeback with a new #Soyuz rocket.

https://t.co/8QJCYoF8et

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🛰️ @LockheedMartin, one of several space companies vying for @NASA’s Mars Telecommunications Network spacecraft requirement, now anticipates a request for proposals (RFP) from the agency sometime in May.

https://t.co/E344ovli9C

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🚀 The #ArtemisII astronauts returned from a nine-day flight test of #NASA’s deep-space Orion capsule on April 10, setting the stage for a series of missions to establish a base on the Moon. 🌑 🌍

https://t.co/9WHsAJRevo

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🚀 @NASA’s record-setting #ArtemisII flight test around the far side of the Moon was drawing to a close on April 9, with a final, critical objective: a Mach 32 reentry into Earth’s atmosphere and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

🌑 🌍 https://t.co/cZpjVglgQJ

@NASAArtemis

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🌑 With the Moon in their rearview mirror, the #ArtemisII astronauts returned to technology demonstrations and operational tests related to future human deep-space travel as their Orion spaceship headed toward an April 10 splashdown.
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🚀 @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman spoke to @NASA's future on his visit to Wichita on April 6, where he toured local suppliers contributing to the space program.

https://t.co/FO38d1cYJ3

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🌎 🚀 @NASA’s #ArtemisII astronauts returned into the gravitational sphere of Earth April 7 as they continued a free-return trajectory due to end with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 10. 🌑https://t.co/RjoOjUlccI

#MoonMission #NASA #SpaceExploration @NASAArtemis

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After decades of development and false starts, @NASA on April 1 launched the first crew in more than 50 years on a mission to leave Earth orbit and travel to the vicinity of the Moon.

https://t.co/ZiwVmfxtSU

#ArtemisII @NASAArtemis

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🚀 🌕 Countdown clocks at the @NASAKennedy began ticking down toward launch of @NASA’s #ArtemisII flight test.

https://t.co/coMz3dqPU6

@NASAArtemis #Artemis #MoonMission #SpaceExploration

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An industry advocacy group has expressed its members' "concern and confusion" over @NASA's latest pivot in post-ISS plans. 🛰️

Dive into the details of #NASA's proposed post-ISS strategy and its impact on partners. https://t.co/Y66lsf74zQ

#ISS #SpaceStation @Space_Station

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China is ramping up its use of directed energy to target multiple satellites at once.

🛰️ Dive into the details of China's laser focus on disrupting satellite networks: https://t.co/vlnEHWOYeQ

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🚀 @NASA has unveiled sweeping changes to its #Artemis exploration initiative that repurposes hardware and partner contributions from the previously planned lunar-orbiting Gateway outpost to a base on the Moon. https://t.co/i399WQVpTi

#NASA #ArtemisII #SpaceExploration

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*Update* All six crewmembers onboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 were killed when it crashed in western Iraq on March 12 after an incident involving another Stratotanker, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement. https://t.co/YePFvGPt9j

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U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said at least four of six crew on a KC-135 that crashed during Operation Epic Fury have died.

More updates to come.

https://t.co/Zh8D6NBMvO

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@AviationWeek *Update* All six crewmembers onboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 were killed when it crashed in western Iraq on March 12 after an incident involving another Stratotanker, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement.

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🏆 The 68th Laureate Awards are next week! Join us on March 19 at the National Building Museum in Washington.

The Space winners are announced, and the Grand Winner will be revealed that evening.

📸 Recap the Space honorees: https://t.co/Hu2kLelY67

#AWLAUR

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🌍 🌕 The @USSpaceForce is sharpening plans to monitor and defend the region between #Earth and the #Moon as global competition extends deeper into space.

https://t.co/cG3GpN5OdT