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Ovens, wifi, and toilets: Elon Musk promises these improvements on future SpaceX spaceflights

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It’s hard to believe that SpaceX has only just started launching people to space, but that’s practically the case with just four crewed missions under their belt since last year. DM-2, Crew-1, and Crew-2 missions for NASA saw the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft send humans to the International Space Station. The journey inside Dragon wasn’t also the destination as it was for Inspiration4.

What changes when the experience in Dragon is tested by ordinary people for whom the SpaceX spacecraft is also the endpoint in space? SpaceX founder Elon Musk has weighed in with some early suggestions that range from cooking methods to waste management.

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The Space Force just released their new enlisted rank insignias

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Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger Towberman announced the new rank insignias for enlisted Guardians Monday.

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NASA announces landing site on the Moon for its water hunting rover, VIPER

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NASA is sending a rover where no man or robot has gone before.

As of recent, mining lunar water ice has been all the talk for enabling deep space exploration and establishing a permanent human presence on the Moon. We’ve known from decades of study that the Moon has water, but where and how much has been the question.

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[UPDATE: More testing and pictures] Orion mass simulator installed atop Artemis I SLS

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NASA teams are racing towards the first launch of the SLS rocket at Kennedy Space Center. The final pieces needed for sull stack testing were installed a few days ago, the Orion stage adapter structural test article, and Orion Mass Simulator. The full stack of SLS is expected to roll out to LC-39B for further testing and a Wet Dress Rehearsal.

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‘Oumuamua is still lurking somewhere in the outer Solar System

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ʻOumuamua is the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System. Researchers at Harvard’s Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics made waves in the mainstream media after publishing a paper claiming the object may have had an “artificial origin”—Presenting speculation that ‘Oumuamua could have been sent “intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization.”

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Inspiration4 all civilian mission to orbit, West Coast Starlink, Falcon Heavy on display, & more Top stories

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This week Inspiration4 launched into orbit and returned to Earth, SpaceX launched polar Starlink satellites from the West Cost, and a Falcon Heavy side booster will be put on display.

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Starlink connectivity coming to SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule, Starlink exiting beta, & more Elon tweets

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Beyond sharing a photo of his new dog Floki, talking about UFOs, and stressing the importance of reusable rockets on Twitter this week, Elon has also shared new features, including Starlink, that will be coming to the Crew Dragon capsule.

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Starship Super Heavy Environmental report reveals new details about SpaceX’s latest rocket

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Today the FAA released the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Starship/Super Heavy operations out of Boca Chica, Texas. These documents provide insight into what the future holds for SpaceX in South Texas.

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How many people are in space right now?

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The International Space Station is designed to always be crewed by cosmonauts and astronauts. For this reason, women and men have been living and working in space constantly since the first Expedition mission in the year 2000. So how many people are in space right now?

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Chinese Astronauts Return to Earth from 90 day stay aboard Tiangong Space Station

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The crew of China’s Shenzhou-12 mission have returned safely back to Earth after their 90-day stay on the Tiangong space station.

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Terrafugia launches new drone unit and fixed-wing, hybrid VTOL plane
French startup raises $11.7 million to speed hybrid power VTOL plane development
UAS service provider teaching drone piloting, rules, and fleet management to new users
Live cam, drone video show Spain’s La Palma volcano spewing lava and ash
Autel drops official teaser photo of sub-250-gram Nano drone
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Elon Musk donating $50 million to St. Jude, surpassing $200 million goal of Inspiration4 just after splashdown

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The Inspiration4 crew successfully splashed down in the Atlantic following their nearly three days orbiting the Earth. In a great conclusion to the mission, Elon Musk shared that he would be donating $50 million dollars to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital—pushing the fundraising campaign past its $200 million goal.

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Inspiration4 crew scheduled to return from space today

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In a tweet yesterday, SpaceX announced that Dragon Resilience, carrying the Inspiration4 crew, has a scheduled splashdown time after orbiting the Earth since Wednesday.

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Watch the Inspiration4 In-Flight update [Video]

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Inspiration4 was just live with an update from in orbit. Don’t worry if you missed the live stream, an archive of it is still available on SpaceX’s YouTube channel.

Inspiration4 crew speaks with St. Jude patients while in orbit [Video]

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The Inspiration4 mission launched four civilians into orbit on a Dragon capsule Wednesday night. The crew member has a call with St. Jude patients to talk and answer questions about their time in space.

NASA will Announce the landing site of its VIPER moon rover this Monday

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Researchers at NASA’s Ames Research center will announce the landing site of the Artemis program’s first robotic rover, VIPER. The rover will explore the lunar south pole in search of resources for crewed missions.

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How to keep track of Inspiration4’s progress while in orbit

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Wednesday night we witnessed the first all civilian crew launch on a Falcon 9 rocket. Over the next three days, they will perform research and enjoy the views of Earth from an altitude of 580 km. Learn how to track Inspiration4’s Dragon spacecraft throughout their flight.

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Jam out to Inspiration4’s Spotify playlist while they’re in orbit

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It has become basically tradition for Astronauts to put together a playlist of songs prior to launching into space. This tradition continued with Inspiration4.

SpaceX returns a Falcon 9 booster to Port of Long Beach for the first time

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Earlier this week SpaceX launched their first operational Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission featured the first droneship landing on the west coast since early 2019, which means the stunning booster returns to California have also returned.

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SpaceX launches Inspiration4 to orbit – ushering in new era of human spaceflight

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SpaceX launched their first non-NASA crewed mission, Inspiration4, to orbit using their Dragon spacecraft on Wednesday night. The crew members are not professional astronauts, but average citizens. They were not selected based on the strict requirements of previous astronauts, but instead for their ability to represent and inspire the world.

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[Update: Succesful launch and Dragon deployment] Next Launch: SpaceX Inspiration4 to become the first all-civilian mission to orbit

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The long-awaited Inspiration4 mission will launch this week from the historic LC-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The flight, paid for by Shift4 founder and CEO Jared Issacman, will carry Issacman along with 3 other civilians.

Over the months we have come to know Issacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Dr. Sian Proctor, and Chris Sembroski. This week a new era of spaceflight begins as these four take to the sky inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule as the company’s first commercial astronaut mission.

Date: Wednesday, September 15th, 8:02 p.m. EDT

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Terrafugia launches new drone unit and fixed-wing, hybrid VTOL plane
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Live cam, drone video show Spain’s La Palma volcano spewing lava and ash
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SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics, and more selected again for further lunar lander concepts

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NASA announced contract awards to five companies for further development of lunar lander concepts for its Artemis Program on Tuesday.

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How to watch SpaceX Inspiration4 rocket launch for all-civilian orbital mission

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Tonight SpaceX plans to launch its first privately crewed mission to space. Here is how to watch the all-civilian crew of Inspiration4 launch from historic LC-39A on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Booster arrives at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for permanent display

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster, B1023, arrived at the new exhibit building, Gateway, for permanent display. This booster previously launched the Thaicom 8 satellite and then was converted to a Falcon Heavy side booster for the demo flight.

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A look at NASA’s iconic T-38 fleet as Tropical Storm Nicholas hits Texas Gulf Coast

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With Tropical Storm Nicholas moving up the Texas coastline, NASA’s facilities in Houston have prepared themselves for the storm.

NASA is unraveling Mars’ secrets—one rock at a time

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The Perseverance Rover has collected two samples so far on the Mars, and NASA says they reveal the presence of both ancient water and salt in Jezero Crater

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eVscope 2: Unistellar’s new smart telescope for iPhone and Android

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The name of ‘Unistellar’ spread across the web when they launched their eVscope on Kickstarter in 2017. They released their second product the eVscope Equinox earlier this year, and now, they have announced the successor to their original telescope, the eVscope 2.

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[Update: Successful launch and deployment of satellites] First operational Starlink launch from the west coast

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On Monday, SpaceX plans to launch their first operational batch of Starlink satellites from their launch complex out of Vandenberg Space Force Base. While the official name of this mission is Starlink 2-1 the launch will not carry the 2.0 variants we’ve been waiting for. Instead, these will be 1.5 version satellites and the 2 refers to the “group 2” of Starlink satellites.

This will be the first SpaceX launch from the west coast since Sentinel 6 in November 2020. This will also be the first full batch of Starlink satellites to launch into a polar orbit. Starlink 2-1 will host the first use of the droneship Of Course I Still Love you on the west coast.

Date: Monday, September 13th, 11:55 p.m. EDT

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak creating new space company ‘Privateer’

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In a brief tweet yesterday, Steve Wozniak announced he is co-founding a new private space company.

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Check out the NFTs being auctioned during Inspiration4 benefiting St. Jude

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Inspiration4 has been pushing towards its $200 million fundraising goal for St. Jude. A part of the cause is an NFT auction, which today announced what will be up to buy, including pieces from Inspiration4 pilot Dr. Sian Proctor.

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James Webb Space Telescope working towards December launch, new SpaceX Starship render & more top stories

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This week, the target launch date for the James Webb Space telescope was announced, SpaceX released a new render of Starship Super Heavy, and Inspiration4 works toward launch.

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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sends back stunning new photos of Mars

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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) sent back nearly 300 new photos of the Red Planet which were released September 1st.

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[Updated: NASA Statement] Kennedy Space Center now ‘all clear’ following emergency lockdown

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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was under an emergency lockdown earlier today.

Lucy in the sky with asteroids: NASA’s mission to Jupiter’s Trojans

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Like fossils here on Earth, asteroids, comets, and other primordial bodies act as time capsules to trace the origins of our solar system. NASA’s upcoming Lucy mission, currently scheduled for an October lift-off, is setting out to do just that.

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Inspiration4 auctioning watches, NFTs, mission jackets, & more payloads flown on the mission

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Inspiration4 announced today that a number of objects set to fly on the first all-civilian mission to space will be auctioned in support of St. Jude.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover obtains first rock sample for future study on Earth

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The Perseverance rover obtained its first rock sample on Mars. NASA plans to return this rock-core, along with future samples back to Earth on future Mars missions.

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First look at Netflix’s new movie ‘Don’t Look Up’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence

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On Wednesday Netflix released the first trailer for “Don’t Look Up”, a comedy about an end of the world scenario where a comet threatens to hit Earth.

Astronauts wake up to smoke alarms and melted plastic smell on the space station

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Fire and smoke alarms have gone off in the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) overnight. The crew reported smelling “burned plastic, maybe burned electronics odor”.

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SpaceX to launch Yahsat’s Thuraya 4-NGS satellite in 2023

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SpaceX has won a contract to launch Al Yah Satellite (Yahsat) Communications Company’s latest communication satellite.

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Space hardware provider Nanoracks starts StarLab Oasis to fight climate change and food insecurity

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Late last month Nanoracks announced the launch of a new company, StarLab Oasis. The company is aimed at addressing desertification, climate change, water scarcity, and food security.

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NASA’s new Administrator and his love-hate relationship with the ‘New Space Era’

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Bill Nelson was sworn in as NASA’s new Administrator earlier this year. With every new political movement in the space industry comes controversy and division. Bill Nelson’s appointment came with many but the biggest has been his relationship with NASA’s use of commercial space companies.

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Rocket Lab announces contract to launch entire constellation for Kinéis

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The California-based smallsat launcher, Rocket Lab, announced Wednesday that they will be launching 5 missions for Internet-of-Things (IoT) connectivity provider Kinéis. This will make Rocket Lab the exclusive launcher of Kinéis’

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[Update: Launch date annouced] Upper stage of Ariane 5 rocket for James Webb Space Telescope launch arrives in French Guiana

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Last Friday, cargo ship MN Toucan arrived in French Guiana carrying the upper stage and fairing of the Ariane 5 rocket that will launch the James Webb Space Telescope later this year.

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Check out this Clockwork Solar System on LEGO Ideas

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Who doesn’t love LEGOs? For just shy of 90 years LEGO bricks have been a favorite of children and adults to both pass the time and express creativity. For some, that means houses or cars maybe but for the best builders in the community, they blow us away with complex creations like a LEGO orrery on their Ideas page.

SpaceX’s latest render shows Starship design changes

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SpaceX’s latest render of their Starship vehicle reflects many of the changes Elon has recently been talking about.

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China working on Mars Helicopter similar to NASA’s Ingenuity

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A press release from China’s National Space Science Center provided a first look at a prototype for their new Martian Helicopter.

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Terrafugia launches new drone unit and fixed-wing, hybrid VTOL plane
French startup raises $11.7 million to speed hybrid power VTOL plane development
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Netflix documentary details the selection of Inspiration4 crew

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Monday morning Netflix released the first two episodes of their Inspiration4 documentary series. The series will cover the crew’s journey to and from space onboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. This week we got to see the first part of their journey, the selection of the Inspiration4 crew.

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First two episodes are live of Netflix Countdown: Inspiration4 docuseries

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Last month Netflix announced that a docuseries about the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission would be coming to their platform. Today the first 2 episodes became available to stream for those that have a subscription.

Report: iPhone 13 satellite features will only be available in select markets, more

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Last week, reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Apple would support LEO satellite communications with iPhone 13, then, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman gave more details about the feature and its implementation.

Now, in his Power On newsletter, the journalist goes a little bit further and says satellite features will be available only in select markets.