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Elon Musk’s SpaceX company with its Starship spacecraft has won a contract to launch the Starlab commercial space station built by European Airbus SE and American Voyager Space. The amount of the new deal was not disclosed. The companies agreed to establish a joint venture to build an orbital station in August 2023. According to […]
The Italian company Thales Alenia Space (a contractor of the American Axiom Space) has published images from the production of the main structures of the first Axiom space module, Hub 1. When the module parts are ready, they will be delivered to the Axiom Space facility in Houston, Texas, USA, where they will be integrated […]
The European Space Agency and two private companies have teamed up to create a replacement for the International Space Station. The European Space Agency (ESA), as well as European company Airbus Defense and Space and American Voyager Space, have signed a technology agreement aimed at creating a new space station Starlab in orbit. It is […]
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne are making a big step in testing a new ion engine that will help explore the Moon. According to the agency’s statement, the Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) is undergoing qualification testing at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. AEPS is a Hall effect engine that accelerates ions to create thrust. […]
At the end of the decade, the International Space Station (ISS) will reach the end of its useful life. This human creation has been orbiting our planet for more than two decades. So, last year, NASA announced that it was accepting applications for the construction of a new space station. The International Space Station (ISS) […]
So far, the company has shown the design of only one module of the space station, but it is very interesting. In 2030, the International Space Station will end its operation. That is why NASA is actively working with private contractors to create its successors to the ISS. Currently, the main players in this market […]