Here are some of the top stories from the space world:
Replay: MTG-I2 pre-launch media briefing
On Wednesday 19 August, media representatives were invited to a media briefing ahead of the launch of the next Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2). The satellite is set to be launched on an Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on 27 August. .
LandSpace Scores First Booster Landing
The commercial company LandSpace safely landed the first stage booster of their Zhuque-3 rocket on August 19th.
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Career Spotlight: Mechanic (Ages 14-18)
What does a mechanic do? Machines and engines are all around us. They power everything from cars and boats to airplanes and even rockets.
The space industry’s next challenge: supply chain resilience
America’s space economy is scaling faster than its industrial base can support. Commercial constellations are proliferating, national security architectures are becoming more distributed and resilient and civil missions are growing […]
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Vantor names new head of U.S. government business
Will Cocos succeeds Susanne Hake as executive vice president and general manager of the the Earth intelligence company’s government business
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Firefly Aerospace to fly Zeno Power radioisotope heating unit on lunar lander mission
Firefly Aerospace will fly a payload from Zeno Power on an upcoming lunar lander mission to test a radioisotope heat source to enable future missions to survive the lunar night.
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