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☆ America's X-37B vs. China's Shenlong: Top space planes and their shadowy role in orbital war
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Jeremy Webster/US Air ForceX-37BA space plane is a reusable spacefaring craft that can maneuver in space independently and also fly and glide within Earth's atmosphere. The most well-known space planes are the American Space Shuttle and the Soviet Buran. The program is surrounded in such extreme secrecy that there are no known images of the space plane in its current form. Though the exact start date is unknown, academic models of a Chinese space plane were reported as far back as 2000. AdvertisementOne of the most impactful possible uses of the space planes is as anti-satellite assets.

Persons: —, Jeremy Webster, NASA's, Timothy Kirchner, NASA foresees, Wang Jiangbo, Paul Hennessy, NurPhoto, Shenlong, spaceplanes, Nick Hague, Benjamin Brimelow Organizations: Service, Business, Kennedy Space Center, Landing, US Air Force, American Space Shuttle, Soviet, Space Shuttle, NASA, Boeing, US Defense Department, Defense, Research Projects Agency, DARPA, United States Air Force Space Command, Orbital, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Atlas V, U.S . Space Force, . Air Force, Space Force, Force, Getty, Cape Canaveral Air Force, China Aerospace Science, Technology Corporation, US Department of Defense, Global Affairs, Fletcher School of Law, Diplomacy, Modern, Institute Locations: United States, China, U.S, Xinhua, US, India, Russia, West

☆ Russia proposes Feb. 24 launch of relief ship after space station leak, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Russia's space agency on Saturday proposed the launch of a ship on Feb. 24 to bring two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut back from the International Space Station (ISS), news agencies reported. Investigations into a pressure loss in the Progress MS-21 space cargo ship delayed the launch of the Soyuz MS-23 ship to bring back Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and Frank Rubio, who had previously been due to return to Earth on Feb. 20. Russian news agencies quoted Roscosmos as saying a decision had been made to bring the Progress MS-21 cargo ship out of orbit on Sunday, paving the way for the Soyuz launch to follow. Roscosmos proposed Feb. 24 as the new launch date of the Soyuz from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Despite tense relations due to the conflict in Ukraine, Russia and the United States still collaborate closely on the ISS.

☆ Investing in Space: Coopetition
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Left without rides to space, OneWeb and Northrop turned to one of their biggest rivals in satellite broadband and space cargo delivery, respectively. Space – and the perspective it brings of a single, fragile planet floating in the dark – is often seen as unifying. I've often seen how tight-knit the space industry is – but that doesn't mean competitors are flying off into the sunset together. A programming note: Investing in Space will be taking the next week off for holiday travel.

☆ NASA chief says everyone 'poo-pooed' Elon Musk's SpaceX when it was pitted against Boeing but it's had more successful launches
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

NASA's Bill Nelson told Newsweek that critics "poo-pooed" SpaceX when it was bidding for the agency's crew programs. NASA has awarded SpaceX 14 missions and Boeing six missions. "When there was the beginning of the space cargo and crew [programs], the two serious bidders were SpaceX and Boeing, and everybody poo-pooed SpaceX and said, 'Oh, Boeing is a legacy company,'" Nelson told Newsweek. Nelson's comments follow the second launch attempt for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) being delayed in early September because of a liquid hydrogen leak. Although NASA has contracted SpaceX for 14 missions, the agency has previously said that the company's plan to send another 30,000 Starlink satellites into orbit could create "substantial congestion."

☆ Космическая цена космического вина. Продается бутылка "Петрюс", побывавшая на МКС
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-06 | by ( Super User | ) mybusiness.md time to read: +1 min

Бутылка французского вина "Петрюс" (Petrus), которая больше года находилась на Международной космической станции, выставлена на продажу. Представители аукционного дома Christie's ожидают, что ее стоимость составит около 1 млн долларов. В ноябре 2019 года на МКС было отправлено 12 бутылок "Петрюс" урожая 2000 года. В январе этого года "винный погребок" вернулся с МКС на Землю, пишет bbc.com . Представитель Christie's Тим Триптри рассказал Би-би-си, что вместе с вином, побывавшим в космосе, будет продана и обычная бутылка "Петрюс" урожая 2000 года, "чтобы счастливый покупатель имел возможность их сравнить".

Persons: Petrus, Тим Триптри, Бибиси Organizations: Space Cargo, Международная космическая станция, МКС Locations: Земля

☆ Зачем летали в космос вино и виноградная лоза
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-24 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +3 min

Недавно вино с «космической выдержкой» вернулось на Землю, пишет AP. К слову, для чистоты эксперимента аналогичные «контрольные» образцы оставались на Земле. Главный результат: отправленное на МКС вино за 14 месяцев созрело будто бы на три года быстрее, чем то, что хранилось на Земле. Что касается виноградной лозы, то она не только пережила путешествие в космос, но и росла быстрее, чем контрольные образцы. «Вина Бордо черпают свою уникальность как в истории, так и в нововведениях.

Persons: Petrus Pomerol, Chateau Petrus Pomero, Experimentia, Джейн Энсон, Кристоф Шато, Бордо Organizations: Cargo, Международная космическая станция, МКС, Институт исследований вина и винограда, Совет виноделов Бордо Locations: Земля, Бордо, Франция

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