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ICYMI: MOONSHOT MUSEUM ANNOUNCES OCTOBER GRAND OPENING

Pittsburgh, PA – Moonshot Museum announced it will open to the public on Saturday, October 15, 2022, debuting Pennsylvania’s first space museum and the first museum in the world to focus on career readiness for the contemporary space industry. Launching a new model for collaboration between education-focused nonprofits and innovative industry, Moonshot Museum will send visitors on simulated lunar missions…

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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 30th Electron Rocket & 150th Satellite to Space

Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, has delivered its 30th mission and 150th satellite to orbit following its latest successful Electron launch earlier today. “The Owl Spreads Its Wings” dedicated mission for Japanese Earth-observation company Synspective launched on the Electron rocket from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1…

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AST SpaceMobile Confirms Successful Launch of BlueWalker 3 Into Orbit

–AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has confirmed the successful placement of BlueWalker 3 into space. “BlueWalker 3 is on course and securely circling the earth,” said @scottwisniews, Chief Strategy Officer of AST SpaceMobile. “The satellite is thermally stable and communicating directly with ground…

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Astrobotic Acquires Masten Space Systems

Astrobotic announces today the acquisition of Masten Space Systems, a pioneering space technologies company with industry-unique suborbital payload testing services, which include a heritage of more than 600 vertical takeoff and landing (VTVL) rocket flights. The acquisition also includes Masten’s portfolio of advanced space technology development programs advanced over 18 years of operations.Astrobotic and Masten’s combined workforce of more than…

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Sierra Space Announces National Security Advisory Group

—Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company at the forefront of creating and building the future of space transportation and infrastructure for low-Earth orbit (LEO) commercialization, announced today the formation of a National Security Advisory Group. “I’m honored to bring together this group of national security experts to enable the future space economy”Tweet this The council will conduct independent assessments…

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Sierra Space to revolutionize space exploration with Siemens’ Xcelerator

Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced that Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company at the forefront of creating and building the future of space transportation and infrastructure for Low Earth orbit (LEO) commercialization, has implemented Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio of software and services as the foundation of its next-generation digital engineering program. The company is implementing Xcelerator to establish a…

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Beyerdynamic Launches the SPACE Bluetooth Speaker

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Wisconsin Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station

Students from Wisconsin will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:20 a.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 3, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. GMT322_16_43_Thomas Marshburn_1175_crew photos NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Thomas Marshburn will answer prerecorded video questions submitted by K-12 students from the Random Lake school…

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NASA to Provide Coverage of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction

NASA will provide live coverage of the 2021 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 11 a.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 13. The agency’s Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, is among the inductees, and the event also features remarks by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The ceremony will take place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction…

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LEGO® Education Minifigures Launch Into Space for Special STEAM Learning Series

LEGO® Education announced two of its minifigures, Kate and Kyle, will travel to space on the uncrewed Artemis I mission as part of its collaboration with NASA on Build to Launch: A STEAM Exploration Series. Bringing the free, 10-week digital learning series to life, the minifigures’ space travel will help further spark student curiosity and engagement in STEAM. Joining Kate and Kyle…