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Watch live: Russian cargo ship set to depart space station after coolant leak

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Russian cosmonauts will try to take pictures of the location where coolant leaked out of a Russian Progress cargo ship earlier this month when the supply freighter departs the International Space Station Friday night, as scheduled, to head for a destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean. The Progress MS-21 cargo ship is scheduled to undock …

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Falcon 9 launch from California adds 51 more satellites to Starlink network

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, powered by nine Merlin engines, climbs through the atmosphere after liftoff from California Friday with 51 more Starlink internet satellites. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket delivered 51 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit Friday after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, adding to SpaceX’s global broadband network that …

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ep.364: Shaking Up The Sheetmetal Industry, with Ed Mehr

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Conventional sheet metal manufacturing is highly inefficient for the low-volume production seen in the space industry. At Machina Labs, they developed a novel method of forming sheet metal using two robotic arms to bend the metal into different geometries. This method cuts down the time to produce large sheet metal parts from several months down …

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Robot Talk Episode 37 – Interview with Yang Gao

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Claire chatted to Professor Yang Gao from the University of Surrey all about space robotics and planetary exploration. Yang Gao is Professor of Space Autonomous Systems and Founding Head of the STAR LAB that specializes in robotic sensing, perception, visual guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) and biomimetic mechanisms for industrial applications in extreme environments. She brings …

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First launch of Japan’s H3 rocket aborted moments before liftoff

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The first launch of Japan’s H3 rocket was aborted moments before liftoff Thursday (U.S. time). Credit: JAXA Japan’s first H3 rocket, nearly a decade in development, was moments from liftoff Thursday (U.S. time) when the launch vehicle detected a problem and cut off the countdown just before sending a command to ignite two strap-on solid-fueled …

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Inmarsat satellite poised to provide connectivity over Atlantic Ocean

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Artist’s illustration of the Inmarsat 6 F2 communications satellite with solar arrays and its L-band antenna deployed in orbit. Credit: Inmarsat A large European-built communications satellite owned by London-based Inmarsat is set to ride a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Friday night from Cape Canaveral, kicking off a mission to connect ships and airplanes …

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Watch live: Japan’s new H3 rocket ready for first test flight

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Japan is set to test its new flagship launch vehicle, the H3, with a demonstration flight Thursday night from the Tanegashima Space Center, debuting a rocket that is less expensive, more capable, and more flexible than the country’s previous generation of launchers. Covered in orange foam insulation, the first H3 rocket rolled out to its …

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Russia delays next Soyuz launch pending assessment of coolant leaks

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION These images come from an inspection of the source of the coolant leak on Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 crew ferry spacecraft using the space station’s Canadian robotic arm. Credit: Roscosmos Launch of a Russian Soyuz crew capsule to replace a damaged ferry ship docked at the International Space Station …

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India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle successful on second test flight

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India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off on its second test flight. Credit: ISRO The second test flight of India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle was successful Feb. 10, delivering Indian and U.S.-owned payloads into orbit after the new rocket’s first demonstration mission ended in failure last year. The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, or SSLV, is …

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