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Astroscale's new hook will be equipped with a docking device that will allow connecting and 'towing' satellites and launchers and taking them off course

Astroscale unveiled a new satellite for "dead" satellite removal missions

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It will be equipped with a docking device that will allow connecting and 'towing' satellites and launchers and taking them off course
LIGO Gravitational Wave Observatory in the US, credit: caltech

Will an Israeli facility be built to detect gravitational waves?

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At the Spacestack conference that will be held on May 22 at the Tel Aviv Expo, an initiative to establish an Israeli LIGO association (consortium) in regional cooperation will be announced
Artist's illustration of the LuSEE-Night radio telescope on the Moon. (credit: NASA/Tricia Talbert)

Building telescopes on the moon could change the face of astronomy - and it is becoming an achievable goal

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The moon still has much to tell us about the origin and development of the solar system. It also has scientific value as a platform for observational astronomy
space debris Courtesy of the European Space Agency.

Astroscale: Spacecraft and satellite manufacturers should commit to a significant reduction in the number of abandoned objects in space

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Satellite manufacturers, spacecraft operators, and the like, should receive specific and verifiable commitments to limit the number of objects in space in practice, and not just the predicted number of abandoned objects they produce during their activity, and to include in the planning the waste disposal at the end of the vessel's life
The last communication from the Hakuto-R spacecraft three seconds before the scheduled landing. Screenshot from the live broadcast

The CEO of the Japanese ISPACE admits: the Hakuto-R spacecraft crashed on the moon

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As in the case of the Bereshit spaceship, the landing phase is critical * The person who was the chairman of the Israel Space Agency at the time of the Bereshit spaceship crash says in a conversation with the Hidaan site: "In the Bereshit the engine was turned off due to human error, we should wait and see what happened today"
The location of the cameras on the HAKUTO-R lander. PR photo, ISPACE

Live: Update. The Japanese spacecraft crashed on the moon

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We will continue to update the surfers when there is data
The moment the Starship spacecraft exploded during a test flight on 20/4/2023. From the live broadcast of Spice X on YouTube

SPACEX's Starship spacecraft exploded four minutes after launch on its first full test flight

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Apparently the thrust of the first stage was not strong enough and the spacecraft was not able to separate from it. This is still an unmanned test flight and it seems that now the manned tests will move away * This is the fourth prototype to crash on launch
Illustration courtesy of Dassault Systèmes

The European Space Agency and Dassault Systèmes will support startups in the new space field

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Startups in Europe will be able to benefit from access to Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform, from the mentoring program of the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab innovation lab, and from networking assistance
Amit Kshatriya is Deputy Associate Director of the Lunar to Mars Program Office at NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate. Credit: NASA

NASA launched the "Moon to Mars" program office

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The Space Operations Mission Directorate remains responsible for all space operations in low Earth orbit and focuses on the space station, space communications, and navigation that support all of NASA's human exploration and science missions.
The crew of NASA's Artemis 2 mission (left to right): NASA astronauts Christina Hemock Cook, Reed Wiseman (seated), Victor Glover and Canadian space agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Credit: NASA

NASA has announced the four astronauts who will orbit the moon on the Artemis 2 mission, for the first time since Apollo

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Among the four are Victor Glover who spent six months on the International Space Station, but at NASA for some reason they emphasize the color of his light, as well as Christina Hemock Cook - the first woman to fly to the lunar orbit
Launch of the Ofek 13 satellite. Spokesperson and Public Relations Division at the Ministry of Defense

The Ofek 13 military observation satellite is launched

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The launch was tonight from the Palmachim air force base. 'Ofek 13' is a radar-based observation satellite and it will be able to provide photographs in any weather day and night * According to the original launch plan, the satellite entered its orbit around the Earth, began transmitting data and underwent a series of initial tests.
ELSA-d space cleaning satellite. Astroscale PR photo

A new study reveals: the proliferation of satellites and space debris around the Earth is harming space exploration

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A new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy. According to the study, the fact that satellites have become smaller and cheaper allows more and more commercial companies and government agencies to send satellites into space, a situation that has led to a dramatic increase in the number of satellites in orbit as well as space junk
Artist's impression of the Moon Gate, a habitat, refueling and research center for astronauts exploring the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Credit: NASA/Alberto Bertolin

what time is it on the moon Researchers suggest applying the time zone method to the moon as well

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what time is it on the moon Researchers suggest accommodating the time zone system on the moon as well
Welcoming the sixth joint NASA and SpaceX crew by the rest of the 68th crew of the International Space Station, February 3, 2023. Photo: NASA

Team 6 arrived at the space station in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, with astronaut Emiri on board. Will stay in space for 6 months

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Novo Okada, CEO of Astroscale Global. Photo: Astroscale

Astroscale raised 76 million dollars to strengthen its position in the growing market of service for satellites in space

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The total amount raised by the company to date is about 376 million dollars. Among the investors: Mitsubishi Electric and the Japan Development Bank. CEO of Astroscale Israel: The global economy is more dependent on satellite data than at any time in history, and this dependence is only increasing
Jim Frey, NASA's associate director for exploration systems development (manned flights), at the 18th Ilan Ramon conference in Tel Aviv. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The Artemis program is progressing while dealing with budget constraints and inflation

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NASA's associate director for exploration systems development (manned flights), Jim Frey, provided updates on the progress of the Artemis program in an interview with the science website
The satellite launch team (counter-clockwise): Prof. Meir Ariel, Prof. Ofer Amrani, Orly Blumberg, Idan Finkelstein and Dr. Dolev Bashi. Photo: Tel Aviv University Spokesperson

Towards quantum communication: Tel Aviv University's tiny satellite in space will communicate with the optical ground station

A few days ago, the TAU-SAT3 satellite was launched on SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher, designed to demonstrate optical and quantum communication from space using tiny satellites
The Israeli space industry. Image: depositphotos.com

The Israel Space Agency will establish a first-of-its-kind center in Israel for research and development infrastructure for small satellites

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The center will make available to entrepreneurs, companies and researchers the infrastructure for the development of small satellites and their components, and will enable the expansion of the ecosystem in the field
Satellite communication. Image: depositphotos.com

Chairman of Satixfy: "The market for satellite receivers is growing rapidly. Our ability to provide any solution is unique"

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The company's chairman, Yoav Leibovitch, spoke to the science website on the occasion of the start of trading in the stock on the New York Stock Exchange. StixPay began trading last week after a merger with Spak
Part of the modeling process of the supersonic movement of gases around the falling spacecraft using "computational fluid dynamics". Figure: European Space Agency.

Destructive reentry into the atmosphere: simulation shows how spacecraft die

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Starlink satellite dishes. Image: depositphotos.com

Will Elon Musk save Iran?

After helping Ukraine with encrypted communication during the war, Elon Musk will be able to help the Iranian people as well, this time not against an enemy from outside but against the government at home that shuts down the internet to suppress demonstrations
A NASA poster for the launch of the Artemis 1 spacecraft on the SLS rocket. Image: NASA

NASA's Artemis 1 mission will be launched on Monday at 15:33 - what to expect and why it is important

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The mission, whose launch is scheduled for Monday, August 29, 2022, is a test flight - without a crew - of the launch system into space and the Orion crew compartment. NASA hopes it will pave the way for routine exploration of space beyond Earth's orbit
Rendering of 13 candidate landing zones for Artemis III. Each area is about 15 by 15 kilometers. A landing site is a location within those areas with a radius of about 100 meters. Credit: NASA

NASA identifies sites on the moon for the next US manned landing

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NASA will discuss the formation of the final sites with the scientific community and with SpaceX whose landing vehicle, Starship is manufactured according to its capabilities
Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are pictured during a spacewalk on April 28, 2022, monitoring the station's new European robotic arm, which they also worked on during the 18/8 spacewalk that was interrupted by a malfunction in Artemyev's space suit

The spacewalk was stopped. The cosmonaut was called back to the space station

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Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev received an order from the control center in Moscow to return to the station as soon as possible due to a malfunction in his space suit's battery
This image was taken by the Planet Labs satellite on August 10, 2022, and shows aircraft damage from a Ukrainian strike that occurred just one day earlier, on August 9, 2022. Images courtesy of Planet Labs PBC

The war in Ukraine highlights the strategic importance of private satellite companies in times of conflict

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Shortly after the outbreak of the war, Ukraine, funded by the US government, requested data from private satellite companies around the world. By the end of April, Ukraine received images from American companies minutes after the data was collected. Recently, these photographs were proof of Ukraine's success in blowing up an airport in Crimea with its state-of-the-art fighter jets
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