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Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Galactic and representatives of the associations arrived at the home of the winner, Kisha Shaf. PR photo, Virgin Galactic,

A resident of Antigua married to an Israeli and their daughter will fly into space after winning the Virgin Galactic lottery

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The raffles were conducted by the fundraising platform Omaze and Sir Richard Branson raised an expected $1.7 million in grants to support the Space for Humanity project to democratize space travel
Astroscale docking hook. Photo PR, ASTROSCALE

Astroscale's patent: like a tow hook - only for satellites:

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For the benefit of the satellite operators who want to keep their valuable assets - tens of thousands of satellites that are about to be launched in the next ten years - Astroscale is launching a patent that will allow the safe disposal of satellites that are out of use
lunar base Illustration: depositphotos.com

NASA has issued a call for the establishment of a nuclear power plant on the moon

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Battelle Energy Alliance and NASA are seeking industry partners to design a nuclear power system for lunar applications
space debris Illustration: depositphotos.com

Russia conducted an anti-satellite weapon test in which a downed satellite exploded and the resulting debris threatens the international and Chinese space stations

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Russia conducted an anti-satellite weapon experiment in which an old Russian satellite exploded without prior warning to those responsible for the space sector in the Western armies, the Cosmos 1408 satellite was launched back in 1982 during the Soviet Union
The crew of NS-18. Pictured from left to right: Dr. Chris Boschwiesen, William Shatner, Audrey Powers and Glenn de Vries. Public relations photo, Blue Origin

Captain Kirk - ninety-year-old William Shatner flew into space and broke the record for the oldest person in space

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However, this is a flight that lasted just a few minutes in the second manned suborbital flight of the New Shepherd spacecraft of the Blue Origin company owned by Jeff Bezos
ELSA-d space cleaning satellite. Astroscale PR photo

The world's first space cleaning satellite, Astroscale's ELSA-d successfully demonstrated magnetic attachment to a malfunctioning satellite

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ELSA-d, which was successfully launched into space during March 2021, consisted of two satellites: a service satellite (~ 175 kg) and a 'client' satellite (~ 17 kg) that simulates space debris, which were launched side by side. The service satellite was developed to safely remove pieces of space debris from orbit and is equipped with technologies that allow it to locate and connect safely to objects moving in space through a magnetic docking mechanism.
Richard Branson and the passengers who accompanied him on the first suborbital flight. PR photo, Virgin Galactic

Interstellar contamination | angle

In recent weeks, space tourism has become a reality for two of the world's richest men. Is it an expensive but harmless amusement, or another blow to the earth's battered atmosphere? We went out to check
A model of living on the moon - EBIOS. PR photo, Dassault Systèmes

Interstellar Lab unveils "BioPod" - a living simulator on the Moon and Mars

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The system created with Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform simulates a self-sustaining food production system, furthering Interstellar Lab's mission to produce and recycle food, water, and air to support sustainable life on Earth, the Moon, and Mars
The Blue Origin spacecraft lands safely after its first successful launch with astronauts including CEO Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, and two astronauts. Screenshot

Successful launch and landing of Jeff Bezos' capsule (video)

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16:20 The launcher successfully landed on its feet with the help of an auxiliary engine. 16:18 The spacecraft activated parachutes 16:12 The spacecraft was successfully launched
Richard Branson, founder and CEO of Virgin Galactic hovers in the passenger compartment of the suborbital spaceship SpaceShip2 on the Unity 22 mission on July 11, 2021. PR photo, Virgin Galactic

The billionaire space race is a publicity stunt but may help promote the space economy

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This is according to an analysis by PITCHBOOK. According to the analysts, before flying humans into space, advanced uses of satellites should be exhausted and the problem of space debris should be addressed, but the budget for this may be reached thanks to these gimmicks.
Former astronaut Chris Hadfield bestows space wings on Sir Richard Branson after the successful flight to the edge of space. Screenshot from the Virgin Galactic YouTube channel.

Richard Branson beat Jeff Bezos in the space race * took off with 5 others to give way

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The spaceship or rather the Spaceship 2 rocket plane took off for the mission known as Unity 22 from the Virgin Galactic Space Center in New Mexico on a carrier plane and when they reached the desired altitude they activated the rocket engines and rose to a height of about ninety kilometers where the passengers saw the curvature of the Earth and floated in low gravity
Cosmos 1 solar sail. Image: Courtesy of the developers

A small satellite with a solar sail could catch the next interstellar object to pass

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It's too late for Umuamoa, but we can be ready for the next strange interstellar visitor if we want to. It is possible to design and build a spacecraft that will encounter such an object at short notice
Boeing Starliner. Credit: Boeing

NASA and Boeing continue to make progress towards the second Starliner test launch in June

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After SpaceX overtakes Boeing, NASA and Boeing continue preparations for the second, as-yet-unmanned flight of Starliner to prove that the system can safely carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station
Chinese astronauts (from left) Tang Hongbo, Ni Haisheng and Liu Boming are the first crew of China's space station. Photo: Xinhua

The three Chinese astronauts on Shanghai 12 have arrived at the new space station

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China has successfully launched the Shenzhou 12 spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts to begin the installation of the Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) permanent space station. In the next two years, 11 launches are expected, four of the spacecraft will be manned
With room for six astronauts, the spacious and compact crew capsule is comfortably furnished and each passenger gets their own window seat. PR photo, Blue Origin

The winner will be chosen to fly together with Jeff Bezos and his brother on July 20 into space * will pay 23 m

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The yet-to-be-revealed winner together with the Bezos brothers will fly for a suborbital flight - that is, reaching an altitude of 100 kilometers, staying for a few minutes in low gravity and observing the curvature of the Earth, and landing
Visualization of the Chinese space station Tiangong 1. Photo: depositphotos.com

China may gain a monopoly on space stations

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Artist's illustration depicting the Tianwen-1 Mars rover. Figure: China National Space Agency

China's probe lands on Mars

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Construction of the TAUSAT-1 satellite. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv's Uni satellite launched smart material for the first time in Israel's space history

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Tel Aviv University launched a "smart material" into space - a folded polymer that unfolds to its original shape when heated
Helios' vision for the future of humanity: a base on the moon, with a local oxygen reservoir. PR photo, Helios

An Israeli company will pave the way for human settlement on the moon and Mars

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An Israeli company intends to extract oxygen from the soil of the moon - and fuel SpaceX to Mars The Helios solution, supported by the Israeli Space Agency, may reduce the cost of launches and enable a long-term human presence in deep space
Link to the image of the experimental system of E. an island. G-Sense. Photo: Roi Zamir

One of the tasks of the second Israeli in space: an EEG test in space

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Monitoring brain dynamics and cognitive function under conditions of being in space. This is the experiment that will be conducted by the head of the cognitive and brain sciences department at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Dr. Oren Shariki, in collaboration with the Israeli company IG-Sense during Eitan Stiva's stay in space
SONATE-2 in orbit: imaging of the new satellite to test artificial intelligence technology that will allow them to be more autonomous. Illustration: Kahn Kayel / University of Würzburg

Detecting Unknown Anomalies: Artificial Intelligence in Space

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Building an artificially intelligent satellite trained in space: Professor Hakan Kayal of the University of Würzburg has received a budget of 2.6 million euros from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy.
CropX processes satellite images for precision agriculture applications. PR photo

CropX will provide NASA with global soil data to improve agricultural crops around the world

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Image based on processing of radar data from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites (2021), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

The European Space Agency photographed the traffic jam in the Gulf of Suez due to the stranded ship

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The giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal in Egypt is seen in new images taken by the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission along with the maritime traffic jam it caused.
Samson satellites. Illustration: The Technion

CEO Ramon Spies: Our processors are the heart of Levini Edlis-Samson

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ELSA-d space cleaning satellite. Astroscale PR photo

Astroscale space debris cleanup satellite successfully launched into space

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The satellite will be the first in the world to demonstrate technologies for attachment to space junk and its disposal
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