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https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231108713039/en/Rocket-Lab-Sets-Next-Electron-Launch-Window-Provides-Update-on-Anomaly-Review November 08, 2023 04:15 PM Eastern Standard Time LONG BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has set a return to

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/if-the-next-starship-makes-it-through-staging-you-can-call-that-a-win/ SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT   SUBSCRIBE     SIGN IN WHAT IS SUCCESS? — A key moment will come 2 minutes and 41 seconds into the next Starship test flight. STEPHEN CLARK – 11/8/2023, 7:29 AM Enlarge / SpaceX’s

https://spacenews.com/u-s-air-force-x-37b-spaceplane-to-launch-on-a-spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket/   The seventh mission of the X-37B, designated USSF-52, is projected to launch Dec. 7 from Kennedy Space Center WASHINGTON — The seventh mission of the reusable U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane is scheduled to launch Dec. 7 on

https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/11/06/private-astronaut-mission-likely-first-to-use-spacexs-new-crew-access-tower/ November 6, 2023 Will Robinson-Smith The crew access arm is manuevered into place on the newly constructed tower at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. A crew access arm was lifted into place at

https://spacenews.com/nasa-open-to-extending-iss-beyond-2030/   Jeff Foust November 3, 2023 The International Space Station as seen from a Crew Dragon spacecraft in 2021. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — A NASA official opened the door to keeping the International Space Station in operation beyond 2030

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06590-8   Abstract The observation that many lavas associated with mantle plumes have higher 3He/4He ratios than the upper convecting mantle underpins geophysical, geodynamic and geochemical models of Earth’s deep interior. High 3He/4He ratios are thought to derive from the solar nebula

  NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid nicknamed Dinky, only to discover an even smaller space rock orbiting it By Meghan Bartels on November 3, 2023 NASA Asteroid Mission Discovers Tiny Surprise Moon with ‘Really Bizarre’ Shape A smaller

New commercial space bill addresses mission authorization and SSA Jeff FoustNovember 5, 2023 WASHINGTON — The Republican leadership of the House Science Committee has introduced legislation that would create a mission authorization system for commercial space activities and alter plans