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Eascra Biotech Partners with NASA to Accelerate Space-Manufactured Nanomedicine Development
Deep Tech Digest USA Overview Eascra Biotech has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to accelerate the development of nanomedicines manufactured in microgravity. This collaboration aims to leverage the unique space environment to prod... -
US DOT Establishes ‘SPACE Task Force’ to Manage Projected 10,000 Annual Space Launches by 2035
AVweb USA Overview The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has formed the 'Space Policy Administration, Coordination, and Execution (SPACE) Task Force' to manage a projected surge to 10,000 commercial space launches and reentries ann... -
NASA’s STAR Program Enhances Training for Principal Investigators to Conduct Spaceflight Experiments on Commercial & Agency Platforms
NASA USA Overview NASA's Spaceflight Technology, Applications, and Research (STAR) program is a virtual training course for principal investigators, senior research scientists, and postdoctoral scholars to prepare them for spaceflight ex... -
NASA Initiates High-Precision 7-Axis Milling Analysis of Orion’s Avcoat Heat Shield for Future Deep Space Missions
NASA USA Overview NASA has begun a high-tech analysis of Avcoat ablative material samples from the Orion crew module's heat shield, which protected the spacecraft during its 2014 flight test. Engineers from Marshall, Johnson, and Ames Sp... -
Honda Becomes First Japanese Private Company to Successfully Launch and Land Reusable Rocket, Significantly Reducing Space Mission Costs
Facebook Japan Overview Honda has achieved a significant milestone in aerospace innovation by becoming the first Japanese private company to successfully launch and land a reusable rocket. This technology is poised to substantially reduc... -
NASA’s Artemis III Human Lunar Landing Mission Redefined for 2027 Earth Orbit Rehearsal; Lunar Landing Postponed to Artemis IV in 2028
Britannica USA Overview NASA's Artemis III mission has been redefined to a low-Earth orbit lander rehearsal in 2027, postponing the human lunar landing to Artemis IV in 2028 due to delays in deep space landing technology development. Thi... -
SpaceX Successfully Recovers Starship from Indian Ocean After Orbital Test Flight, Bolstering Reusability Efforts
AP News / Britannica USA Overview SpaceX successfully recovered a Starship vehicle from the Indian Ocean one month after its orbital test flight. This marks Starship's largest recovery operation to date, with the vehicle, which endured a... -
Artemis II Crew Honored with Congressional Space Medal of Honor After Historic Lunar Flyby Return
NASA / SoCo Digest USA Overview The Artemis II crew—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen—has successfully returned to Johnson Space Center following their historic lunar flyby missi... -
EPC Space Unveils Rad-Hard Linear Regulators Utilizing eGaN HEMTs, Enhancing Spaceflight System Lightweighting and Reliability
EPC Space USA Overview EPC Space has introduced a technology to mitigate ionizing radiation degradation in linear regulators by employing eGaN HEMTs (High Electron Mobility Transistors). Because eGaN HEMTs inherently lack the radiation-v... -
NASA and Northrop Grumman Successfully Complete Cygnus XL Reboost, Raising ISS Orbit by 4.2 km
NASA USA Overview NASA and Northrop Grumman have successfully completed an orbital reboost of the International Space Station (ISS) using the Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft. The Cygnus XL fired its thrusters for 20 minutes and 43 seconds, ra...
