Commercial space’s critical role in the race to outpace adversaries
30 Sep
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Commercial space’s critical role in the race to outpace adversaries

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Firefly Aerospace launched Sept. 14 the Space Force's Victus Nox mission in a record-breaking 24 hour turnaround. Credit: Firefly Aerospace.We’re in a race for space agility, and America is falling behind.Irresponsible weapons tests, such as Russia’s Nov 2021 destructive test of a direct ascent anti-satellite missile test, provided a glimpse of what combat in space could entail. Equally alarming is China’s heavy investments in its own military space assets. According to Air & Space Forces MagazineBeijing has increased on-orbit assets by 500% since December 2015, enabling China’s long-range strike capabilities.Adversaries displaying reckless and provocative behaviors such as operating their satellites near United States spacecraft endanger the U.S. Space Force’s ability to receive viable data when and where our warfighters need it most.The right strategyA positive step forward is the U.S. Space Force’s new...
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Axiom Space’s next astronaut mission to the ISS with SpaceX delayed to spring 2025
13 Aug
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Axiom Space’s next astronaut mission to the ISS with SpaceX delayed to spring 2025

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NASA Space Technology The crew of Axiom Space's upcoming Ax-4 mission to the ISS. From left: Ax-4 Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański of ESA/Poland, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary.(Image credit: Axiom Space)Axiom Space's next astronaut mission to the International Space Station will be delayed by several months, into 2025, due to required interagency approval processes.Ax-4, the name of that private astronaut effort by Axiom Spacehad been targeted to launch no earlier than October of this year. It will now lift off no earlier than spring 2025, NASA officials announced on Friday (Aug. 9) via  X."The Ax-4 crew members are pending approval to fly to the orbiting lab by the Multilateral Crew Operations Panel," NASA officials wrote in the statement. The panel approves all visiting...
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Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut crew named, begins training in Houston
07 Aug
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Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut crew named, begins training in Houston

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NASA Space Technology The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is pictured docked to the space-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module. Dragon Freedom carried four Axiom Mission-2 astronauts to the orbital lab on May 22, 2023, including Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi. Image: NASAThe full crew of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station was announced on Monday as they officially began training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.The mission, dubbed Ax-4, will include a pilot from India and mission specialists from Poland and Hungary. Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will once again sit in the commander seat, leading her second mission as part of Axiom Space’s astronaut corps.“I look forward to commanding my second commercial human spaceflight mission with...
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