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Mysterious signals unlike anything ever seen before have been detected coming from the direction of the galactic centre, baffling astronomers.
The signal "switches on and off apparently at random" and the object it's coming from is invisible, according to a new paper published this week.
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Rocket Lab has been building rockets in Long Beach for more than a decade, competing with the likes of SpaceX in a less talked-about area of the space industry: satellite launches. But growing interest in space exploration made CEO Peter Beck rethink his strategy.
"What we're trying to build is a new breed of space company," Beck said.
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Read more: Rocket Lab Could Become the Space Force’s Favorite Rocket Launcher
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An unidentified flying object that was seen in Sydney's skies had some fearing it was an alien invasion or a missile attack.
But no, it wasn't a meteor, missile, or a nuke - it turns out it was an unmanned Chinese rocket launch shrouded in secrecy.
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Read more: UFO spotted over Sydney revealed as unmanned secret Chinese rocket
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Dawn Aerospace has joined the New Zealand Airspace Integration Trials Programme (AITP). The news was announced yesterday by Minister of Research, Science and Innovation, Hon Megan Woods.
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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, has been awarded a $24.35 million contract with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) for development of the Neutron launch vehicle’s upper stage. The agreement signifies Rocket Lab’s commitment to becoming a launch provider for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, which launches the United States' most critical missions.
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Read more: Rocket Lab Wins $24m U.S. Space Force Contract to Develop Neutron Upper Stage
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Russian cosmonauts have discovered new cracks in a segment of the International Space Station that could widen, a senior space official has said, the latest in a series of setbacks.
"Superficial fissures have been found in some places on the Zarya module," Vladimir Solovyov, chief engineer of rocket and space corporation Energia, told RIA news agency.
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Read more: Cracks discovered in International Space Station set to widen over time
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Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand-Dutch space transportation company, has conducted five flights of the company's Mk-II Aurora suborbital spaceplane.
The flights were to assess the airframe and avionics of the prototype vehicle, and were conducted using surrogate jet engines rather than rocket engines.
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Read more: Dawn Aerospace runs test flights from Glentanner near Aoraki/Mt Cook
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Life on Mars... who cares? Venus is where it's at, says Kiwi space pioneer Peter Beck.
The Rocket Lab founder - hundreds of millions of dollars richer after his start-up listed on the NASDAQ this week - says he's got "all my hopes pinned" on the hothouse planet when it comes to finding extraterrestrial life.
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Read more: Rocket Lab's Peter Beck reveals where he thinks extraterrestrial life might be found
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