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Author: Dawn Aerospace

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.

Article: https://www.dawnaerospace.com/blog/dawn-aerospace-joins-nz-govt-programme-to-accelerate-integration-of-drones-and-uavs-into-aviation-system
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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.

Article: http://nighthawk.nz/index.php/homepage/new-article?view=form&return=aHR0cDovL25pZ2h0aGF3ay5uei8=
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Author: Reuters & Mike Kilpatrick

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. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/08/cracks-discovered-in-international-space-station-set-to-widen-over-time.html
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Author: Grant Bradley

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.

Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/dawn-aerospace-runs-test-flights-from-glentanner-near-aorakimt-cook/SRDG54RE3QR2657XWYMPYCSZPQ
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Author: Dan Satherley

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.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/rocket-lab-s-peter-beck-reveals-where-he-thinks-extraterrestrial-life-might-be-found.html
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Author: Dawn Aerospace

Dawn Aerospace makes its first test flight of the Mk-II Aurora. and the short video has some great shots.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Dq1v3G714
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Author: RocketLab

Long Beach, California. August 16, 2021 – Rocket Lab, a leading launch provider and space systems company, has today announced it will launch a satellite to test space junk removal technologies for Aurora Propulsion Technologies, a Finnish company dedicated to the sustainable use of space.

Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/new-blog-post-6/
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Author: RocketLab

MISSION OVERVIEW

The launch window for Rocket Lab’s tenth mission, ‘Running Out Of Fingers,’ is scheduled to open on 25 November 2019 NZDT from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula.

Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/
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