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#SpaceInAMinute : 2-8 Jun 2024 IN REMEMBRANCE ???? ? NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut William (Bill) Anders died in an aircraft accident. He was an Apollo 8 crew member that orbited #Luna on 24 Dec 1968. LAUNCHES ?? ? Rocket Lab plans milestone 50th Electron mission for Kinéis on 19 Jun 2024. ? ARIANESPACE’s Ariane 6 planning for 9 Jul 2024 launch date from #GuianaSpaceCentre in Kourou, French Guiana. ? Polaris program planning for 12 Jul 2024 launch date for #PolarisDawn. ? SpaceX #Starship #IFT5 attempt possibly in late Jul or Aug 2024. ? Sierra Space / United Launch Alliance (ULA) - Awaiting a launch date for #DreamChaser. SPACE DESTINATIONS ?? ? China landed Chang'e 6 on the far side of #Luna and re-docked for the lunar sample return mission. ? #NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are planned to undock from the #ISS on 18 Jun 2024. ? #ESA and #NASA completed ergonomics and habitability tests of the Lunar I-Hab module for #LunarGateway at Thales Alenia Space. ? VAST and #ESA signed a Memorandum of Understanding for future space stations. ? Starlab astronaut crews will be trained by Airbus Defence and Space and Lufthansa. SPACEPORTS ?? ? Rocket Lab completed PREFIRE and Ice #NASA mission on 5 Jun 2024 from Mahia, New Zealand. ? #NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance (ULA) completed #Starliner Crew Flight Test (#CFT) launch to #ISS on 5 Jun 2024. ? SpaceX completed #Starship #IFT4 launch from #Starbase in Boca Chica, TX on 6 Jun 2024. ? Virgin Galactic completed #Galactic07 suborbital mission from Spaceport America on 8 Jun 2024. COMMERCIAL SPACE ??? ? Firefly Aerospace will partner with Lockheed Martin to launch 25 missions with the #Alpha rocket through 2029. ? Redwire Space broke ground on a new microgravity payload development facility in Indiana. ? Planet’s first hyperspectral satellite, Tanager-1, is at Vandenberg Spaceport in preparation for a 2024 summer launch. CIVIL SPACE ?? ? The first metal #3Dprinting aboard #ISS used an #ESA printer. ? Federal Aviation Administration can now track Sierra Space, SpaceX & Virgin Galactic vehicles in near-real time during launch and reentry using the Space Data Integrator. ? JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Center is ready to receive asteroid Bennu samples collected by #OSIRISREx. ? South Korea launched the Korea AeroSpace Administration (#KASA). Aim to land on #Luna by 2032 and Mars by 2045. ? #NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock and Axiom Space’s Peggy Whitson conducted full-scale mockups tests of #AxEMU spacesuits and the #SpaceX #StarshipHLS in preparation for #Artemis 3 mission. CONFERENCES ?? ? JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Space Exploration Symposium 2024 : 12 Jun 2024 ? ASCEND in Las Vegas, NV : 30 Jul - 1 Aug 2024 ? IAC2024 in Milan, Italy : 14-18 Oct 2024 ? The Mars Society Convention in Seattle, WA : 8-11 Aug 2024

Congratulations MIT's New Space Age Conference on hosting another successful conference! We are thankful for the opportunity to help sponsor and support the community building, education and advancement of #NewSpace! ??

#SpaceInAMinute: 10-16 Mar 2024 ? ABL Space Systems (PVT) preps RS1 Flight 2 for launch in Kodiak, AK ? Astra (ASTR) prepares to go private ? Firefly Aerospace (PVT) and Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company (PVT) win Aviation Week Network’s Laureate Award ? Rocket Lab (RKLB) preps to launch NROL123 from Wallops, VA ? Sierra Space (PVT) testing Dream Chaser for maiden flight at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Armstrong In-Space Propulsion facility ? SpaceX (PVT) launches S28/B10 from Boca Chica, TX ? Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Delta class spaceship facility development progresses #SpaceStocks ? #AstroFund ??

#SpaceX launches #Starship S28/B10 during Integrated Test Flight (IFT) #3 in Boca Chica, Texas on March 14, 2024.