Russia’s space chief says the country will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost.
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Brunswick aerospace company to build Downeast launch site
BluShift Aerospace on Wednesday announced plans to build a space complex in Steuben, but company founder and CEO Sasha Deri said Brunswick will remain the company’s base.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Maine’s planning to build a spaceport. Here’s how it could become a leader in the industry
The state hopes a new law creating the Maine Space Port Corp. is the first step toward achieving that goal.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Bill establishing Maine Space Corp. signed into law
The public-private partnership will be charged with developing the Maine Space Complex and overseeing the launching of small satellites.
Posted inNation & World
Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon
An asteroid tracker says the object is likely the 3rd stage of a Chinese rocket that sent a test sample capsule to the moon and back in 2014, but China says the junk isn’t theirs.
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NASA’s new space telescope reaches its final stop – a million miles out
The telescope will enable astronomers to peer back further in time than ever before, all the way back to when the first stars and galaxies were forming 13.7 billion years ago.
Posted inNation & World
Space station remains at high risk from debris from Russian weapons test
NASA and the State Department have condemned the missile strike, saying it also puts satellites and China’s space station at risk.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Billionaires’ space tourism is a farce
Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson think we should applaud them for leaving the planet instead of spending to fix problems here on Earth.
Posted inNation & World
Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship
His space-tourism company, Virgin Galactic, plans to start taking up paying customers next year.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine student ‘cubesat’ competition part of growing industry
Middle and high schoolers who created their own mini-satellites will put them to the test this weekend. Future launches are sure to come.