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Isar defies space tech downturn to raise $165mn in countdown to launch
Munich-based rocket start-up Isar Aerospace has defied a gloomy funding environment in the space tech sector to raise $165mn from new and existing investors as it accelerates towards its planned launch this year. Daniel Metzler, co-founder and chief executive, said the funds would help ramp up manufacturing of its Spectrum rocket and would be sufficient …
Countdown is Underway for Wet Dress Rehearsal
A sunrise view of the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 21, 2022. The SLS and Orion atop the mobile launcher were transported to the pad on crawler-transporter 2 for a prelaunch test called a wet dress rehearsal. Artemis …
NASA to delay, modify SLS countdown rehearsal
WASHINGTON — After discovering a problem with a valve on the Space Launch System’s upper stage, NASA is delaying a countdown rehearsal and fueling test and modifying it to limit fueling of the upper stage. NASA said in an April 9 blog post that it was delaying the wet dress rehearsal (WDR) for the SLS …
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Mission Countdown Clock Update with acting NASA Administrator – NASA
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Mission Countdown Clock Update with acting NASA Administrator NASA NASA, SpaceX declare Crew-2 astronaut mission ‘go’ for Thursday launch Space.com Astronauts flying reused SpaceX rocket, capsule for 1st time Yahoo News Second Commercial Crew Soon To Launch News4JAX NASA, SpaceX Crew-2 prepare for another historic flight Thursday morning Fox News View Full Coverage on Google News Source …
Countdown to Beijing 2022 | Technology drives Beijing 2022 towards green and safe – Xinhua
By Sportswriters Wang Meng and Su Bin BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) — The “Experience Beijing” ice sports testing program came to a successful end on Saturday as Beijing 2022 welcomed its 300-day countdown. Events of six ice sports were staged in five Olympic venues in downtown Beijing during the 10-day tests. With three of the …
British pound: Brexit countdown has sent the currency on a wild ride
A Brexit agreement “feels unlikely” to be reached on Wednesday during crunch talks between UK and EU negotiators, a government source has told CNN. The source says 10 Downing St is “guiding operationally not to expect anything tonight.” Traders remain on edge as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson races to hammer out an agreement to …