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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of April 30, 2023:
Human Space Exploration:
- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander of the Artemis II Moon mission
- Russian cosmonauts relocate airlock on International Space Station spacewalk
- Czech Republic joins Artemis Accords
- Artemis II Moon mission transitioning from planning to preparation
- Russian cosmonauts to perform their second spacewalk this year
Space Science
- Plutonium availability constrains plans for future planetary missions
- Hard feelings over mission change for NASA’s Pluto spacecraft
- The sun is ramping up activity but still within predictions
- Europe wants to build a nuclear rocket for deep space exploration
- A dying star consumes a planet, foreshadowing Earth’s fate
- NASA awards contracts for NOAA coronagraph studies
- Building telescopes on the Moon could transform astronomy, and it’s becoming an achievable goal
- Saturn’s rings are disappearing. The James Webb Space Telescope may reveal how much time they have left
Other News
- Lockheed Martin announces reorganization of its space business
- Europe won’t have reusable rockets for another decade: report
- Private equity firm closes $6.4 billion deal to acquire Maxar Technologies
- Bankrupt Virgin Orbit approved for sale as 2022 financial results show company’s spiral
- Rocket Lab hitting its stride with high cadence, new venture for Electron
- European space giants join forces for IRIS²