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Axiom Space announces the world's first private astronaut crew

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Hello Reader! Axiom Space announced a few hours ago, on its Tweeter account ( @Axiom_Space ), its own crew of private astronauts, the world's first private crew. Image: Axiom Space post on Tweeter in  https://twitter.com/Axiom_Space/status/1326627951060848648?s=20 This is impressive news and a major boost for private space exploration. However, Axiom has not yet provided further details on this, only that the crew members are multinational and will be commanded by former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria ( @CommanderMLA ). Axiom Space is known mainly as a manufacturer of space modules for space stations and one of the companies that aspires to be the first owner and operator of a future private space station (see more information here (pt)). Let's wait for more information about this release. Rui Botelho (Brazilian Space)

Astroscale, which fixes and extends the life of satellites in orbit, raises $51 million

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Hello reader! Below you can read the news " Astroscale, which fixes and extends the life of satellites in orbit, raises $51 million ", published on CNBC's website , in 10/13/2020. It is a very important news about space exploration and sustainability. Greetings and good reading!   Brazilian Space   Astroscale, which fixes and extends the life of satellites in orbit, raises $51 million CNBC   By Michael Sheetz   October 13, 2020, 11:12 AM   Astroscale prepares its satellite for the ELSA-d (End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration) mission (Source: Astroscale)   Satellite services and debris removal specialist Astroscale on Tuesday announced it closed a $51 million round of funding, bringing its total investment to $191 million to date.   "This makes Astroscale the most funded satellite servicing and logistics company globally, and the most funded space venture company in Japan," CEO Nobu Okada said, speaking virtually at the 2020 International Astronauti

Inside Sierra Nevada Corp's space plans, from the reusable 'Dream Chaser' to inflatable habitats

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Hello reader! Below you can read the news " Inside Sierra Nevada Corp's space plans, from the reusable 'Dream Chaser' to inflatable habitats ", published on CNBC's website , in 10/11/2020. Greetings and good reading! Brazilian Space  Inside Sierra Nevada Corp's space plans, from the reusable 'Dream Chaser' to inflatable habitats CNBC   By Michael Sheetz October 11, 2020, 6:57 AM   An animation shows Dream Chaser and its Shooting Star cargo module in orbit around the Earth.  (Source: Sierra Nevada Corporation)   Sierra Nevada Corporation is best known as a private aerospace and national security contractor – but the company is investing heavily in its space systems division, especially as it sees NASA and other companies building infrastructure in orbit.   "Our view of the future is a vibrant, commercial low Earth orbit economy," Steve Lindsey, SNC's senior vice president of strategy space systems, told CNBC. "We want to be the l

Private space industrialization is here

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Hello, readers! We would like to share with you a very interesting article  about the new era of the space exploration,  published in Techcrunch site ( https://techcrunch.com/ ). In the article "Private space industrialization is here ", wrote by  Mikhail Kokorich,  we have a personal and nice analysis  over this new born era in space exploration. Although some paragraphs are an explicit promotion of the company founded by the author, the article has very relevant information about the space market, emphasizing some promising topics to boost the space economy in the next 5 to 10 years, such as: the next space race, space transport, power generation, data processing, space mining and manufacturing. Our best regards and have a nice reading! Rui Botelho (Brazilian Space) Private space industrialization is here Techcrunch in  https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2020/08/18/private-space-industrialization-is-here/amp/ by  Mikhail Kokorich *  @mkokorich   Pu