A Russian Progress tanker, docked to the International Space Station, was due to raise the orbit of the space outpost by around 2.5km (1.5 miles), using a 342s burn of its rocket engine on 8 January, in preparation for a new Progress tanker in late January.
Source: Flight International
The US space agency and manufacturer AeroVironment will soon release a detailed review of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s final flight, which came at the end of three years of operations that saw 72 sorties and 2h of flight on the Red Planet.
Airbus has detailed proposed reductions that will reduce the headcount of its defence unit by approximately 5% over the next 18 months, with just over 2,000 posts to be removed.
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
