ASTRONAUTICAL NEWS Friday 29 April 2022
Astronautical News
ASTRONAUTICAL NEWS Friday 29 April 2022
A daily roundup of space news
Webb Telescope fully focused for the job aheadAlignment of the James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the
observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images
with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments.
Space blocs: The future of international cooperation in space is splitting along lines of power on EarthThere’s a new trend of groups of countries working together in space, from regional
space agencies to the Artemis Accords. Svetla Ben-Itzhak examines what it means for
prospects of conflict in space.
NASA Chief expects cooperation with Russia on ISS to continueNASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that he has full confidence Russia will extend its
cooperation with the United States on the International Space Station (ISS) based on the
continuing close cooperation and warm personal relations between crews from both
countries and their control teams back on Earth.
Inmarsat CEO issues warning over space sustainability with ’unmanaged expansion’Rajeev Suri, Chief Executive Officer of Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile
satellite communications, issued a stark warning Wednesday that unmanaged space
sector expansion could exacerbate environmental damage, stifle innovation and
undermine the long-term capability of satellites to help combat climate change.
SpaceX’s Freedom Dragon capsule arrives at space station with Crew-4 astronauts For the second time in less than three weeks, SpaceX delivered an astronaut crew to the
International Space Station.
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