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The boy who named Bennu is now an aspiring astronaut

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Why partial eclipses are worth seeing

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Avio's stock price takes a dive

Issue 72 Subscribers 2,973. Welcome to the first Wednesday edition of the Europe in Space newsletter. This is the first of a number of strategic changes that I am going to be making to the newsletter. You can read more about those changes here. Thank you to Latitude for

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OSIRIS-REx returns sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Equinox and equilux

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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What is an annular solar eclipse?

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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The Day of Action returns to Capitol Hill

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Want to experience the 2024 total solar eclipse? Here are some tips.

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Protoflight: Atlas V stacked ahead of first Kuiper launch

September 20, 2023 The Atlas V booster stage is hoisted into the VIF. Photo by United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance (ULA) uses heavy-duty cranes, teamwork and a lot of coordination to assemble our massive rockets before they head into space. That art of rocket stacking is both time-tested and

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Is there a future for the European Astronaut Corps?

Issue 71. Subscribers 2,920. To my 104 new subscribers, enjoy your first issue, and, as always, if you have any comments, suggestions, or tips, you can reply to this email. The European Space Agency and the Swedish National Space Agency signed a letter of intent in April 2023 to

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Lost and found

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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A guide to eclipse vocabulary

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Weekly Roundup for SpacePolicyOnline.com: September 4-10, 2023

Here are links to all the articles published on SpacePolicyOnline.com last week, September 4-10, 2023, including our “What’s Happening in Space Policy” for this coming week. Click on each title to read the entire article. What’s Happening in Space Policy September 10-16, 2023 September 10, 2023. Here

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Cometary sights and sounds

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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A checklist for what to expect during the 2024 total solar eclipse

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Are your solar eclipse glasses safe?

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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How to see newly discovered Comet Nishimura

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Weekly Roundup for SpacePolicyOnline.com: August 28-September 3, 2023

Here are links to all the articles published on SpacePolicyOnline.com last week, August 28-September 3, 2023, including our “What’s Happening in Space Policy” for this coming week. Click on each title to read the entire article. What’s Happening in Space Policy September 3-9, 2023 September 3, 2023.

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Are Europeans interested in going to space?

Issue 70. Subscribers 2,817. To my 62 new subscribers, enjoy your first issue, and, as always, if you have any comments, suggestions, or tips, you can reply to this email. In 2006, ESA saw a bright future for European space tourism. The agency launched an initiative called the Survey

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See for yourself

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Your impact: September equinox 2023

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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To the moon together

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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A lunar saga

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Celebrating our celestial companion. Image by Andrew McCarthy. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer as a

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Chang'e-6, collecting the first lunar farside samples

Learn how our members and community are changing the worlds. Our citizen-funded spacecraft successfully demonstrated solar sailing for CubeSats. Arriving soon: the United States’ first asteroid sample return mission. Membership programs for explorers of all ages. Get updates and weekly tools to learn, share, and advocate for space exploration. Volunteer

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Does European Sci-Comm Suck?

Issue 69 Subscribers 2,755. Firstly, another huge thank you to Latitude for sponsoring its eighth issue of the Europe in Space newsletter. Latitude is an innovative French launch startup developing Zephyr, a 17-metre tall launch vehicle capable of deploying 100 kg payloads to SSO at an altitude of 700