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SpaceX is designing an $843 million shuttle to take down the International Space Station by the end of the decade, a super-powered version of its Dragon capsule, which is used to carry astronauts and cargo into orbit today.
Meet the US Deorbit vehicle, which has six times more usable propellant internally and three to four times the power output and storage of a conventional Dragon capsule.
Bill Weber has stepped down as chief executive of Firefly Aerospace, the maker of launch vehicles, lunar landers and orbital vehicles, announced late Wednesday after nearly two years in the role. He joined the company after its acquisition by private equity firm AE Industrial Partners in February 2022. The news came that he was leaving. Two days after the payload The company published a story saying it was investigating allegations of an inappropriate relationship between Weber and a female employee.
This week in space history
What other historical event could I choose than the 55th anniversary of the moon landing?! That’s right: On July 20, 1969, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon: „That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”