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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1541938906124567/

The first to transmit colored photos.

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BRUTAL!!!

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SpaceX continua longe de Marte

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Perseverance à descoberta de Marte

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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released high-definition Mars images taken by Tianwen-1 orbiter.
According to CNSA, “The full-color image was taken by a high-resolution camera at an altitude of about 330 kilometers to 350 kilometers from the surface of Mars, with a resolution of about 0.7 meters.
In the imaging area, small ring craters, ridges, sand dunes and other landforms on the surface of Mars are clearly visible.
The diameter of the largest impact crater is about 620 meters. The color image was taken by a medium-resolution camera, and the picture shows the north pole of Mars.”

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   https://www.cavok.com.br/estacao-voyager-primeiro-hotel-espacial-deve-estar-operacional-em-2027?fbclid=IwAR32YrwCAvOOVBjpSUKNTvfZUKwe3XR686vZyZu8pFHbU2h4FtUVv6ipyF0

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https://spacenews.com/nasa-hikes-prices-for-commercial-iss-users/

NASA hikes prices for commercial ISS users

The change in NASA's pricing policy for commercial use of the ISS means that companies that used to pay $3,000 per kilogram to get cargo to the station now have to pay $20,000 per kilogram. Credit: NASA

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https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1366848696298561536

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Elon Musk is trying to create a new city called 'Starbase' at SpaceX's Texas launch site

Elon Musk is trying to form a new city called Starbase at SpaceX's launch facilities in Texas.

Musk shared the news Tuesday on Twitter: "Creating the city of Starbase, Texas," he wrote.

SpaceX's Texas facilities are located in Boca Chica Village — an unincorporated town on the state's southern tip, near Brownsville. The company has been developing its Starship rocket and testing prototypes there since 2014. But Musk said the city of Starbase would cover "an area much larger" than the village.

The judge's office in Cameron County, where Boca Chica is located, confirmed Musk's plans to create a city in a statement to Insider.

"In the last few days, Cameron County was officially approached by SpaceX regarding Elon Musk's interest to incorporate Boca Chica Village into the City of Starbase, Texas. Earlier today Cameron County Commissioners Court was informed of SpaceX's endeavor," the statement read.

No city of Starbase exists yet, however. Local authorities cautioned that Musk would need to make a formal request before the incorporation process could begin.

"If SpaceX and Elon Musk would like to pursue down this path, they must abide by all state incorporation statutes," Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr. said in a statement to Insider. "Cameron County will process any appropriate petitions in conformity with applicable law."

SpaceX did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on its plans.

The company is creating its new, colossal steel launch system, called Starship-Super Heavy, in order to one day send crewed missions to the moon and Mars. Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, wants the vehicle to stand 394 feet tall (120 meters) and be fully and rapidly reusable. The system could also perhaps shuttle people between points on Earth at hyper-fast speeds.

Boca Chica, where SpaceX is now launching Starship prototypes on test flights, doesn't have a public water system — though it has electricity.

A leaked FAA draft document shared with Insider in January revealed that SpaceX may also be planning to drill "up to five natural gas wells" and build gas-fired power plants at its Boca Chica facilities.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-starbase-city-spacex-texas-launch-site-2021-3

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Rússia e China assinam memorando para criação de estação espacial lunar


Documento foi assinado pelo chefe executivo da Roscosmos, Dmitri Rogozin, e pelo diretor da Administração Espacial Nacional da China (CNSA), Zhang Kejian.

Rússia e China assinaram esta terça-feira um memorando de entendimento para criar uma estação espacial na Lua, segundo a agência espacial russa Roscosmos, depois de Moscovo ter desistido de participar no programa lunar norte-americano Artemis.

O documento foi assinado pelo chefe executivo da Roscosmos, Dmitri Rogozin, e pelo diretor da Administração Espacial Nacional da China (CNSA), Zhang Kejian.

A Roscosmos e a CNSA "vão cooperar na criação da base lunar, com acesso aberto a todos os países interessados e parceiros internacionais", disse a agência espacial russa, em comunicado.

O objetivo da Rússia e da China é "fortalecer a interação na pesquisa científica e promover o estudo e uso do espaço para fins pacíficos em benefício de toda a humanidade".

Em meados de 2020, Rogozin anunciou publicamente que Moscovo tinha desistindo da participação no programa lunar norte-americano Artemis, que contempla o retorno de seres humanos à Lua, em 2024, porque aquele programa se tinha convertido num "grande projeto político".

Rogozin garantiu que a Rússia se opõe à privatização e exploração comercial da Lua, conforme proposto no ano passado pelo então Presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump.

A Rússia, o primeiro país a enviar um homem ao espaço em 1961, planeia lançar uma missão tripulada à Lua a partir de 2031.

A China conseguiu um marco histórico, em dezembro passado, quando a sonda Chang'e 5 pousou no lado visível da Lua, já depois do feito do Chang'e 4, que pousou no lado oculto da Lua, em janeiro de 2019.


   https://sicnoticias.pt/mundo/2021-03-09-Russia-e-China-assinam-memorando-para-criacao-de-estacao-espacial-lunar?fbclid=IwAR2z-To_5tPtclTr2h3GeAGMFRCVwqtab8fdEbnXe92EjWsJwSClw2-CkSQ

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https://spacenews.com/nasa-confirms-plan-to-fly-astronaut-on-upcoming-soyuz-mission/

WASHINGTON — A NASA astronaut will fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station in April, as the agency confirmed a peculiar arrangement for obtaining a seat on the Russian spacecraft.


NASA said March 9 that Mark Vande Hei will join the crew of the Soyuz MS-18 mission to the station, launching April 9. He will join Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov on the mission, staying on the station for six months.

NASA said March 9 that it signed a contract with Axiom Space, exchanging a seat Axiom procured on the next Soyuz mission to the ISS in April for one on a commercial crew mission in 2023. Credit: NASA

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Tal como os Descobrimentos foram impulsionados pela procura de riqueza, o mesmo objetivo move o investimento na exploração espacial.

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https://spacenews.com/georgia-spaceport-proponents-upbeat-despite-latest-delay/

Completion of an environmental assessment for the proposed Spaceport Camden in Georgia has been delayed to as late as April 20, with a final decision on its FAA license application pushed back to June. Credit: Spaceport Camden

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P.S. A space force anda muito activa. 

https://spacenews.com/space-force-planning-for-a-future-of-smaller-cheaper-satellites/

https://spacenews.com/space-force-awards-ula-spacex-contracts-for-four-national-security-missions/