Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
L3Harris advanced imagers on board NOAA weather satellites are helping detect and track disasters that threaten lives and property. From heavy windstorms to atmospheric rivers to devastating tornadoes, severe weather events have already caused more than $7 billion in damage across the U.S. in the first half of 2024. L3Harris is delivering advanced technologies that […]
After road transport from Airbus in Friedrichshafen to Bremen on 2 July, the Airbus-built Sentinel-2C satellite, the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, is about to be shipped to the European spaceport in French Guiana. The container has been loaded today onto the iconic Canopée, the first sail-assisted cargo ship designed specifically to transport Ariane 6 rocket
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As NASA grapples with more spacesuit problems on the International Space Station, the company it selected to develop replacement suits says it is pulling back from that effort. In a statement to SpaceNews June 25, a spokesperson for Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX Corp., said the company and NASA had agreed to “descope” work
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Bill Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut renowned for capturing the iconic ‘Earthrise’ photograph, has tragically died in a plane crash at the age of 90. The small aircraft he was piloting crashed into the sea off the coast of Washington state. The accident occurred around 11:40 PDT, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board
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