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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 11, 2021

VOL. 276 NO. 27 May 11, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: NATO Goes To Space

May 10, 2021
Gen. Andre Lanata, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, dropped by the command’s ostensibly temporary Colorado headquarters at Peterson AFB…

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

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NASA Raises Price Of Private Astronaut Missions

May 10, 2021
NASA has increased the cost of its private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, a move to accurately reflect actual expenses while still striving to facilitate the commercialization of low Earth orbit.

Operations

MRTT
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RAF Planning October Deployment Of Typhoons, MRTT To Southeast Asia

May 10, 2021
The UK Royal Air Force is looking to deploy its Eurofighter Typhoons as well as the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) Voyager to Southeast Asia in October to participate in a milestone edition of Exercise Bersama Lima.
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Mars Helicopter Lands At New Forward Base

May 08, 2021
NASA’s Mars helicopter completed the first point-to-point powered flight on another planet on May 7, marking another milestone for the program, which…
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Chinese Rocket Booster Falls into Indian Ocean

May 09, 2021
The debris of the core stage of a Chinese Long March-5B Y2 rocket made an uncontrolled reentry to the atmosphere at 10:24 p.m. EDT on May 8, China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) reported. 
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Royal Mail To Fly Drone Deliveries To Scilly Isles

May 10, 2021
British parcel carrier Royal Mail is to fly uncrewed mail flights between the UK mainland and the Scilly Isles and perform interisland deliveries with a vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system to test technologies that could better link remote communities.

Programs

Asteroid Bennu
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Osiris-Rex Starts Long Journey Back To Earth

May 10, 2021
Osiris-Rex, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, departed Bennu, a primitive Solar System body and the long mission’s home for nearly 2 1/2 years, on May 10.

Business

Bishop
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Voyager Space Holdings Takes Over Nanoracks and Parent

May 10, 2021
Voyager Space Holdings, the rapidly expanding umbrella startup for new-space companies, has acquired the majority stake in X.O. Markets and its major subsidiary Nanoracks, which recently launched the commercial Bishop airlock to the International Space Station (ISS).
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China Launches Eighth Trio Of Yaogan-30 Reconnaissance Sats

May 07, 2021
China launched the eighth trio of Yaogan-30 electronic reconnaissance satellites on a Long March 2C two-stage rocket at 2 11 p.m. EDT on May 6 from Xichang spaceport in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
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ZeroAvia Buys More Fuel Cells For Hydrogen Propulsion Development

May 10, 2021
Hydrogen propulsion startup ZeroAvia has ordered additional fuel-cell systems from Sweden’s PowerCell.

Technology

wright
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Wright Tests Megawatt-Scale Inverter For Electric Single-Aisle

May 06, 2021
Startup Wright Electric has begun testing the megawatt-scale power inverter that is a key building block in development of the electric propulsion system for its planned single-aisle airliner.

Contracts