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New Frontiers: U.S. Space Force, Zenno, and SpaceX Propel the Next Era of Space Innovation

The US Space Force is making headlines by awarding contracts to Viasat and Intelsat for new anti-jam communication satellites. These are part of a program to develop a jam-resistant satellite communication fleet, and it’s a pretty big investment—we’re talking hundreds of millions of dollars.On a global scale, there's some exciting news from Zenno Astronautics—they've become the first company to operate a superconducting product in space, which is a huge leap for space infrastructure technology.And if we zoom in a bit, there’s also a lot of buzz around SpaceX and its recent IPO. The company's shares have been soaring, and it’s causing a lot of excitement in the market.It’s definitely an exciting time in space industry! 

Underwater snow gives clues about Europa's icy shell

Europa's ice shell could be purer than previously thought. Research shows that a kind of underwater snow -- which on Earth freezes purer than other ice -- is likely to be common inside Jupiter's moon. The findings will help mission scientists working on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will use an ice penetrating radar to look beneath the ice shell to see whether Europa's global ocean could be hospitable to life.

from Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/RQaM1rI

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