The contribution and scale of the directly linked First and Second Kamchatka Expeditions cannot be overestimated. In the 18th century, research covered Eurasia's northern coast, the entire Siberia, ...

One-third the diameter of a centrifuge planned for Adak Island, SpinLaunch’s Suborbital Accelerator in New Mexico is the largest span vacuum chamber ever built, capable of accelerating payloads to ...

He is a veteran of the US Coast Guard, where he served as a marine science technician, and has held safety leadership roles at Vitus Energy, Trident Services, and Alaska Department of Environmental ...

Gabi Perry (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) completed a successful defense of her Master’s Thesis, "Archaeological Predictive Model for Ocean Bay Sites on Kodiak Island, Alaska." ...

Springtime in Alaska’s high Arctic reveals itself in unique ways. Migrating bowhead whales swim past tiny coastal villages. White-fronted geese paint the skies across the still-white tundra, and waves ...

SpinLaunch said in its Thursday statement that it chose Adak for the island’s combination of remoteness and existing infrastructure. The island has a deepwater port, regular commercial air ...

Outside of several mentions in the Rocket Report newsletter dating back to 2018, Ars Technica has not devoted too much attention to covering a novel California space company named SpinLaunch.

The company currently has a test accelerator in Spaceport America in New Mexico. It also plans to develop a second launch platform on Adak Island, Alaska. SpinLaunch previously announced a $71 million ...

Secures $12M investment from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace supporting the development and commercialization of Meridian Space, SpinLaunch’s highly differentiated low-earth orbit (LEO) satcom ...

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