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NASA Boosts Funding for Commercial Space Stations
NASA has injected an additional $99.5 million into agreements with Blue Origin and Voyager Space, supporting the development of commercial space stations. The funds, allocated from NASA's Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations (CLD) program, aim to nurture alternatives to the International Space Station (ISS). Blue Origin's Orbital Reef project, in collaboration with Sierra Space, will receive an extra $42 million, focusing on subsystem design reviews and life support systems. Voyager Space, partnering with Airbus Defence and Space for the Starlab station, secured $57.5 million for development milestones and enhancing Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft.
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Israeli forces have shelled a house in Sheikh Nassr neighborhood, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, wounding several Palestinians. Another Israeli airstrike on a home in Sheikh Radwan, northern Gaza, also left multiple civilians injured.
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At least 8 Pakistanis were martyred and 35 injured in Indian missile attacks on Punjab and Azad Kashmir, according to ISPR DG Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry.
In retaliation, Pakistani forces shot down three Indi...
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