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NASA reveals crews for first flights of commercial spaceships
Read more →: NASA reveals crews for first flights of commercial spaceshipsNASA introduces the astronauts assigned to the first flights of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.…
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SpaceX Dragon cargo craft splashes down, delivering space algae and cell samples
Read more →: SpaceX Dragon cargo craft splashes down, delivering space algae and cell samplesNews Brief: The International Space Station’s crew sent a Dragon back to Earth today, filled with more than…
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NASA names nine astronauts for SpaceX and Boeing flights to space station
Read more →: NASA names nine astronauts for SpaceX and Boeing flights to space stationThe crews for the first four flights on SpaceX and Boeing space taxis wave to the cameras after…
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NASA’s last shuttle commander to helm test flight of Boeing crew capsule
Read more →: NASA’s last shuttle commander to helm test flight of Boeing crew capsuleChris Ferguson aboard the shuttle Atlantis’ flight deck during the STS-135 mission in July 2011. Credit: NASA NASA’s…
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SpaceX conducts hotfire test for another middle-of-the-night launch
Read more →: SpaceX conducts hotfire test for another middle-of-the-night launchEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Aug. 3 with confirmation the Merah Putih mission will use a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster.…
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NASA confirms new timetable for space taxi flights; SpaceX to fly crew next April
Read more →: NASA confirms new timetable for space taxi flights; SpaceX to fly crew next AprilAn artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship docking with the International Space Station, plus a cargo-carrying version…
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Photos: Astronauts trained in emergency procedures at Atlas 5 launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Astronauts trained in emergency procedures at Atlas 5 launch padSeveral NASA astronauts, plus Boeing test pilot Chris Ferguson, recently participated in a training session at Cape Canaveral,…
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Boeing delays crew capsule test flights after abort engine problem
Read more →: Boeing delays crew capsule test flights after abort engine problemThe upper and lower domes of the CST-100 Starliner which will carry the vehicle’s first crew into orbit…
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Boeing resets test schedule for Starliner space taxi; first crewed flight in mid-2019
Read more →: Boeing resets test schedule for Starliner space taxi; first crewed flight in mid-2019An artist’s conception shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which is designed to carry astronauts and cargo to and…
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Long March 4B rocket lofts Chinese Earth-observing satellite
Read more →: Long March 4B rocket lofts Chinese Earth-observing satelliteA Chinese Long March 4B rocket lifts off Tuesday with the Gaofen 11 Earth observation satellite. Credit: Xinhua…
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Solar probe moves into launch position at Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Solar probe moves into launch position at Cape CanaveralEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Aug. 1 with Tory Bruno comments on Delta 4-Heavy. Nestled inside the nose cone of…
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Another pair of Chinese navigation satellites successfully launched
Read more →: Another pair of Chinese navigation satellites successfully launchedA Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 0148 GMT Sunday (9:48 p.m. EDT Saturday) from the Xichang…