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Falcon 9 launch timeline with JCSAT 16
Read more →: Falcon 9 launch timeline with JCSAT 16SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, heading due east over the…
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Video: Gantry swing arm arrives at Atlas 5 pad for astronauts to board Starliners
Read more →: Video: Gantry swing arm arrives at Atlas 5 pad for astronauts to board StarlinersConstructing the launch pad infrastructure for astronauts to board Boeing’s Starliner crew capsules atop United Launch Alliance Atlas…
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Ariane 6 rocket holding to schedule for 2020 maiden flight
Read more →: Ariane 6 rocket holding to schedule for 2020 maiden flightArtist’s illustration of the Ariane 64 rocket version, with four solid rocket boosters. Credit: ESA–David Ducros, 2016 Europe’s…
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Photos and video: Payload hoisted atop Delta 4 for upcoming launch
Read more →: Photos and video: Payload hoisted atop Delta 4 for upcoming launchThe two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, satellites for the U.S. military were mounted aboard the…
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Photos: Solar arrays attached to asteroid-bound OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
Read more →: Photos: Solar arrays attached to asteroid-bound OSIRIS-REx spacecraftAt NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, workers have finished the pre-launch assembly and fueling of OSIRIS-REx for the asteroid…
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NASA picks 6 companies to develop prototype space habitats
Read more →: NASA picks 6 companies to develop prototype space habitatsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of a Lockheed Martin-built habitation system with the Orion…
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Falcon 9 rocket rumbles through pre-flight engine firing
Read more →: Falcon 9 rocket rumbles through pre-flight engine firingFile photo of a static fire test before a previous Falcon 9 launch. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX technicians planned…
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SpaceX shares eye-catching slow-mo rocket footage
Read more →: SpaceX shares eye-catching slow-mo rocket footageSpaceX has released a new YouTube video showing up-close, slow-motion views of recent Falcon 9 rocket launches and…
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Station cargo ship delays clear way for needed spacewalk
Read more →: Station cargo ship delays clear way for needed spacewalkSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of an Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship. Credit: NASA…
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Radar remote sensing satellite launched by China
Read more →: Radar remote sensing satellite launched by ChinaA Long March 4C rocket lifted off at 2255 GMT (6:55 p.m. EDT) Tuesday with the Gaofen 3…
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China Launches First Mobile Telecom Satellite
Read more →: China Launches First Mobile Telecom SatelliteBEIJING, Aug. 6 (China Space News) — China on early Saturday successfully launched the first satellite for mobile…
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High-tech camera records rocket test in never-before-seen detail
Read more →: High-tech camera records rocket test in never-before-seen detailA major booster test for NASA’s Space Launch System in June doubled as a demonstration of a new…