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Investigation into upper stage glitch delays next Proton launch
Read more →: Investigation into upper stage glitch delays next Proton launchFile photo of a Proton rocket launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Dec. 24, 2015. Credit: Roscosmos The…
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Intelsat confident in Ariane 5 to launch two critical satellites
Read more →: Intelsat confident in Ariane 5 to launch two critical satellitesThe Intelsat 33e (left) and Intelsat 36 (right) satellites undergo launch preparations at the Guiana Space Center. Credit:…
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NROL-61 satellite launched Thursday spotted in space by sky-watchers
Read more →: NROL-61 satellite launched Thursday spotted in space by sky-watchersThe Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with NROL-61. Credit: Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — Sky-watchers with a…
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Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day rehearsal for its next Air Force mission
Read more →: Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day rehearsal for its next Air Force missionCAPE CANAVERAL — A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket went through a practice countdown and fueling exercise…
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NASA orders second SpaceX crew ferry ship
Read more →: NASA orders second SpaceX crew ferry shipSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of a SpaceX Crew Dragon on final approach to…
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After three-year wait, commercial imaging observatory shipped for launch
Read more →: After three-year wait, commercial imaging observatory shipped for launchWorldView 4. Credit: Lockheed Martin More than three years after its launch was delayed by a corporate merger,…
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NASA spells out support for SpaceX’s Red Dragon Mars mission
Read more →: NASA spells out support for SpaceX’s Red Dragon Mars missionArtist’s concept of SpaceX’s Red Dragon spacecraft entering the Martian atmosphere. Credit: SpaceX If SpaceX is able to…
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SpaceX fires previously-flown rocket in major stride toward reusability
Read more →: SpaceX fires previously-flown rocket in major stride toward reusabilityThrottling up to more than a million pounds of thrust at SpaceX’s Central Texas test facility, a Falcon…
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ExoMars orbiter fine-tunes path toward red planet
Read more →: ExoMars orbiter fine-tunes path toward red planetArtist’s concept of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Credit: Thales Alenia Space. A European spacecraft cruising toward Mars…
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Spy satellite infrastructure supported by successful Atlas 5 rocket launch
Read more →: Spy satellite infrastructure supported by successful Atlas 5 rocket launchCAPE CANAVERAL — A clandestine satellite for the U.S. reconnaissance program was successfully launched by an Atlas 5…
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Photos: Atlas 5 powers away with NROL-61 payload
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 powers away with NROL-61 payloadLaunching the secretive NROL-61 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket…
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Re-entering Chinese rocket stage streaks across Western U.S.
Read more →: Re-entering Chinese rocket stage streaks across Western U.S.Full video of meteor-like event @BadAstronomer pic.twitter.com/q37UzRZKpa — Matt Holt (@mholt6) July 28, 2016 A flaming fragment of…