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Russian authorities retrieve Soyuz booster wreckage in Siberia
Read more →: Russian authorities retrieve Soyuz booster wreckage in SiberiaOne of the four Soyuz first stage boosters from last week’s first launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Credit:…
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SpaceX undecided on payload for first Falcon Heavy flight
Read more →: SpaceX undecided on payload for first Falcon Heavy flightArtist’s concept of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. Credit: SpaceX As SpaceX engineers put together the first model of…
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Departure of Europe’s first Mars rover delayed to 2020
Read more →: Departure of Europe’s first Mars rover delayed to 2020Artist’s concept of the ExoMars rover. Credit: ESA Europe’s ExoMars rover will not be ready for launch in…
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Hold-down test firing complete for next SpaceX launch
Read more →: Hold-down test firing complete for next SpaceX launchFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket’s static fire test at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit:…
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Boeing borrows from inventory to speed docking adapter delivery
Read more →: Boeing borrows from inventory to speed docking adapter deliveryPhoto of the second International Docking Adapter awaiting launch at the Kennedy Space Center’s Space Station Processing Facility.…
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Commercial Falcon 9 rocket launch scheduled for next week
Read more →: Commercial Falcon 9 rocket launch scheduled for next weekFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s next…
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Mixture ratio valve the culprit in Atlas 5 anomaly, next launch this summer
Read more →: Mixture ratio valve the culprit in Atlas 5 anomaly, next launch this summerPhoto by ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — With the performance hit on the Atlas 5 rocket’s most recent flight…
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Japan gives up on rescuing black hole observatory
Read more →: Japan gives up on rescuing black hole observatoryArtist’s concept of Japan’s Hitomi satellite. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita Japan’s space agency says it has ceased efforts to…
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Photos: Soyuz launch inaugurates new Russian spaceport
Read more →: Photos: Soyuz launch inaugurates new Russian spaceportThe first launch from the nearly $3 billion Vostochny Cosmodrome took off Thursday, carrying three satellites into orbit…
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Indian launch rounds out domestic navigation network
Read more →: Indian launch rounds out domestic navigation networkThe Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle takes off Thursday with India’s seventh navigation satellite. Credit: ISRO India’s Polar Satellite…
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First launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome declared a success
Read more →: First launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome declared a successA Soyuz rocket streaked into sunny skies over a new multibillion-dollar Siberian spaceport Thursday with Russian President Vladimir…
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Europe’s Sentinel satellites generating huge ‘Big Data’ archive
Read more →: Europe’s Sentinel satellites generating huge ‘Big Data’ archiveThis full resolution subset of the first Sentinel 1B image captured Thursday shows Norway’s Nordaustlandet island in the…