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Swiss company to move Atlas 5 work to Alabama
Read more →: Swiss company to move Atlas 5 work to AlabamaFile photo of payload fairings inside Ruag Space’s facility in Emmen, Switzerland. Credit: Ruag Space Ruag Space, the…
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NASA troubleshoots radar outage on new SMAP satellite
Read more →: NASA troubleshoots radar outage on new SMAP satelliteArtist’s concept of the Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft in orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Engineers have so far been…
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LM-3B Launched Two Beidou Navigation Satellites
Read more →: LM-3B Launched Two Beidou Navigation SatellitesAt 20:29 on July 25, China successfully launched two new-generation satellites for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)…
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NASA space station program manager stepping down
Read more →: NASA space station program manager stepping downSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Michael Suffredini, NASA’s outgoing ISS program manager, led the program since…
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NASA buys Soyuz seats as agency presses for commercial crew funding
Read more →: NASA buys Soyuz seats as agency presses for commercial crew fundingFile photo of a Russian Soyuz crew capsule near the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA has signed…
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Atlas 5 rocket awarded commercial launch for EchoStar
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket awarded commercial launch for EchoStarFile photo of Atlas 5-431 rocket. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A powerhouse Internet-from-space communications satellite will be…
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Watch the moon transit the Earth
Read more →: Watch the moon transit the EarthSpectacular views from a NOAA space weather observatory show the sunlit far side of the moon crossing the…
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China to launch Jilin-1 satellite in Oct.
Read more →: China to launch Jilin-1 satellite in Oct.Northeast China’s Jilin Province plans to send Jilin-1, the country’s first self-developed remote sensing satellite for commercial use,…
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Orion service module still seen as schedule driver
Read more →: Orion service module still seen as schedule driverArtist’s concept of the Orion spacecraft with the European service module’s distinctive X-wing solar panels. Credit: NASA The…
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NASA picks candidates for new space telescope
Read more →: NASA picks candidates for new space telescopeArtist’s concept of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), one of three finalists selected to be NASA’s newest…
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Atlas 5 team begins stacking most powerful variant for Navy launch
Read more →: Atlas 5 team begins stacking most powerful variant for Navy launchThe mission poster. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Continuing a run of military satellite deployments this summer, United…
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NASA: Tracking CubeSats is easy, but many stay in orbit too long
Read more →: NASA: Tracking CubeSats is easy, but many stay in orbit too longTwo shoebox-sized Planet Labs satellites deploy from a dispenser aboard the International Space Station in this image from…