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Photos: SpaceX’s passenger spaceship flies on first test run
Read more →: Photos: SpaceX’s passenger spaceship flies on first test runIt didn’t go into space, but SpaceX’s Dragon crew capsule fired off a launch pad at Cape Canaveral…
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Space-based airplane tracking demonstrated by ESA satellite
Read more →: Space-based airplane tracking demonstrated by ESA satelliteAircraft positions picked up by ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite, using an experimental Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) receiver.…
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Out-of-control Progress cargo craft to fall back to Earth
Read more →: Out-of-control Progress cargo craft to fall back to EarthUpdated at 10:15 a.m. EDT (1415 GMT) on May 7. File photo of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft.…
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SpaceX crew capsule completes dramatic abort test
Read more →: SpaceX crew capsule completes dramatic abort testUpdated at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) with details from Elon Musk The Crew Dragon capsule blasted off…
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Video: Dragon test articles flies pad abort profile
Read more →: Video: Dragon test articles flies pad abort profileA test article of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon flew on an arcing minute-and-a-half demonstration flight over Cape Canaveral on…
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NASA gives more information on its experiment aboard the X-37B
Read more →: NASA gives more information on its experiment aboard the X-37BCAPE CANAVERAL — In addition to carrying an Air Force electric propulsion thruster test, a materials research investigation…
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Don’t blink: SpaceX crew escape demo will go by in a flash
Read more →: Don’t blink: SpaceX crew escape demo will go by in a flashSpaceX plans to launch an unmanned test model of the company’s Dragon crew capsule Wednesday on a whirlwind…
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Photos: Dragon prototype poised for abort test
Read more →: Photos: Dragon prototype poised for abort testSpaceX’s new Dragon crew ferry craft is in position for a key test Wednesday of the capsule’s safety…
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A taste of Italian culture makes it to the final frontier
Read more →: A taste of Italian culture makes it to the final frontierAstronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sips espresso on the International Space Station. Credit: Argotec Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti got a…
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SpaceX preps for test of Dragon capsule’s life-saving abort system
Read more →: SpaceX preps for test of Dragon capsule’s life-saving abort systemSpaceX ground crews transfer the Dragon pad abort vehicle to the launch pad. Credit: SpaceX A commercial spaceship…
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House bill backs exploration at the expense of Earth science
Read more →: House bill backs exploration at the expense of Earth scienceNASA’s famous “blue marble” photo taken by astronauts on the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Credit: NASA A…
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New name for Space Launch System gets backing of lawmakers
Read more →: New name for Space Launch System gets backing of lawmakersArtist’s concept of NASA’s Space Launch System. Credit: NASA/MSFC A push to give NASA’s Space Launch System a…