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SpaceX’s latest booster back home as company mulls pricing, proof tests
Read more →: SpaceX’s latest booster back home as company mulls pricing, proof testsA Falcon 9 first stage booster returned to Port Canaveral aboard SpaceX’s landing barge Thursday, six days after…
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Elon Musk hopes SpaceX will send humans to Mars in 2024
Read more →: Elon Musk hopes SpaceX will send humans to Mars in 2024Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Red Dragon capsule on Mars. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s plan to send a Dragon capsule…
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The universe is expanding 5-9% faster than astronomers expected, Hubble team finds
Read more →: The universe is expanding 5-9% faster than astronomers expected, Hubble team findsIllustration shows the three steps astronomers used to measure the universe’s expansion rate to an unprecedented accuracy. (Credit:…
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Upcoming Delta 4-Heavy launch back on track after payload-related delay
Read more →: Upcoming Delta 4-Heavy launch back on track after payload-related delayDelta 4-Heavy file photo. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images CAPE CANAVERAL — A new launch date…
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Ziyuan III-02 Mapping Satellite Launched
Read more →: Ziyuan III-02 Mapping Satellite LaunchedChina’s Ziyuan III-02 satellite was launched at 11:17 Monday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s…
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Astronauts do backflips, talk Mars and social media in Facebook Live chat from space with Mark Zuckerberg
Read more →: Astronauts do backflips, talk Mars and social media in Facebook Live chat from space with Mark ZuckerbergFacebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, right, speaks via Facebook Live with astronauts, from left, Tim Kopra, Jeff Williams and Tim…
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Record double-satellite payload mated to Ariane 5 for launch next week
Read more →: Record double-satellite payload mated to Ariane 5 for launch next weekThe EchoStar 18 broadcast satellite for DISH Network is lowered onto its Ariane 5 attach fitting May 13.…
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Long March 4B lofts Earth-viewing satellites for China, Argentina
Read more →: Long March 4B lofts Earth-viewing satellites for China, ArgentinaCredit: Xinhua Three Earth observation satellites for the Chinese government and a commercial Argentine startup launched Monday, entering an…
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Bayer partners with Planetary Resources to use space data to boost agriculture on Earth
Read more →: Bayer partners with Planetary Resources to use space data to boost agriculture on EarthThe Planetary Resources sign at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash. German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer today inked a…
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Russia’s navigation network receives new satellite
Read more →: Russia’s navigation network receives new satelliteA Glonass navigation satellite blasted off Sunday aboard a Soyuz rocket, reaching an orbit nearly 12,000 miles above…
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Re-engined Antares rocket completes ground test firing
Read more →: Re-engined Antares rocket completes ground test firingOrbital ATK’s upgraded Antares rocket, featuring newly-built RD-181 main engines, completed a 30-second test firing on a launch…
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China Launches New Satellite for Civilian Hi-res Mapping
Read more →: China Launches New Satellite for Civilian Hi-res MappingBEIJING, May 30 (China Space News) — China launched a new civilian high-resolution mapping satellite on Monday from…