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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket awaits launch from Florida
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 rocket awaits launch from FloridaSpaceX’s 20-story Falcon 9 rocket counts down to launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday with 2.2 tons of…
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Paul Allen launches Vulcan Aerospace to make commercial space travel cheaper, accessible
Read more →: Paul Allen launches Vulcan Aerospace to make commercial space travel cheaper, accessibleThe Stratolaunch carrier vehicle under construction in the hangar at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave,…
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SpaceX drone ship in position for daring rocket landing
Read more →: SpaceX drone ship in position for daring rocket landingUpdated April 14 with Musk’s comments, details SpaceX’s rocket landing platform — christened “Just Read the Instructions —…
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Rosetta keeps its distance from awakening comet
Read more →: Rosetta keeps its distance from awakening cometRosetta’s navigation camera took images for this mosaic of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on April 8. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM Mission controllers…
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Falcon 9 rocket fires engines for prelaunch test
Read more →: Falcon 9 rocket fires engines for prelaunch testFile photo of a static fire test before a previous Falcon 9 launch. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX engineers ran…
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Falcon 9/SpaceX-6 launch timeline
Read more →: Falcon 9/SpaceX-6 launch timelineFollow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral on SpaceX’s sixth…
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Atlas 5 slips at payload’s request
Read more →: Atlas 5 slips at payload’s requestThe last X-37B launch in 2012. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The next Atlas 5 rocket launch from…
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SpaceX on track for cargo launch Monday
Read more →: SpaceX on track for cargo launch MondaySpaceX’s Dragon capsule is prepared for launch Monday. Credit: SpaceX Weather forecasters will be on the lookout for…
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NASA invites ESA to build Europa piggyback probe
Read more →: NASA invites ESA to build Europa piggyback probeArtist’s concept of the Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech After walking away from a previously planned joint mission…
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ULA working to reduce five launch pads to two
Read more →: ULA working to reduce five launch pads to twoVandenberg’s SLC-6. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — The nation’s existing Atlas and Delta launch sites are…
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Rain research satellite ends science mission, heads for re-entry
Read more →: Rain research satellite ends science mission, heads for re-entryArtist’s concept of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Credit: NASA NASA has switched off research instruments aboard the…
