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Construction of Texas launch site to begin next year
Read more →: Construction of Texas launch site to begin next yearSpaceX broke ground on a new commercial spaceport Sept. 22 on the shores of South Texas, committing to…
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Boeing wins $4.2B NASA contract to fly astronauts to Space Station; SpaceX lands $2.6B deal
Read more →: Boeing wins $4.2B NASA contract to fly astronauts to Space Station; SpaceX lands $2.6B dealPhoto Credit: NASA Update: The bulk of the contract, $4.2 billion, was awarded to Boeing, with a $2.6…
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Mysterious satellite launched from Florida by Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Mysterious satellite launched from Florida by Atlas 5 rocketRocketing through gloomy skies with a payload clouded in a veil of secrecy, a United Launch Alliance Atlas…
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China’s Space Station to be Established Around 2022
Read more →: China’s Space Station to be Established Around 2022BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — The deputy chief of China’s Manned Space Agency has announced an ambitious space…
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Q&A: Neil deGrasse Tyson on commercial space, technology and the best Star Trek captain
Read more →: Q&A: Neil deGrasse Tyson on commercial space, technology and the best Star Trek captain#477358915 / gettyimages.com Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City,…
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China Launches Two Satellites via One Rocket
Read more →: China Launches Two Satellites via One RocketJIUQUAN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — China successfully launched two satellites via one rocket at 8:15 a.m. Thursday Beijing…
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DFH-4 Platform Satellites Insurance Rates Fell to An All-time Low
Read more →: DFH-4 Platform Satellites Insurance Rates Fell to An All-time LowBEIJING, Sept. 2. (China Space News) — Insurance rates of China’s in-orbit satellite constellation dropped to a record…
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Musk vs. Bezos: SpaceX challenges Blue Origin’s rocket-landing patent
Read more →: Musk vs. Bezos: SpaceX challenges Blue Origin’s rocket-landing patentSpaceX’s SuperDraco thruster would enable a landing similar to one described in a Blue Origin patent. Elon Musk’s…
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China launches remote-sensing satellite
Read more →: China launches remote-sensing satelliteJIUQUAN, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — China on Saturday sent a remote-sensing satellite into scheduled orbit. The Yaogan XX…
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China to test recoverable moon orbiter
Read more →: China to test recoverable moon orbiterChina is preparing for the launch of an experimental recoverable moon orbiter, said the State Administration of Science,…
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CASC Listed as Class-A among Central SOEs for 10 Years
Read more →: CASC Listed as Class-A among Central SOEs for 10 YearsBEIJING, July 25. (China Space News) — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and 45 other centrally-administered…
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Space surveillance craft launched by Delta 4 rocket
Read more →: Space surveillance craft launched by Delta 4 rocketA Delta 4 rocket roars away from Cape Canaveral’s launch complex 37 carrying a pair of covert satellites.…