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Candidate landing sites selected for ESA Mars rover
Read more →: Candidate landing sites selected for ESA Mars roverArtist’s concept of the ExoMars rover set for launch in May 2018. Credit: ESA TORONTO — The European…
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UrtheCast says it will be largest commercial ISS user
Read more →: UrtheCast says it will be largest commercial ISS userAn early image of Venezuela from the UrtheCast cameras aboard the International Space Station. Credit: UrtheCast. Officials with…
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Orbital weeks away from Antares first stage decision
Read more →: Orbital weeks away from Antares first stage decisionTORONTO – Orbital Sciences Corp. plans to select a long-term propulsion supplier for the Antares rocket used to…
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Photo gallery: Delta 4-Heavy moved to launch pad
Read more →: Photo gallery: Delta 4-Heavy moved to launch padThe United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket for Exploration Flight Test-1 is rolled to the launch pad and…
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Aerojet Rocketdyne touts AR1 engine for Atlas 5
Read more →: Aerojet Rocketdyne touts AR1 engine for Atlas 5STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Aerojet Rocketdyne is pressing ahead with development of a…
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Boeing, SpaceX told to stop work under crew contracts
Read more →: Boeing, SpaceX told to stop work under crew contractsNASA has directed Boeing and SpaceX to halt activities under contracts awarded last month to build commercial space…
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Orion’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved to launch pad
Read more →: Orion’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved to launch padThe Delta IV Heavy rocket is lifted to the vertical position at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape…
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India, NASA plot science campaign for Mars orbiters
Read more →: India, NASA plot science campaign for Mars orbitersTORONTO – Officials working on India’s Mars orbiter project are finalizing plans for a six-month science campaign after…
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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…