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Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard booster flies again
Read more →: Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard booster flies againTwo months after it flew into space and landed smoothly, Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard booster made the…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin does it again: Used rocket goes into space and lands intact
Read more →: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin does it again: Used rocket goes into space and lands intactBlue Origin’s New Shepard propulsion module fires its rocket engines for a soft landing. It marked the second…
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SpaceX shows how its Dragon 2 spaceship hovers
Read more →: SpaceX shows how its Dragon 2 spaceship hoversA SpaceX Dragon craft fires its thrusters during a propulsive hover test in Texas. (Credit: SpaceX) A newly…
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Cygnus sections arrive in Florida for next space station cargo launch
Read more →: Cygnus sections arrive in Florida for next space station cargo launchCAPE CANAVERAL — Elements of the next U.S. commercial cargo-delivery trip to the International Space Station are coming…
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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ribs space billionaires amid Blue Origin buzz
Read more →: Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ribs space billionaires amid Blue Origin buzzRichard Branson says he’s in a friendly rivalry with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. (Credit: Virgin Galactic) Amazon…
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The return of ‘The X-Files’ brings real-life UFO sleuths out of the shadows
Read more →: The return of ‘The X-Files’ brings real-life UFO sleuths out of the shadowsAlien visitation is a big topic for “The X-Files.” (Credit: Fox) UFOs are back in style, thanks in…
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China to Debut Two New Carrier Rockets
Read more →: China to Debut Two New Carrier RocketsBEIJING, Jan. 21 (China Space News) — China will send two new models of carrier rocket in the…
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Belarus President Says China’s Launch of Belarusian Satellite Important
Read more →: Belarus President Says China’s Launch of Belarusian Satellite ImportantBEIJING, Jan. 19 (China Space News) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that China’s launch of a Belarusian…
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Dragon crew capsule’s propulsive landing system tested
Read more →: Dragon crew capsule’s propulsive landing system testedSpaceX released a video Thursday showing a propulsive hover test of a prototype of the company’s Dragon crew…
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Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft breaks solar power distance record
Read more →: Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft breaks solar power distance recordTechnicians work on one of the Juno spacecraft’s three solar panels before launch. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
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PSLV lofts satellite for India’s indigenous navigation system
Read more →: PSLV lofts satellite for India’s indigenous navigation systemA frame from a live webcast of Wednesday’s PSLV launch shows the rocket lifting off from the Satish…
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SpaceX rocket wreckage back on shore after near-miss at landing
Read more →: SpaceX rocket wreckage back on shore after near-miss at landingDebris from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket booster returned to shore in Southern California late Monday after it tipped…