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XCOR Aerospace co-founders launch new startup: Agile Aero for the next frontier
Read more →: XCOR Aerospace co-founders launch new startup: Agile Aero for the next frontierIn a 2013 photo, Jeff Greason inspects XCOR Aerospace’s Lynx rocket engine while Doug Jones (at left) looks…
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International Space Station and crew awaiting Atlas 5 launch of Cygnus
Read more →: International Space Station and crew awaiting Atlas 5 launch of CygnusAtlas 5 rocket file photo. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Lending a helping hand to resume the stalled…
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Aerojet Rocketdyne wins propulsion contracts worth nearly $1.4 billion
Read more →: Aerojet Rocketdyne wins propulsion contracts worth nearly $1.4 billionAn RS-25 engine fires on the test stand in Mississippi in August as part of a series of…
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Radar spy satellite launched by China
Read more →: Radar spy satellite launched by ChinaChina’s Yaogan 29 satellite lifted off at 2124 GMT (4:24 p.m. EST) Thursday, or 5:24 a.m. Beijing time…
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China Launches Yaogan-29 Remote Sensing Satellite
Read more →: China Launches Yaogan-29 Remote Sensing SatelliteBEIJING, Nov. 27 (China Space News) — China’s Yaogan-29 remote sensing satellite was launched on Thursday at 5:24…
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Photos: H-2A rocket launches satellite for Canadian company
Read more →: Photos: H-2A rocket launches satellite for Canadian companyA powerful H-2A launcher, boosted by four strap-on rocket motors and an upgraded second stage, lifted off from…
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Alien megastructure? Nothing to see around formerly weird star, scientists say
Read more →: Alien megastructure? Nothing to see around formerly weird star, scientists sayThis illustration shows a star behind a shattered comet. Observations of the star KIC 8462852 by NASA’s Kepler…
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Asteroid mining riches await: President Obama signs space resource bill into law
Read more →: Asteroid mining riches await: President Obama signs space resource bill into lawAn artist’s concept shows a spacecraft mining an asteroid. (Credit: Bryan Versteeg / Deep Space Industries) President Barack…
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Photos: Assembling Atlas 5 for International Space Station launch
Read more →: Photos: Assembling Atlas 5 for International Space Station launchRelive the steps to stack the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility…
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Wow! Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sends New Shepard rocket ship to space – and gets it back safely
Read more →: Wow! Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sends New Shepard rocket ship to space – and gets it back safelyBlue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship rises from its West Texas launch pad on Monday. (Credit: Blue Origin)…
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Photos: Experimental LISA Pathfinder probe processed for launch
Read more →: Photos: Experimental LISA Pathfinder probe processed for launchThe European Space Agency’s LISA Pathfinder spacecraft, destined to test the concept of gravitational wave detection a million…
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Live coverage: Japan’s H-2A rocket blasts off on first commercial flight
Read more →: Live coverage: Japan’s H-2A rocket blasts off on first commercial flightLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Japanese H-2A rocket with the Telstar 12 Vantage communications…