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Asteroid fans get psyched up over NASA’s new Psyche and Lucy space missions
Read more →: Asteroid fans get psyched up over NASA’s new Psyche and Lucy space missionsArtist’s conceptions show the Lucy probe visiting a rocky asteroid at left, and the Psyche probe visiting a…
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NASA picks IXPE: Space telescope will study X-ray fingerprints of black holes
Read more →: NASA picks IXPE: Space telescope will study X-ray fingerprints of black holesAn artist’s conception shows the accretion disk around an active black hole. (NASA Illustration) NASA is committing $188…
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Boeing and SpaceX win four more NASA orders for space taxis, with one big ‘if’
Read more →: Boeing and SpaceX win four more NASA orders for space taxis, with one big ‘if’An artist’s conception shows a straight-on view of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi. (Boeing / NASA Photo) NASA…
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Shuttle engine delivered to Orion service module assembly site
Read more →: Shuttle engine delivered to Orion service module assembly siteOrion’s service module engine undergoes vibration testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA A former…
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SpaceX failure probe complete; flights to resume Sunday from California
Read more →: SpaceX failure probe complete; flights to resume Sunday from CaliforniaSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo. Credit: NASA After an exhaustive investigation, SpaceX engineers have…
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SpaceX traces Falcon 9 blast to failed helium tank; return to flight set for Jan. 8
Read more →: SpaceX traces Falcon 9 blast to failed helium tank; return to flight set for Jan. 8SpaceX’s return to flight is due to take place Jan. 8 at its launch facility at Vandenberg Air…
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Space station battery work starts New Year’s Eve
Read more →: Space station battery work starts New Year’s EveSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Working over the New Year holiday weekend, robot arm operators at…
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World View stratospheric flight company settles into Spaceport Tucson, just in time
Read more →: World View stratospheric flight company settles into Spaceport Tucson, just in timeThe Breitling Jet Team flies over Spaceport Tucson in October. (World View Photo) Arizona-based World View Enterprises is settling…
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Mannequin Challenge jumps the shark in zero-G, courtesy of space station crew
Read more →: Mannequin Challenge jumps the shark in zero-G, courtesy of space station crewRussian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky stays immobile as he floats in a Superman pose for an out-of-this-world Mannequin Challenge.…
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‘Impossible’ EmDrive thruster attracts rising attention, even from skeptics
Read more →: ‘Impossible’ EmDrive thruster attracts rising attention, even from skepticsThe EmDrive apparatus was set up inside a vacuum chamber for testing. (White et al. via AIAA) For…
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Iridium satellites closed up for launch on Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: Iridium satellites closed up for launch on Falcon 9 rocketThe first 10 Iridium Next satellites were encapsulated inside the payload fairing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket earlier…
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First Carbon Dioxide Monitoing Satellite Successfully Launched
Read more →: First Carbon Dioxide Monitoing Satellite Successfully LaunchedThe Long March-2D rocket carrying a carbon dioxide monitoring satellite blasts off from the launch pad at the…