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ULA working to reduce five launch pads to two
Read more →: ULA working to reduce five launch pads to twoVandenberg’s SLC-6. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — The nation’s existing Atlas and Delta launch sites are…
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Rain research satellite ends science mission, heads for re-entry
Read more →: Rain research satellite ends science mission, heads for re-entryArtist’s concept of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Credit: NASA NASA has switched off research instruments aboard the…
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What to do with the final Delta 2 rocket?
Read more →: What to do with the final Delta 2 rocket?Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — With the payload matching game showing no prospects, the final Delta…
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NASA adding to list of CubeSats flying on first SLS mission
Read more →: NASA adding to list of CubeSats flying on first SLS missionArtist’s concept of the Lunar Flashlight CubeSat at the moon. Credit: NASA With room for 11 small shoebox-sized…
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Blue Origin’s sub-orbital ‘New Shepard’ poised for test flights
Read more →: Blue Origin’s sub-orbital ‘New Shepard’ poised for test flightsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Blue Origin’s BE-3 engine on a test stand at…
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Diverse destinations considered for new interplanetary probe
Read more →: Diverse destinations considered for new interplanetary probeNASA’s Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft collected images for this montage of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io in…
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Rosetta probe disoriented by comet dust
Read more →: Rosetta probe disoriented by comet dustThis view of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta’s navigation camera on March 22, showing a cloud of…
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Launch of BepiColombo mission to Mercury slips to 2017
Read more →: Launch of BepiColombo mission to Mercury slips to 2017Artist’s concept of the BepiColombo mission, showing the European-built Mercury Planetary Orbiter (top) and the Japanese Mercury Magnetospheric…
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SpaceX, Sierra Nevada get more time to finish flight tests
Read more →: SpaceX, Sierra Nevada get more time to finish flight testsThe Dragon capsule for SpaceX’s pad abort test seen inside a test chamber. Credit: SpaceX NASA has extended…
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China Launches Upgraded Satellite for SatNav System
Read more →: China Launches Upgraded Satellite for SatNav SystemBEIJING, April 1 (China Space News) — China launched a new-generation satellite into space for its indigenous global…
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Same day rollouts and launches could return to Atlas 5 program
Read more →: Same day rollouts and launches could return to Atlas 5 programCredit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services CAPE CANAVERAL — Returning to the days of rollouts and launches in a…
