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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket venture provides glimpses of its road ahead
Read more →: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket venture provides glimpses of its road aheadBlue Origin’s New Shepard prototype spaceship blasts off in January. (Credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin, the space venture…
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NASA’s giant rocket will carry solar sail, a lunar flashlight and more mini-satellites
Read more →: NASA’s giant rocket will carry solar sail, a lunar flashlight and more mini-satellitesAn artist’s conception shows Lunar Flashlight flying above a crater on the moon. (Credit: NASA) NASA says it’ll…
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United Launch Alliance’s high-tempo year begins with GPS launch Friday
Read more →: United Launch Alliance’s high-tempo year begins with GPS launch FridayFile photo of the Atlas 5. Credit: James Murati / Bionetics CAPE CANAVERAL — Kicking off United Launch…
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Photos: GPS 2F-12 navigation spacecraft readied for launch
Read more →: Photos: GPS 2F-12 navigation spacecraft readied for launchThis collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-12 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the…
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China Launches 21st Beidou Navigation Satellite
Read more →: China Launches 21st Beidou Navigation SatelliteBEIJING, Feb. 2 (China Space News) — China launched a new-generation satellite into orbit that will support its…
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Check out real X-Files from the CIA and FBI
Read more →: Check out real X-Files from the CIA and FBIA grainy photo shows what appear to be flying saucers over Sheffield, England, in 1962. (Credit: CIA) The…
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‘The Age of Aerospace’: Boeing sponsors TV series looking back at 100 years of high-flying history
Read more →: ‘The Age of Aerospace’: Boeing sponsors TV series looking back at 100 years of high-flying history“The Age of Aerospace” traces 100 years of history. (Credit: Science Channel) This year marks the Boeing Co’s…
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Soyuz prepared for first flight from Siberian cosmodrome
Read more →: Soyuz prepared for first flight from Siberian cosmodromeThe three-stage Soyuz-2.1a rocket is assembled inside a hangar at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. Credit:…
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European communications relay satellite launched by Proton rocket
Read more →: European communications relay satellite launched by Proton rocketA commercial satellite designed to broadcast hundreds of television channels across Europe and better link European surveillance satellites…
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UW researchers trace a connection between the moon and the rain
Read more →: UW researchers trace a connection between the moon and the rainReadings from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, shown in this artist’s conception, provided evidence to support a link…
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GPS satellite moves to Atlas 5 facility for launch next Friday
Read more →: GPS satellite moves to Atlas 5 facility for launch next FridayFile photo of GPS satellite lift atop Atlas 5. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — After a quarter-century readying…
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Live coverage: Proton fires into space with Eutelsat 9B
Read more →: Live coverage: Proton fires into space with Eutelsat 9BLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the Eutelsat 9B communications satellite. Text…