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Scientists watch as supermassive black hole ravages nearby star
Read more →: Scientists watch as supermassive black hole ravages nearby starScientists using powerful telescopes watched in awe as a supermassive black hole devoured a star. The event was…
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Blue Origin tests NASA landing system hardware on latest New Shepard flight
Read more →: Blue Origin tests NASA landing system hardware on latest New Shepard flightAfter a ten-month lull in flights following the previous test of Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard launch system,…
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NASA is returning to the Moon, but first a key component of its rocket must pass these tests
Read more →: NASA is returning to the Moon, but first a key component of its rocket must pass these testsOctober 5: Six of eight steps have been completed. NASA plans to conduct the final step, an 8-minute…
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Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship tests NASA’s moon landing system in Texas
Read more →: Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship tests NASA’s moon landing system in TexasBlue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship rises from its West Texas pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Blue Origin’s…
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Report: Facebook Operates Satellite With Broadband Potential
Read more →: Report: Facebook Operates Satellite With Broadband PotentialFacebook confirmed to Light Reading that it now operates a satellite equipped with broadband potential. “Arianespace [a satellite…
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China launches geosynchronous Earth observation satellite
Read more →: China launches geosynchronous Earth observation satelliteA Long March 3B rocket lifts off Sunday with the Gaofen 13 Earth observation satellite. Credit: CALT China…
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KSAT Reports Record 20K Passes on Smallsat Network
Read more →: KSAT Reports Record 20K Passes on Smallsat NetworkKSAT reports that it delivered more than 20,000 passes on its smallsat network KSAT LITE in September, marking…
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Chatting With Grace Graham: ULA Internship and Twitter Q&A
Read more →: Chatting With Grace Graham: ULA Internship and Twitter Q&AWe bring back previous co-host and guest Grace Graham, who was first on the podcast last July, and…
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Juno team planning close flybys of Jupiter’s moons
Read more →: Juno team planning close flybys of Jupiter’s moonsThe puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view, made from…
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After weeks of delay, Blue Origin sets up suborbital space mission to test NASA landing technology
Read more →: After weeks of delay, Blue Origin sets up suborbital space mission to test NASA landing technologyBlue Origin’s reusable New Shepard booster makes its landing in December 2019. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon CEO Jeff…
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Russian rocket for next space station crew transferred to launch pad
Read more →: Russian rocket for next space station crew transferred to launch padA Russian Soyuz booster arrived at its launch pad on the Kazakh steppe Sunday, the last stop…
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SN8 receiving Raptors as prelude to advanced Starship testing
Read more →: SN8 receiving Raptors as prelude to advanced Starship testingInstallation of the three Raptors that will power Starship SN8’s unique test flight began on Sunday at SpaceX…