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Dragon crew runs through launch day dress rehearsal
Read more →: Dragon crew runs through launch day dress rehearsalAstronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken donned their SpaceX-made launch and entry flight suits Saturday and rode to…
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Astronauts have a surprise name for their Crew Dragon spacecraft
Read more →: Astronauts have a surprise name for their Crew Dragon spacecraftThe Crew Dragon spacecraft sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.…
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Russia’s Soyuz-2-1b launches missile detection satellite
Read more →: Russia’s Soyuz-2-1b launches missile detection satelliteRussia’s Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2-1b rocket Friday, carrying a satellite designed to give the Kremlin advance warning…
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Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft reach launchpad for milestone SpaceX mission
Read more →: Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft reach launchpad for milestone SpaceX missionThe days are counting down to when SpaceX will launch NASA astronauts to space for the first time…
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Elon Musk wants everyone to celebrate SpaceX astronaut launch: ‘It will be an incredible moment for humanity’
Read more →: Elon Musk wants everyone to celebrate SpaceX astronaut launch: ‘It will be an incredible moment for humanity’Where will Elon Musk be when his company SpaceX launches astronauts to space for the first time in…
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Soyuz rocket launches Russian missile warning satellite
Read more →: Soyuz rocket launches Russian missile warning satelliteA Soyuz booster and Fregat upper stage successfully carried a missile warning satellite into orbit Friday for…
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Demo-2 passes FRR milestone ahead of historic Crew Dragon launch
Read more →: Demo-2 passes FRR milestone ahead of historic Crew Dragon launchThe path to regaining US domestic crew launch capability passed another major milestone on Friday, with the Demo-2…
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Space Explored joining Seth Weintraub’s 9to5 Network
Read more →: Space Explored joining Seth Weintraub’s 9to5 NetworkThree months ago, I announced this personal side project here at SpaceExplored․com where I’ve been writing about NASA…
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Viasat, Data Link Solutions Win Big on U.S. Navy MIDS JTRS Contract
Read more →: Viasat, Data Link Solutions Win Big on U.S. Navy MIDS JTRS ContractThe U.S. Navy selected Viasat and Data Link Solutions (DLS) to participate in a five-year contract worth a…
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SpaceX, Falcon 9 for Demo-2 mission conducts critical static fire test
Read more →: SpaceX, Falcon 9 for Demo-2 mission conducts critical static fire testSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has conducted a static fire test ahead of the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission. The…
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President Trump may attend SpaceX DM-2 launch, suggests putting reporters on rocket
Read more →: President Trump may attend SpaceX DM-2 launch, suggests putting reporters on rocketVice President Mike Pence who chairs the Space Counsel is expected to be in attendance when NASA and…
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NASA clears SpaceX crew capsule for first astronaut mission
Read more →: NASA clears SpaceX crew capsule for first astronaut missionEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated May 25 with final loss of crew and loss of mission risk numbers from NASA. The…