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Soyuz-FG on penultimate flight delivers three new crewmembers for ISS
Read more →: Soyuz-FG on penultimate flight delivers three new crewmembers for ISSFor the second time this year, the Russian federal space agency – Roscosmos – launched three new crewmembers…
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They choose to avoid the moon: Anti-space event in Seattle urges Bezos and others to focus on Earth
Read more →: They choose to avoid the moon: Anti-space event in Seattle urges Bezos and others to focus on EarthArtwork by Kelsey Gallo, depicting an Amazon space shuttle and printed on used Amazon boxes, will be part…
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Virgin Orbit Will Launch Smallsats for UK Royal Air Force
Read more →: Virgin Orbit Will Launch Smallsats for UK Royal Air ForceVirgin Orbit, the small satellite launch company backed by billionaire Richard Branson, has signed an initial agreement to…
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Falcon 9 rocket test-fired ahead of station cargo launch
Read more →: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired ahead of station cargo launchA plume of exhaust appears from pad 40 Friday evening as SpaceX test-fires the Falcon 9 rocket’s nine…
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Airbus Runs UK C4ISR Test Center
Read more →: Airbus Runs UK C4ISR Test CenterAirbus agreed to a five-year contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) to manage test and reference services…
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Virgin Orbit Partners with Royal Air Force for Responsive Launch Capability
Read more →: Virgin Orbit Partners with Royal Air Force for Responsive Launch CapabilityVirgin Orbit has announced a new partnership with the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force. A new RAF project,…
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STS-93 at Twenty Years: “I had to hit the button!”
Read more →: STS-93 at Twenty Years: “I had to hit the button!”In the span of a few seconds, a smooth countdown to launch Space Shuttle Mission STS-93, a five-person…
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DISH Appoints Kannan Alagappan as CTO
Read more →: DISH Appoints Kannan Alagappan as CTODish appointed Kannan Alagappan as Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), reporting to DISH President and…
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Chinese space station testbed ends mission with controlled re-entry
Read more →: Chinese space station testbed ends mission with controlled re-entryA prototype space lab module for China’s planned space station re-entered the atmosphere over the South Pacific…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 ignited for test-firing ahead of launch next week
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 ignited for test-firing ahead of launch next weekLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral…
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NanoAvionics, Lacuna Space Sign 2nd Contract
Read more →: NanoAvionics, Lacuna Space Sign 2nd ContractNanoAvionics U.K. and Lacuna Space, both based at Harwell Campus Space Cluster, signed a second contract to integrate the…
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Indian moon launch rescheduled for Monday
Read more →: Indian moon launch rescheduled for MondayThe GSLV Mk.3 launcher awaiting liftoff with the Chandrayaan 2 lunar mission. Credit: ISRO India’s robotic Chandrayaan 2…