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Hermeus wins seed funding for hypersonic aircraft, with former Blue Origin president as adviser
Read more →: Hermeus wins seed funding for hypersonic aircraft, with former Blue Origin president as adviserThis artist’s conception shows Hermeus’ hypersonic aircraft. (Hermeus Illustration) Atlanta-based Hermeus Corp. says it’s won some high-profile seed…
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NASA, ULA find launch opportunity for inflatable heat shield demonstrator
Read more →: NASA, ULA find launch opportunity for inflatable heat shield demonstratorArtist’s illustration of the the Low Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, spacecraft. Credit:…
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NASA EGS Launch Team begins EM-1 countdown simulations
Read more →: NASA EGS Launch Team begins EM-1 countdown simulationsThe Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team that will launch the first integrated Orion and Space Launch System (SLS)…
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Trump adds $1.6 billion to NASA budget request to kick start ‘Artemis’ moon mission
Read more →: Trump adds $1.6 billion to NASA budget request to kick start ‘Artemis’ moon missionSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s illustration of a lunar lander. Credit: NASA The Trump administration…
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White House seeks $1.6B more as ‘down payment’ for NASA’s newly named Artemis moon program
Read more →: White House seeks $1.6B more as ‘down payment’ for NASA’s newly named Artemis moon programAn artist’s conception shows astronauts exploring the moon after landing. (NASA Illustratiion) The White House is asking Congress…
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Blue Moon and beyond: How Jeff Bezos plans to take civilization to space, starting with lunar colony
Read more →: Blue Moon and beyond: How Jeff Bezos plans to take civilization to space, starting with lunar colonyJeff Bezos shows off Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander in Washington, D.C., this week. (Blue Origin Photo)…
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Elon Musk reveals how to stuff 60 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon rocket
Read more →: Elon Musk reveals how to stuff 60 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon rocketWe now know how many of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband data satellites, developed in Redmond, Wash., can be crammed…
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Northrop Grumman, NASA test Cygnus-derived lunar gateway habitat
Read more →: Northrop Grumman, NASA test Cygnus-derived lunar gateway habitatNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) and NASA have completed a series of tests on a full-scale mockup of…
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Virgin Galactic to move remaining SpaceShipTwo test flights to New Mexico
Read more →: Virgin Galactic to move remaining SpaceShipTwo test flights to New MexicoVirgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo carrier jet, which hoists the company’s rocket plane aloft, pictured at Spaceport America in New…
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X-ray communications experiment delivered to space station
Read more →: X-ray communications experiment delivered to space stationNASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) instrument and the U.S. military’s Space Test Program-Houston 6 (STP-H6) payload, which carries…
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Virgin Galactic begins moving space effort from California to New Mexico spaceport
Read more →: Virgin Galactic begins moving space effort from California to New Mexico spaceportSpaceport America is becoming the true base of operations for Virgin Galactic. (Virgin Galactic Photo) After two successful…
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Virgin Galactic to move into Spaceport America for spaceport operations
Read more →: Virgin Galactic to move into Spaceport America for spaceport operationsIn a major sign Virgin Galactic is close to flying paying customers on its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, the company…