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InSight ready for final preparations for a trip to land on Mars
Read more →: InSight ready for final preparations for a trip to land on MarsNASA’s InSight Mars lander is ready for the final processing sprint before its launch opportunity opens in a…
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Report: Probe blames Zuma spy satellite’s loss on Northrop Grumman, not SpaceX
Read more →: Report: Probe blames Zuma spy satellite’s loss on Northrop Grumman, not SpaceXNews Brief: Investigators have tentatively concluded that January’s loss of a U.S. spy satellite code-named Zuma was due…
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Boeing proposes extending test flight of commercial crew capsule
Read more →: Boeing proposes extending test flight of commercial crew capsuleArtist’s illustration of a CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. Credit: Boeing NASA has agreed…
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Investigation into Zuma failure reportedly lays blame on Northrop Grumman
Read more →: Investigation into Zuma failure reportedly lays blame on Northrop GrummanSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Jan. 7 from Cape Canaveral with the Zuma mission. Credit: SpaceX Government…
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UNBROSSA Books Capacity with Eutelsat for Caribbean DTH Platform
Read more →: UNBROSSA Books Capacity with Eutelsat for Caribbean DTH PlatformUnique Broadcasting Service S.A. (UNBROSSA) has signed a multiyear, multi-transponder agreement with Eutelsat for capacity on the Eutelsat…
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NASA is counting on long-lived Mars orbiter lasting another decade
Read more →: NASA is counting on long-lived Mars orbiter lasting another decadeNASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, seen here before its launch in 2005, carries the largest high-gain antenna ever sent…
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NASA’s InSight lander inside one month to launch toward Mars
Read more →: NASA’s InSight lander inside one month to launch toward MarsInSight’s heat shield (left) will soon be re-installed on the Mars lander (right) in preparation for launch May…
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What a tool! Elon Musk shows off what SpaceX will use to build BFR spaceship
Read more →: What a tool! Elon Musk shows off what SpaceX will use to build BFR spaceshipTo build a big frickin’ spaceship, you need a big frickin’ rack to put it on. And SpaceX…
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Chinese bid farewell to space lab Tiangong-1
Read more →: Chinese bid farewell to space lab Tiangong-1As Tiangong-1 re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere on April 2, Chinese bid farewell to the experimental space lab, which…
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Dextre busy at work removing CRS-14 Dragon payloads
Read more →: Dextre busy at work removing CRS-14 Dragon payloadsJust a few days after arriving at the International Space Station (ISS), humans and robots to busily removing…
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Virgin Galactic’s Comeback to Supersonic Flight
Read more →: Virgin Galactic’s Comeback to Supersonic FlightVirgin Galactic successfully conducted a supersonic flight of its spacecraft this week — marking the company’s first return…
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Photos: VSS Unity’s first powered test flight
Read more →: Photos: VSS Unity’s first powered test flightThese images captured by photographer Gene Blevins show Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo space plane making its first rocket-powered…