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Ariane 6 Gets Closer to Flight with Vulcain Engine Test Firing
Read more →: Ariane 6 Gets Closer to Flight with Vulcain Engine Test FiringThe German Aerospace Center (DLR) has successfully tested the Vulcain 2.1 engine at its P5 test facility in…
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GA-ASI Demos Satcom Launch and Recovery with Remote Aircraft
Read more →: GA-ASI Demos Satcom Launch and Recovery with Remote AircraftGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) successfully demonstrated its latest Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) using a satellite…
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Spacewalkers put new hand on robot arm
Read more →: Spacewalkers put new hand on robot armNews Brief: NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle spent nearly seven and a half hours on…
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XPRIZE confirms no one will win Google’s millions for commercial moon landing
Read more →: XPRIZE confirms no one will win Google’s millions for commercial moon landingA prototype moon rover makes an appearance at the 2007 kickoff of the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition. (XPRIZE…
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China to select astronauts for its space station
Read more →: China to select astronauts for its space stationChina will begin selection for the next generation of astronauts who will train to work on the country’s…
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China’s “Micius” completes intercontinental quantum key distribution
Read more →: China’s “Micius” completes intercontinental quantum key distributionChina’s quantum satellite “Micius” has allowed scientists to achieve quantum key distribution between China and Austria, laying a…
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China Exclusive: Ground Control to Yang Liwei: recalling China’s first manned space mission
Read more →: China Exclusive: Ground Control to Yang Liwei: recalling China’s first manned space missionYang Liwei felt everything vibrating violently. Experiencing acceleration of gravity at 8G, he thought his body was about…
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China Launches 2 Remote Sensing Satellites, 4 Small Satellites
Read more →: China Launches 2 Remote Sensing Satellites, 4 Small SatellitesJIUQUAN, Jan. 19 (China Space News) — China launched two high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites into a preset…
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End to government shutdown should limit impact on space operations
Read more →: End to government shutdown should limit impact on space operationsEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9:15 p.m. EST on Jan. 22 (0215 GMT on Jan. 23) with end to…
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End to government shutdown should limit impact on space operations
Read more →: End to government shutdown should limit impact on space operationsEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9:15 p.m. EST on Jan. 22 (0215 GMT on Jan. 23) with end to…
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Satellite Executive of the Year Nominees for 2017
Read more →: Satellite Executive of the Year Nominees for 2017SpirePeter Platzer Peter Platzer, CEO, Spire Global Although countless NewSpace entrepreneurs present unique and interesting ideas to investors,…
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Launched: Fourth SBIRS Satellite for US Air Force
Read more →: Launched: Fourth SBIRS Satellite for US Air ForceA United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit…