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SpaceX realign near-term manifest ahead of double launch salvo
Read more →: SpaceX realign near-term manifest ahead of double launch salvoSpaceX is deep into pre-launch preparations for two upcoming missions that are set to lift off within a…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk is setting up his fans for a surprise during Mars mission update
Read more →: SpaceX’s Elon Musk is setting up his fans for a surprise during Mars mission updateOne year after unveling his plan for Mars settlement at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico, SpaceX founder…
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Blue Origin announces satellite launch deal with Thai telecom startup Mu Space
Read more →: Blue Origin announces satellite launch deal with Thai telecom startup Mu SpaceAn artist’s conception shows the New Glenn rocket during ascent. (Blue Origin Photo) Blue Origin, the space venture…
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China’s Cargo Spacecraft Separates from Tiangong-2 Space Lab
Read more →: China’s Cargo Spacecraft Separates from Tiangong-2 Space LabBEIJING, Sept. 18 (China Space News) — China’s first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, separated from Tiangong-2 space lab at…
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China to Launch more BeiDou-3 Satellites in 2017
Read more →: China to Launch more BeiDou-3 Satellites in 2017BEIJING, Sept. 20 (China Space News) — More BeiDou-3 satellites will be launched in November 2017, according to…
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Video: NROL-42 launch aboard the Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Video: NROL-42 launch aboard the Atlas 5 rocketThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 197 feet tall and and weighing 1.2 million pounds, unleashes…
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Photos: News media images of Atlas 5 launch
Read more →: Photos: News media images of Atlas 5 launchThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket leaves Space Launch Complex 3-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
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Photos: Atlas 5 powers NRO payload into the night
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 powers NRO payload into the nightThe Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for its late-night ascent to…
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Signals intelligence gatherer successfully launched by powerful Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Signals intelligence gatherer successfully launched by powerful Atlas 5 rocketA signals intercepter for the U.S. spy satellite agency was successfully launched into a high orbit over the…
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Photos: Gantry rolled back to reveal Atlas 5 rocket for launch
Read more →: Photos: Gantry rolled back to reveal Atlas 5 rocket for launchThe mobile service tower retracts from the Atlas 5 rocket, revealing the 197-foot-tall vehicle for liftoff from Vandenberg…
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Atlas V launches NROL-42 spy satellite
Read more →: Atlas V launches NROL-42 spy satelliteUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V rocket on Saturday evening, carrying out the classified NROL-42 mission…
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OSIRIS-REx probe buzzes Earth on its way to an asteroid – and earthlings wave back
Read more →: OSIRIS-REx probe buzzes Earth on its way to an asteroid – and earthlings wave backArtwork shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft passing by Earth. (NASA GSFC / Univ. of Arizona Illustration) NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft…