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Video: Gantry swing arm arrives at Atlas 5 pad for astronauts to board Starliners
Read more →: Video: Gantry swing arm arrives at Atlas 5 pad for astronauts to board StarlinersConstructing the launch pad infrastructure for astronauts to board Boeing’s Starliner crew capsules atop United Launch Alliance Atlas…
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SpaceX launches JCSAT-16 satellite, then lands Falcon 9 rocket at sea
Read more →: SpaceX launches JCSAT-16 satellite, then lands Falcon 9 rocket at seaA webcast view shows SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on the oceangoing drone ship known as “Of Course I…
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Ariane 6 rocket holding to schedule for 2020 maiden flight
Read more →: Ariane 6 rocket holding to schedule for 2020 maiden flightArtist’s illustration of the Ariane 64 rocket version, with four solid rocket boosters. Credit: ESA–David Ducros, 2016 Europe’s…
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NanoRacks External Platform Deployed on ISS Exterior
Read more →: NanoRacks External Platform Deployed on ISS Exterior[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] NanoRacks’ External Platform (NREP) has been attached to the outside of the International Space Station…
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Relive the peak night for the Perseid meteor shower – and catch an encore
Read more →: Relive the peak night for the Perseid meteor shower – and catch an encoreA Perseid meteor flashes above Mount Rainier. (GeekWire photo by Kevin Lisota) Crowds of skywatchers turned the peak…
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Photos and video: Payload hoisted atop Delta 4 for upcoming launch
Read more →: Photos and video: Payload hoisted atop Delta 4 for upcoming launchThe two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, satellites for the U.S. military were mounted aboard the…
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Planet Preps Ground Network to Handle 5 Terabytes of Data Per Day
Read more →: Planet Preps Ground Network to Handle 5 Terabytes of Data Per Day[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] Earth observation company Planet, formerly Planet Labs, is scaling up its ground segment infrastructure to…
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SNC Adds Aerojet Rocketdyne as Partner for Deep-Space Habitat Study
Read more →: SNC Adds Aerojet Rocketdyne as Partner for Deep-Space Habitat Study[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to conduct an architectural design study for…
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ViaLite Expands L-band Range for HTS RF Over Fiber Products
Read more →: ViaLite Expands L-band Range for HTS RF Over Fiber Products[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] ViaLite Communications has widened the bandwidth of its L-band Radio Frequency (RF) over fiber links…
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Obama puts Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi tale ‘Seveneves’ on his summer reading list
Read more →: Obama puts Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi tale ‘Seveneves’ on his summer reading list“Seveneves” by Neal Stephenson. (Credit: William Morrow) Seattle science-fiction author Neal Stephenson’s tale about the moon’s destruction and…
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Photos: Solar arrays attached to asteroid-bound OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
Read more →: Photos: Solar arrays attached to asteroid-bound OSIRIS-REx spacecraftAt NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, workers have finished the pre-launch assembly and fueling of OSIRIS-REx for the asteroid…
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QM-2 booster pulled apart for examination as SLS pair continue to take shape
Read more →: QM-2 booster pulled apart for examination as SLS pair continue to take shapeWith a series of successful test firings completed by Orbital ATK, engineers are gaining confidence in how their…