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Falcon 9 rocket wins landmark U.S. Air Force launch contract
Read more →: Falcon 9 rocket wins landmark U.S. Air Force launch contractFile photo of a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch…
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Photos: Space shuttle fuel tank in Panama for passage through canal
Read more →: Photos: Space shuttle fuel tank in Panama for passage through canalThe last space shuttle external tank in existence, headed from the New Orleans manufacturing plant to the California…
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SpaceX announces plan to send mission to Mars in 2018
Read more →: SpaceX announces plan to send mission to Mars in 2018Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Red Dragon spacecraft landing on Mars. Credit: SpaceX Elon Musk’s space transport company —…
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12th China Chongqing Hi-tech Fair Kicks off
Read more →: 12th China Chongqing Hi-tech Fair Kicks offBEIJING, Apr. 25 (China Space News) — The 12th China Chongqing Hi-Tech Fair and the 8th China International…
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SSL Wins Undisclosed LEO Satellite Order
Read more →: SSL Wins Undisclosed LEO Satellite Order[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has received a contract from an undisclosed customer for a Low…
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Soyuz blasts off with environmental satellite, general relativity probe
Read more →: Soyuz blasts off with environmental satellite, general relativity probeThe Soyuz ST-A rocket blasts off from French Guiana Monday with Sentinel 1B, Microscope and three CubeSats. Credit:…
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Hubble Space Telescope spots a moon circling faraway dwarf planet Makemake
Read more →: Hubble Space Telescope spots a moon circling faraway dwarf planet MakemakeAn artist’s conception shows the distant dwarf planet Makemake with its dark moon, MK 2, lurking to the…
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New Russian space base ready for first launch
Read more →: New Russian space base ready for first launchA new $3 billion cosmodrome nestled in the remote taiga wilderness of Russia’s Far East, a sprawling, sparkling…
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Made In Space Taps Northrop Grumman as Subcontractor
Read more →: Made In Space Taps Northrop Grumman as Subcontractor[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Northrop Grumman is serving as subcontractor to Made In Space, a nascent space company developing…
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SpaceX to Launch Sky Perfect JSAT’s JCSAT 14 on May 4
Read more →: SpaceX to Launch Sky Perfect JSAT’s JCSAT 14 on May 4[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Sky Perfect JSAT announced May 4 as the intended launch date for the JCSAT 14…
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Museum-bound shuttle external tank completes transit of Panama Canal
Read more →: Museum-bound shuttle external tank completes transit of Panama CanalThe tank passed the Pedro Miguel Locks on Tuesday. Photo by Panama Canal @thepanamacanal Navigating the 48-mile Panama…
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X2nSat Named First Partner for Thuraya’s North American M2M Service
Read more →: X2nSat Named First Partner for Thuraya’s North American M2M Service[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] X2nSat has become Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator Thuraya’s first service partner for the company’s…