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55 years after Gagarin, ULA & Bigelow present commercial space stations
Read more →: 55 years after Gagarin, ULA & Bigelow present commercial space stationsApril 12, 1961: the USSR ushered in the era of human spaceflight with the launch of Yuri Gagarin…
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Falcon 9 first stage sails into Port Canaveral atop ASDS – ahead of big plans
Read more →: Falcon 9 first stage sails into Port Canaveral atop ASDS – ahead of big plansThe Falcon 9 first stage that successfully landed on the deck of the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) barge on…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returns to port
Read more →: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returns to portPhoto credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Riding into port aboard a floating platform before dawn, SpaceX’s Falcon 9…
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April 12, 1981: 35 years since the maiden space shuttle launch
Read more →: April 12, 1981: 35 years since the maiden space shuttle launchAmerica’s first space shuttle launched on this day 35 years ago as the reusable flying machine, Columbia, lifted…
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Final space shuttle fuel tank in existence heads to California museum
Read more →: Final space shuttle fuel tank in existence heads to California museumET-94 departs Michoud this afternoon. Credit: California Science Center On the 35th anniversary of the first space shuttle…
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Generation Orbit, NASA Ink Space Act Agreement on Launcher Tanks
Read more →: Generation Orbit, NASA Ink Space Act Agreement on Launcher Tanks[Via Satellite 04-12-2016] Generation Orbit Launch Services (GO) and NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) have signed a Space…
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Hospital Ship Operator Receives Antenna Donation from SES Techcom Services
Read more →: Hospital Ship Operator Receives Antenna Donation from SES Techcom Services[Via Satellite 04-12-2016] SES Techcom Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, is donating VSAT antennas to Friendship…
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Orbcomm Moves to Acquire South African IoT Company
Read more →: Orbcomm Moves to Acquire South African IoT Company[Via Satellite 04-12-2016] Orbcomm has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Skygistics, a provider of satellite and cellular connectivity,…
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UK Government Ready to Embrace Satellites Far More
Read more →: UK Government Ready to Embrace Satellites Far More[Via Satellite 04-11-2016] Small satellites could open up new business models for governments and other interested parties. This…
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New target date for next Atlas 5 launch
Read more →: New target date for next Atlas 5 launchFile photo of Atlas 5 first stage in ASOC. Credit: NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — As the internal investigation…
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Billionaire Yuri Milner unveils $100 million start on Starshot mission to Alpha Centauri
Read more →: Billionaire Yuri Milner unveils $100 million start on Starshot mission to Alpha CentauriAn artist’s conception shows how a laser beam could propel a light sail outward toward Alpha Centauri. (Credit:…
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Jeff Bezos describes future space tours – and explains why he passed up a moon trip
Read more →: Jeff Bezos describes future space tours – and explains why he passed up a moon tripBillionaire Jeff Bezos watches a replay of a New Shepard suborbital test flight with GeekWire’s Alan Boyle at the…