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From all angles: Up and down with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster
Read more →: From all angles: Up and down with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 boosterRelive the experience with imagery from Monday night’s blazing blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket and its historic,…
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Watch SpaceX recover booster: “The Falcon has landed”
Read more →: Watch SpaceX recover booster: “The Falcon has landed”SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket booster, the equivalent of a 156-foot-tall flying broomstick, turned around and flew back to…
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Round-trip rocket flight gives SpaceX a trifecta of successes
Read more →: Round-trip rocket flight gives SpaceX a trifecta of successesThe Falcon 9’s ascent and descent tracks are seen in this long exposure photo taken just south of…
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SpaceX Returns to Flight, Lands Falcon 9 First Stage Booster
Read more →: SpaceX Returns to Flight, Lands Falcon 9 First Stage Booster[Via Satellite 12-22-2015] After a challenging year, SpaceX has returned to flight with an upgraded Falcon 9 rocket…
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Photos: Falcon 9 booster stands upright after landing
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 booster stands upright after landingSpaceX took a group of reporters and photographers just offshore the Falcon 9 rocket’s landing point Tuesday, a…
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Axesat Strikes Capacity Agreement with O3b Networks
Read more →: Axesat Strikes Capacity Agreement with O3b Networks[Via Satellite 12-22-2015] Axesat, a leading telecommunications provider in Latin America, has signed a deal with O3b Networks…
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NASA holds up InSight lander mission to Mars due to leaky seismic instrument
Read more →: NASA holds up InSight lander mission to Mars due to leaky seismic instrumentAn artist’s conception shows the InSight lander on the surface of Mars. The SEIS instrument is the light-colored…
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For the first time in 27 years, U.S. produces plutonium-238 to power space missions
Read more →: For the first time in 27 years, U.S. produces plutonium-238 to power space missionsBy producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge researchers have demonstrated the ability to resume providing an energy…
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Japan Commits to Support ISS to 2024
Read more →: Japan Commits to Support ISS to 2024[Via Satellite 12-22-2015] The Japanese government has agreed to support the International Space Station (ISS) until 2024, extending…
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Airbus Group Divests from Commercial Satcom Business, Keeps Government
Read more →: Airbus Group Divests from Commercial Satcom Business, Keeps Government[Via Satellite 12-22-2015] Airbus Group has signed a share repurchase agreement with French private equity firm Apax Partners…
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Spacewalkers free up jammed rail car, get set for Russian cargo delivery
Read more →: Spacewalkers free up jammed rail car, get set for Russian cargo deliveryNASA astronaut Tim Kopra conducts a spacewalk at the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA TV) Two NASA spacewalkers…
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Norwegian Cruise Line Breaks Social Media Record with EMC Connectivity
Read more →: Norwegian Cruise Line Breaks Social Media Record with EMC Connectivity[Via Satellite 12-21-2015] Norwegian Cruise Line set a new record for “social media usage at sea” during the…