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Soyuz ferry craft rides rails to launch pad
Read more →: Soyuz ferry craft rides rails to launch padA three-stage Soyuz booster rocket, capped by a three-person crew transport capsule, rolled out to a launch pad…
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ISRO Tests High Thrust Cryogenic Rocket Engine
Read more →: ISRO Tests High Thrust Cryogenic Rocket Engine[Via Satellite 07-20-2015] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) completed a hot test of a high thrust cryogenic…
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Support strut probable cause of Falcon 9 failure
Read more →: Support strut probable cause of Falcon 9 failureUpdated at 9 p.m. EDT with SpaceX statement A faulty support strut inside the Falcon 9 rocket’s second…
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NewSpace conference coming to Seattle in 2016, showcasing advances in aerospace
Read more →: NewSpace conference coming to Seattle in 2016, showcasing advances in aerospaceA scene from the NewSpace conference in Silicon Valley. Seattle has been at the forefront of the aerospace…
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Comtech EF Data Wins North African Contract
Read more →: Comtech EF Data Wins North African Contract[Via Satellite 07-20-2015] Comtech EF Data subsidiary Memotec received a $1 million order from a North African GSM…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk traces Falcon 9 rocket failure to busted strut
Read more →: SpaceX’s Elon Musk traces Falcon 9 rocket failure to busted strutThe unexpected breakdown of a tank strut apparently caused last month’s failure of a Falcon 9 rocket launch…
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Generation Orbit Conducts Second Flight Test
Read more →: Generation Orbit Conducts Second Flight Test[Via Satellite 07-20-2015] Generation Orbit Launch Services (GO) completed a second flight of its GO-Flight Experiments Testbed (GO-FET).…
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Stephen Hawking searches for aliens, and Elon Musk explains the SpaceX explosion
Read more →: Stephen Hawking searches for aliens, and Elon Musk explains the SpaceX explosionAlan Boyle We’ve been thrilled to have longtime space and science reporter Alan Boyle covering two big stories for…
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Stephen Hawking and Russian tycoon Yuri Milner kick off new search for E.T.
Read more →: Stephen Hawking and Russian tycoon Yuri Milner kick off new search for E.T.Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner. (Photo courtesy of Hawking Center for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.) Russian…
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JFCC Space Details Commercial Integration Cell Goals
Read more →: JFCC Space Details Commercial Integration Cell Goals[Via Satellite 07-20-2015] In an effort to include greater industry input in day-to-day operations, the United States Strategic…
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Preview: Enhanced rocket engine to power Delta 4 first stage Wednesday
Read more →: Preview: Enhanced rocket engine to power Delta 4 first stage WednesdayCredit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Using a new, uprated main engine for the first time on a rocket…
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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket blazes into orbit
Read more →: Photos: Ariane 5 rocket blazes into orbitA powerful Ariane 5 rocket soared into space with a European weather satellite and Brazilian telecom platform this…