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GPS satellite installed atop Delta 4 launcher
Read more →: GPS satellite installed atop Delta 4 launcherThe Delta 4 rocket’s payload fairing, with the GPS satellite inside, rolls toward Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch…
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SpaceX to begin flights under new cargo resupply contract next year
Read more →: SpaceX to begin flights under new cargo resupply contract next yearSpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft closes in for docking at the International Space Station during a test flight March…
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LightSail team declares success in solar sail experiment
Read more →: LightSail team declares success in solar sail experimentThis image was taken by a camera aboard the LightSail 2 satellite during the solar sail deployment sequence…
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Mars 2020 rover on track for launch next July
Read more →: Mars 2020 rover on track for launch next JulyIn this image, taken July 19 in the clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA’s Jet…
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Progress cargo freighter lifts off, reaches space station hours later
Read more →: Progress cargo freighter lifts off, reaches space station hours laterEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after launch and docking. The Progress MS-12 supply ship approaches the International Space Station on Wednesday.…
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Live coverage: SpaceX conducts second static fire test ahead of Amos 17 launch
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX conducts second static fire test ahead of Amos 17 launchLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral…
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Investigators conclude external forces killed an Intelsat satellite in April
Read more →: Investigators conclude external forces killed an Intelsat satellite in AprilArtist’s concept of the Intelsat 29e satellite with antennas and solar panels unfurled. Credit: Intelsat Investigators probing the…
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Russia launches military communications satellite
Read more →: Russia launches military communications satelliteA Soyuz-2.1a booster lifts off Tuesday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with a Russian military Meridian communications satellite. Credit:…
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NASA terminates lunar lander contract with OrbitBeyond
Read more →: NASA terminates lunar lander contract with OrbitBeyondEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) with new CLPS on-ramp announcement. OrbitBeyond’s Z-01 lunar lander. Credit:…
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Soyuz booster rolls out to launch pad with space station refueling freighter
Read more →: Soyuz booster rolls out to launch pad with space station refueling freighterPacked with nearly 3 tons of rocket fuel, water, oxygen and crew provisions, the Russian Progress MS-12 supply…
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JAXA to launch eighth HTV space station cargo mission in September
Read more →: JAXA to launch eighth HTV space station cargo mission in SeptemberJapan’s eighth H-2 Transfer Vehicle, seen here, is being prepared for launch from the Tanegashima Space Center on…
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Photos: SpaceX completes resupply run to International Space Station
Read more →: Photos: SpaceX completes resupply run to International Space StationA SpaceX Dragon capsule packed with more than 5,000 pounds of hardware, provisions and experiments launched July 25…