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Final assembly and test milestones on tap for NASA’s first Orion moon ship
Read more →: Final assembly and test milestones on tap for NASA’s first Orion moon shipThe Orion crew module for the Artemis 1 mission, an unpiloted test flight to lunar orbit and back,…
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SpaceX points to leaky valve as culprit in Crew Dragon test accident
Read more →: SpaceX points to leaky valve as culprit in Crew Dragon test accidentA prototype of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule completed a pad abort test at Cape Canaveral in May 2015.…
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Made in Space wins NASA contract to 3D-print satellite structures in orbit
Read more →: Made in Space wins NASA contract to 3D-print satellite structures in orbitNASA awarded a $73.7 million contract Friday to the California-based startup Made in Space for a 3D-printing…
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Launch of Indian moon lander postponed by ‘technical snag’
Read more →: Launch of Indian moon lander postponed by ‘technical snag’The GSLV Mk.3 launcher awaiting liftoff with the Chandrayaan 2 lunar mission. Credit: ISRO Indian engineers called off…
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Live coverage: Indian moon launch scrubbed
Read more →: Live coverage: Indian moon launch scrubbedLive coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.3 with the Chandrayaan 2…
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Video highlights from Chandrayaan 2’s launch campaign
Read more →: Video highlights from Chandrayaan 2’s launch campaignEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated to reflect new launch date of July 22. These video highlights released by the Indian Space…
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Russia launches international X-ray astronomy mission
Read more →: Russia launches international X-ray astronomy missionA Proton rocket and Block DM upper stage climbed into space Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan…
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India seeks to join exclusive company with ambitious moon mission
Read more →: India seeks to join exclusive company with ambitious moon missionArtist’s illustration of the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The mission’s landing craft — which carries the…
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Live coverage: Proton rocket lifts off with X-ray astronomy observatory
Read more →: Live coverage: Proton rocket lifts off with X-ray astronomy observatoryLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the Spektr-RG X-ray astronomy mission. Text…
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GSLV Mk.3 rolls out for launch of Indian moon mission
Read more →: GSLV Mk.3 rolls out for launch of Indian moon missionThe 143-foot-tall (43.5-meter) GSLV Mk.3 rocket rolls out of its assembly building with the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft on-board.…
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Proton launch delayed to Saturday
Read more →: Proton launch delayed to SaturdayThe Proton rocket stands on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, awaiting liftoff with the…
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UAE military satellite lost in Vega launch failure
Read more →: UAE military satellite lost in Vega launch failureA Vega rocket fired off its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana, at 9:53:03 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0153:03…