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SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch X-ray telescope on reused rocket
Read more →: SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch X-ray telescope on reused rocketFile photo of a Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit:…
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China’s Ocean Observation Satellites Put into Operation
Read more →: China’s Ocean Observation Satellites Put into OperationBEIJING, July 2 (China Space News) — China’s two ocean observation satellites, HY-1C and HY-2B, have completed their…
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Scientists Make Breakthrough That Enables Rockets to Orbit Longer
Read more →: Scientists Make Breakthrough That Enables Rockets to Orbit LongerBEIJING, July 8 (China Space News) — Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in cryogenic rocket engine technology…
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Arianespace delays Vega launch to avoid unfavorable high-altitude winds
Read more →: Arianespace delays Vega launch to avoid unfavorable high-altitude windsEDITOR’S NOTE: Launch postponed again Sunday. The Falcon Eye 1 observation satellite, encapsulated inside the Vega rocket’s Swiss-made payload…
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Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage deliver 33 satellites to three different orbits
Read more →: Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage deliver 33 satellites to three different orbitsA Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off at 0541 GMT (1:41 a.m. EDT) Friday from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern…
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Photos: NASA conducts key Orion abort test
Read more →: Photos: NASA conducts key Orion abort testThe Orion test vehicle lifts off on a converted Peacekeeper booster at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) Tuesday…
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GPS satellite encapsulated for Delta 4 launch
Read more →: GPS satellite encapsulated for Delta 4 launchThe U.S. Air Force’s next GPS navigation satellite has been closed up inside the payload fairing of its…
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Live coverage: Soyuz rideshare mission lifts off from Vostochny Cosmodrome
Read more →: Live coverage: Soyuz rideshare mission lifts off from Vostochny CosmodromeLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia with…
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Russian Soyuz launcher set to carry 33 satellites into orbit
Read more →: Russian Soyuz launcher set to carry 33 satellites into orbitRussian ground teams prepare to encapsulate the mission’s 33 satellite payloads, and their Fregat upper stage, inside the…
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Hayabusa 2 cleared for second touchdown on asteroid
Read more →: Hayabusa 2 cleared for second touchdown on asteroidArtist’s concept of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft touching down on asteroid Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita Ground teams have…
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Newly-released videos show SpaceX payload fairing coming back to Earth
Read more →: Newly-released videos show SpaceX payload fairing coming back to EarthNew videos released Wednesday by SpaceX show the payload fairing from the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket plunging back…
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Mars lander’s ground team begins inspection of stuck instrument
Read more →: Mars lander’s ground team begins inspection of stuck instrumentThe InSight lander’s robotic arm camera captured this view of the stuck mole from the Heat Flow and…