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NASA successfully tests Orion launch abort system before moon flights
Read more →: NASA successfully tests Orion launch abort system before moon flightsOfficials hailed an action-packed three-minute test flight Tuesday over Cape Canaveral that exercised the Orion spacecraft’s launch…
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Watch replays of the Orion inflight abort test
Read more →: Watch replays of the Orion inflight abort testWatch replays from launch pad and tracking cameras of the Orion AA-2 inflight abort test conducted at Cape…
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Live coverage: NASA conducts Orion abort test over Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Live coverage: NASA conducts Orion abort test over Cape CanaveralLive coverage of the countdown and launch of the Orion spacecraft’s ascent abort vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air…
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Critical abort test of NASA’s Orion crew capsule set for Tuesday
Read more →: Critical abort test of NASA’s Orion crew capsule set for TuesdayThe abort test booster and Orion test article stand at Space Launch Complex-46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force…
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Orion data recorders come with return-to-sender instructions
Read more →: Orion data recorders come with return-to-sender instructionsJenny Devolites, NASA’s test conductor for the Orion ascent abort test, holds an Orion flight data recorder during…
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More photos from SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy night launch
Read more →: More photos from SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy night launchThe predawn launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center of a Falcon Heavy rocket June 25 was the first…
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Barring a surprise, SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy flight is planned in late 2020
Read more →: Barring a surprise, SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy flight is planned in late 2020SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT) on June 25 with two dozen…
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Rocket Lab flies again from New Zealand as work progresses at Virginia launch pad
Read more →: Rocket Lab flies again from New Zealand as work progresses at Virginia launch padRocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifts off from New Zealand on Saturday. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s third flight…
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SLS mobile launcher moves to pad 39B for final exams
Read more →: SLS mobile launcher moves to pad 39B for final examsThe Space Launch System’s Mobile Launcher rolls down the crawlerway Thursday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
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NASA approves development of flying drone to explore Saturn’s moon Titan
Read more →: NASA approves development of flying drone to explore Saturn’s moon TitanArtist’s concept of the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. Credit: NASA NASA officials announced Thursday that the…
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Launch timeline for Rocket Lab’s “Make it Rain” mission
Read more →: Launch timeline for Rocket Lab’s “Make it Rain” missionEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated June 28 to reflect new target launch date. Rocket Lab’s light-class Electron launcher is set to…
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NASA selects missions to observe the sun and its impact on Earth
Read more →: NASA selects missions to observe the sun and its impact on EarthAn eruption from the sun on April 16, 2012, was captured here by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credit:…