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10 years since its launch, NASA lunar orbiter remains crucial for moon landings
Read more →: 10 years since its launch, NASA lunar orbiter remains crucial for moon landingsArtist’s concept of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA Scientists marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of…
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Firefly offering free launch for research and educational payloads
Read more →: Firefly offering free launch for research and educational payloadsFirefly Aerospace conducted a 300-second qualification firing of the Alpha rocket’s complete second stage in April at the…
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Live coverage: Falcon Heavy engines test-fired for launch next week
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon Heavy engines test-fired for launch next weekLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket from launch pad 39A at…
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Rocket Lab’s next launch will loft cluster of satellites on Spaceflight rideshare
Read more →: Rocket Lab’s next launch will loft cluster of satellites on Spaceflight rideshareThe BlackSky Global 3 Earth-imaging satellite is the largest of seven spacecraft slated to launch on Rocket Lab’s…
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Viasat swaps Ariane 5 launch for new Ariane 6 rocket
Read more →: Viasat swaps Ariane 5 launch for new Ariane 6 rocketArtist’s concept of an Ariane 64 rocket, the Ariane 6 configuration with four strap-on solid rocket boosters. Credit:…
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Photos: Falcon 9’s fog-enshrouded launch and landing at Vandenberg
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9’s fog-enshrouded launch and landing at VandenbergThese photos show the June 12 launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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Bigelow announces plans for private astronaut flights to space station
Read more →: Bigelow announces plans for private astronaut flights to space stationNASA astronauts Bob Behnken (foreground) and Doug Hurley (background) train in a Crew Dragon simulator for their flight…
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Proton rocket, Russian-German astronomy satellite arrive at launch pad
Read more →: Proton rocket, Russian-German astronomy satellite arrive at launch padA rocket-transporting railroad car ferried a Proton booster to its launch pad Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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Photos: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on the pad at Vandenberg
Read more →: Photos: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on the pad at VandenbergThese photos show SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with a previously-flown first stage booster, sitting on its launch pad…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with Radarsat satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with Radarsat satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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Three Canadian radar surveillance satellites ride SpaceX rocket into orbit
Read more →: Three Canadian radar surveillance satellites ride SpaceX rocket into orbitA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket emerges from a shroud of fog seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force…
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Photos: Radarsat satellites encapsulated in Falcon 9 payload fairing
Read more →: Photos: Radarsat satellites encapsulated in Falcon 9 payload fairingCanada’s three new Radarsat Earth observation satellites were encapsulated inside the payload fairing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket…