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Air Force requirements will keep SpaceX from landing Falcon 9 booster after GPS launch
Read more →: Air Force requirements will keep SpaceX from landing Falcon 9 booster after GPS launchEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 19, Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 for new target launch dates. The U.S. Air Force’s…
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Soyuz raised on launch pad in French Guiana for Arianespace’s last flight of 2018
Read more →: Soyuz raised on launch pad in French Guiana for Arianespace’s last flight of 2018The Soyuz rocket stands on its launch pad in French Guiana on Friday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique…
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Video and photo highlights of Virgin Galactic’s historic SpaceShipTwo test flight
Read more →: Video and photo highlights of Virgin Galactic’s historic SpaceShipTwo test flightCheck out video highlights released by Virgin Galactic of Thursday’s test flight by the company’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane…
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China Launches Two Satellites for Saudi Arabia
Read more →: China Launches Two Satellites for Saudi ArabiaJIUQUAN, China, Dec. 7 (China Space News) — China launched two satellites for Saudi Arabia on a Long…
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Chang’e-4 Probe Enters Lunar Orbit
Read more →: Chang’e-4 Probe Enters Lunar OrbitBEIJING, Dec. 14 (China Space News) — China’s Chang’e-4 probe decelerated and entered the lunar orbit Wednesday, completing…
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China Launches Chang’e-4 Lunar Probe
Read more →: China Launches Chang’e-4 Lunar ProbeXICHANG, Dec. 10 (China Space News) — China’s Chang’e-4 lunar probe was launched in the early hours of…
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Low-earth Orbit Satellite Project Launched in Chongqing
Read more →: Low-earth Orbit Satellite Project Launched in ChongqingBEIJING, Dec. 5 (China Space News) — China’s first global mobile satellite communication and internet space project via…
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Virgin Galactic accomplishes milestone test flight to the edge of space
Read more →: Virgin Galactic accomplishes milestone test flight to the edge of spaceEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) after confirmation of a successful test flight. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo…
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Mission timeline for Rocket Lab’s launch of NASA’s ELaNa-19 CubeSats
Read more →: Mission timeline for Rocket Lab’s launch of NASA’s ELaNa-19 CubeSatsRocket Lab’s light-class Electron launcher is set to take off on its fourth flight from New Zealand, aiming…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launches on NASA mission
Read more →: Live coverage: Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launches on NASA missionLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on…
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Rocket Lab preps to launch flock of NASA-funded CubeSats
Read more →: Rocket Lab preps to launch flock of NASA-funded CubeSatsEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 14 with new launch date and correcting number of CubeSats. The Electron rocket’s nose…
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Russian spacewalkers cut into Soyuz spaceship to inspect leak repair
Read more →: Russian spacewalkers cut into Soyuz spaceship to inspect leak repairEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT) after end of spacewalk. Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko cuts through thermal…