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NASA reveals crews for first flights of commercial spaceships
Read more →: NASA reveals crews for first flights of commercial spaceshipsNASA introduces the astronauts assigned to the first flights of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.…
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NASA’s last shuttle commander to helm test flight of Boeing crew capsule
Read more →: NASA’s last shuttle commander to helm test flight of Boeing crew capsuleChris Ferguson aboard the shuttle Atlantis’ flight deck during the STS-135 mission in July 2011. Credit: NASA NASA’s…
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SpaceX conducts hotfire test for another middle-of-the-night launch
Read more →: SpaceX conducts hotfire test for another middle-of-the-night launchEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Aug. 3 with confirmation the Merah Putih mission will use a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster.…
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Photos: Astronauts trained in emergency procedures at Atlas 5 launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Astronauts trained in emergency procedures at Atlas 5 launch padSeveral NASA astronauts, plus Boeing test pilot Chris Ferguson, recently participated in a training session at Cape Canaveral,…
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Boeing delays crew capsule test flights after abort engine problem
Read more →: Boeing delays crew capsule test flights after abort engine problemThe upper and lower domes of the CST-100 Starliner which will carry the vehicle’s first crew into orbit…
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Long March 4B rocket lofts Chinese Earth-observing satellite
Read more →: Long March 4B rocket lofts Chinese Earth-observing satelliteA Chinese Long March 4B rocket lifts off Tuesday with the Gaofen 11 Earth observation satellite. Credit: Xinhua…
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Solar probe moves into launch position at Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Solar probe moves into launch position at Cape CanaveralEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Aug. 1 with Tory Bruno comments on Delta 4-Heavy. Nestled inside the nose cone of…
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Another pair of Chinese navigation satellites successfully launched
Read more →: Another pair of Chinese navigation satellites successfully launchedA Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 0148 GMT Sunday (9:48 p.m. EDT Saturday) from the Xichang…
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Photos: Ariane 5 blasts off with Galileo satellites
Read more →: Photos: Ariane 5 blasts off with Galileo satellitesLook back on last week’s blastoff of an Ariane 5 rocket from the edge of the Amazon jungle…
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TESS’s planet hunt begins
Read more →: TESS’s planet hunt beginsArtist’s concept of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Credit: NASA NASA’s newest observatory in space has started its…
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Virgin Galactic’s rocket plane climbs closer to space
Read more →: Virgin Galactic’s rocket plane climbs closer to spaceVirgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, built to eventually carry commercial passengers to the edge of space, accomplished another…
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Video: Ariane 5 takes off from French Guiana
Read more →: Video: Ariane 5 takes off from French GuianaVideo credit: Arianespace Watch a replay of the liftoff of an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday from the Guiana…