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Live coverage: SpaceX launches heavyweight Canadian telecom satellite
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX launches heavyweight Canadian telecom satelliteLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the…
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Weather-monitoring and tech demo CubeSats deployed in orbit
Read more →: Weather-monitoring and tech demo CubeSats deployed in orbitArtist’s illustration of the RainCube spacecraft released from the International Space Station on July 13. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Fifteen…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Telstar 19 VANTAGE
Read more →: Falcon 9 launch timeline with Telstar 19 VANTAGESpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading due east over the…
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Launch of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe rescheduled for Aug. 6
Read more →: Launch of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe rescheduled for Aug. 6Parker Solar Probe sits inside a clean room at the Astrotech spacecraft processing facility in Titusville, Florida. Credit:…
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Video: SpaceX rocket lights engines in pre-flight test
Read more →: Video: SpaceX rocket lights engines in pre-flight testVideo credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now Passing a major pre-flight milestone ahead of a launch and landing planned early…
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Falcon 9 rocket test-fired for weekend launch
Read more →: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired for weekend launchA plume of exhaust rises from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad after ignition of the Falcon 9…
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Rapid-fire engine tests raise hopes for DARPA’s planned reusable spaceplane
Read more →: Rapid-fire engine tests raise hopes for DARPA’s planned reusable spaceplaneThe Aerojet Rocketdyne AR-22 engine is test-fired June 27 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA…
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Live coverage: SpaceX’s second upgraded “Block 5” booster test-fired in Florida
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX’s second upgraded “Block 5” booster test-fired in FloridaLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40…
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Blue Origin performs high-altitude test of crew escape motor
Read more →: Blue Origin performs high-altitude test of crew escape motorEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) after the test flight. Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard booster…
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Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex
Read more →: Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, OrbexEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated July 17 with Rocket Lab statement. Artist’s concept of a rocket lifting off from the U.K.’s…
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Powerful new European solid-fueled rocket motor aces first test-firing
Read more →: Powerful new European solid-fueled rocket motor aces first test-firingEuropean engineers test-fired the world’s most powerful present-day single-segment solid rocket booster Monday in French Guiana, clearing a…
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Cygnus cargo ship released from space station, heads for extended mission
Read more →: Cygnus cargo ship released from space station, heads for extended missionThe Cygnus supply ship flies away from the International Space Station after release from Canadarm 2 on Sunday.…