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Relay Satellite for Chang’e-4 Lunar Probe Enters Desired Orbit
Read more →: Relay Satellite for Chang’e-4 Lunar Probe Enters Desired OrbitBEIJING, June 14 (China Space News) — The relay satellite for the planned Chang’e-4 lunar probe, which is…
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Japanese spacecraft reaches asteroid after three-and-a-half-year journey
Read more →: Japanese spacecraft reaches asteroid after three-and-a-half-year journeyAsteroid Ryugu imaged by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft June 26 at a range of 13 miles (22 kilometers)…
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Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch grounded to fix nagging technical issue
Read more →: Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch grounded to fix nagging technical issueCredit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab will bypass its current launch window to resolve a recurring problem with a…
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Live coverage: SpaceX supply ship arrives at space station
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX supply ship arrives at space stationLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 15th…
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Commercial SpaceX cargo capsule readied for launch Friday
Read more →: Commercial SpaceX cargo capsule readied for launch FridaySpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft is carrying a spare latching end effector (top) and NASA’s ECOSTRESS instrument to the space…
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Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 15th space station resupply mission
Read more →: Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 15th space station resupply missionSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes…
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Chinese rocket lifts off with two tech demo satellites
Read more →: Chinese rocket lifts off with two tech demo satellitesA Long March 2C rocket lifts off with two tech demo satellites Wednesday. Credit: CALT Two Chinese spacecraft…
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Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch scrubbed again
Read more →: Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch scrubbed againRocket Lab’s Electron rocket on its launch pad in New Zealand. Credit: Rocket Lab The liftoff of a…
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Webb’s launch delayed to 2021 at an extra cost of nearly $1 billion
Read more →: Webb’s launch delayed to 2021 at an extra cost of nearly $1 billionArtist’s illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: Northrop Grumman An independent panel has informed NASA that…
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U.S. Air Force certifies Falcon Heavy rocket, awards launch contract
Read more →: U.S. Air Force certifies Falcon Heavy rocket, awards launch contractSpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket blasts off from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
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Space junk clean-up demonstrator deployed from space station
Read more →: Space junk clean-up demonstrator deployed from space stationEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT). The RemoveDebris satellite deployed from the International Space Station…
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SpaceX test-fires reused rocket in preparation for space station cargo mission
Read more →: SpaceX test-fires reused rocket in preparation for space station cargo missionFile photo of a Falcon 9 static fire test at Cape Canaveral. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now A rocket…