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Musk sets expectations low for maiden Falcon Heavy launch
Read more →: Musk sets expectations low for maiden Falcon Heavy launchArtist’s illustration of the Falcon Heavy’s two side-mounted boosters separating from the rocket’s core stage a few minutes…
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NASA might privatize one of its great observatories
Read more →: NASA might privatize one of its great observatoriesArtist’s concept of the Spitzer Space Telescope seen against the infrared sky. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC) Management of…
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Sierra Nevada confirms ULA will launch first two Dream Chaser cargo missions
Read more →: Sierra Nevada confirms ULA will launch first two Dream Chaser cargo missionsArtist’s concept of the Dream Chaser spacecraft, seen here with folded wings in launch configuration, and the Atlas…
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Opportunity rover peers into ‘Perseverance Valley’
Read more →: Opportunity rover peers into ‘Perseverance Valley’Toward the right side of this scene is a broad notch in the crest of the western rim…
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Study teams comb through NASA’s wish list for new telescope
Read more →: Study teams comb through NASA’s wish list for new telescopeThis artist’s rendition shows a possible design of a potential successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. This conceptual…
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China’s CH-5 Drone Completes Trial Flight
Read more →: China’s CH-5 Drone Completes Trial FlightBEIJING, July.15 (China Space News) — The mass-production model of China’s unmanned aerial vehicle CH-5, or “Rainbow 5”,…
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CASC Participates MAKS-2017 Airshow
Read more →: CASC Participates MAKS-2017 AirshowBEIJING, July.21 (China Space News) — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) attended the MAKS-2017 airshow, which…
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Pioneering probe for gravitational wave observatory ends mission
Read more →: Pioneering probe for gravitational wave observatory ends missionArtist’s illustration of the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft. Credit: ESA The European Space Agency’s LISA Pathfinder spacecraft, now sailing…
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Soyuz liftoff glimpsed by orbiting observer and launch pad cameras
Read more →: Soyuz liftoff glimpsed by orbiting observer and launch pad camerasThe launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket July 14 with more than 70 satellites was captured in multiple…
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Propulsive landings nixed from SpaceX’s Dragon spaceship
Read more →: Propulsive landings nixed from SpaceX’s Dragon spaceshipArtist’s concept of SpaceX’s Red Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon capsules will not return astronauts to…
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Europe’s lightweight Vega launcher nears 10th flight
Read more →: Europe’s lightweight Vega launcher nears 10th flightThe Vega rocket’s solid-fueled Zefiro 23 second stage was hoisted on top of the launcher’s first stage last…
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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser on the move in California
Read more →: Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser on the move in CaliforniaThe Dream Chaser test craft pictured during a tow test Monday at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, located…