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China Roundup: Chinese Moon plans, commercial company updates, and Wenchang commercial pad
Read more →: China Roundup: Chinese Moon plans, commercial company updates, and Wenchang commercial padChina provided several updates to its lunar exploration plans, while private companies like LandSpace and Space Pioneer are…
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SpaceX reaches its 175th Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral with Monday evening Starlink mission
Read more →: SpaceX reaches its 175th Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral with Monday evening Starlink missionA Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the Starlink 6-46 mission on Monday, March 25. This marked the…
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Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in life
Read more →: Seeing this eclipse is probably the highest-reward, lowest-effort thing one can do in lifeIf you enter “how to see the eclipse” into your favorite search engine, you’re bound to see thousands—millions?—of…
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Launch Roundup: Delta IV Heavy swan song, Falcon 9 and Soyuz launches on tap for last week of March
Read more →: Launch Roundup: Delta IV Heavy swan song, Falcon 9 and Soyuz launches on tap for last week of MarchA trio of Falcon 9 Starlink launches, a Falcon 9 non-Starlink launch involving an Eutelsat communications satellite, a…
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New study finds that DART changed both orbit and shape of Dimorphos asteroid
Read more →: New study finds that DART changed both orbit and shape of Dimorphos asteroidOn Sept. 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft slammed into the side of the 170-meter-wide…
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It’s a few years late, but a prototype supersonic airplane has taken flight
Read more →: It’s a few years late, but a prototype supersonic airplane has taken flightA prototype jet independently developed by Boom Supersonic made its first flight on Friday, the company said. The…
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Russia launches crew of three, including U.S. astronaut, to space station
Read more →: Russia launches crew of three, including U.S. astronaut, to space stationPhotographers capture the liftoff of the Soyuz MS-25 mission bound for the International Space Station. Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls.…
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SpaceX reaches 19 flights with a Falcon 9 booster for a third time with Starlink mission
Read more →: SpaceX reaches 19 flights with a Falcon 9 booster for a third time with Starlink missionFor a third time, a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster achieves its 19th flight, tying it as…
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Rocket Report: Starship could fly again in May; Ariane 6 coming together
Read more →: Rocket Report: Starship could fly again in May; Ariane 6 coming togetherWelcome to Edition 6.36 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX wants to launch the next Starship test flight as…
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NASA Science and Hardware Launch Aboard SpaceX’s 30th Resupply Mission to the ISS
Read more →: NASA Science and Hardware Launch Aboard SpaceX’s 30th Resupply Mission to the ISSFollowing a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for…
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NEC and Skyloom to Revolutionize Space Communications with 100 Gbps Optical Terminals
Read more →: NEC and Skyloom to Revolutionize Space Communications with 100 Gbps Optical TerminalsNEC Corporation and Skyloom Global Corporation have joined forces to revolutionize space communications with the development of cutting-edge optical…
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Firefly Aerospace Selected by Defense Innovation Unit to Demonstrate Launch and On-Orbit Services
Read more →: Firefly Aerospace Selected by Defense Innovation Unit to Demonstrate Launch and On-Orbit ServicesFirefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense’s…