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Video: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired ahead of EchoStar 23 launch
Read more →: Video: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired ahead of EchoStar 23 launchSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was test-fired at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on Thursday evening, a few…
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Next Cygnus commercial space freighter christened the S.S. John Glenn
Read more →: Next Cygnus commercial space freighter christened the S.S. John GlennCAPE CANAVERAL — Orbital ATK’s next commercial resupply freighter going to the International Space Station will be named…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled to launch the S.S. John Glenn
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled to launch the S.S. John GlennA United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, flying in its basic two-stage configuration with no strap-on solids, was…
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Orion’s parachutes tested under launch abort conditions
Read more →: Orion’s parachutes tested under launch abort conditionsCredit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News A model of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, in development to loft astronaut crews into…
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Photos: The S.S. John Glenn freighter readied to launch
Read more →: Photos: The S.S. John Glenn freighter readied to launchThe two structural elements of Orbital ATK’s OA-7 Cygnus space freighter were delivered to Kennedy Space Center for…
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Lightning mapper beams back first views from space
Read more →: Lightning mapper beams back first views from spaceA sensitive infrared camera mounted on NOAA’s new GOES-16 weather satellite has captured its first astounding images of…
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Blue Origin details new rocket’s capabilities, signs first orbital customer
Read more →: Blue Origin details new rocket’s capabilities, signs first orbital customerUpdated March 9 with OneWeb agreement. Artist’s concept of the New Glenn rocket. Credit: Blue Origin Amazon.com’s Jeff…
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Watch a time-lapse of the Falcon 9 rocket going vertical
Read more →: Watch a time-lapse of the Falcon 9 rocket going verticalA Falcon 9 rocket is lifted into position for a planned countdown dress rehearsal at launch pad 39A…
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Photos: Vega rocket vaults off launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Vega rocket vaults off launch padFiring off the launch pad with more than a half-million pounds of thrust, a Vega rocket soared into…
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Environmental sentinel launched from French Guiana
Read more →: Environmental sentinel launched from French GuianaThe Vega rocket took off from the Guiana Space Center at 10:49 p.m. French Guiana time Monday. Credit:…
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Sierra Nevada to resume Dream Chaser flight tests
Read more →: Sierra Nevada to resume Dream Chaser flight testsArtist’s concept of a Dream Chaser spacecraft arriving at the International Space Station. Credit: Sierra Nevada An atmospheric…
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Live coverage: European environmental satellite launched by Vega rocket
Read more →: Live coverage: European environmental satellite launched by Vega rocketLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with the Sentinel 2A land imaging satellite.…