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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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Virgin Orbit gets set to start flight tests of its LauncherOne air-launch system
Read more →: Virgin Orbit gets set to start flight tests of its LauncherOne air-launch systemVirgin Orbit Vice President Stephen Eisele talks about his company’s air-launch system during the NewSpace conference in Renton,…
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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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Why SpaceX and Boeing can sell spots on commercial space taxis to private travelers
Read more →: Why SpaceX and Boeing can sell spots on commercial space taxis to private travelersNASA astronaut Sunita Williams wears a SpaceX spacesuit as she sits in a mockup for a Crew Dragon…
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Buzz Aldrin shares latest space vision even as questions swirl about his state of mind
Read more →: Buzz Aldrin shares latest space vision even as questions swirl about his state of mindApollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin acknowledges that the change in tone on his Twitter account has “unfortunately resulted…
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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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Amid departures, Planetary Resources is holding out hope for an asteroid mining comeback
Read more →: Amid departures, Planetary Resources is holding out hope for an asteroid mining comebackAn artist’s conception shows the Arkyd-301 spacecraft, which was destined to start blazing a trail for asteroid prospecting…
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Spaceflight launch services company adds Virgin Orbit and Cosmic Girl to its lineup
Read more →: Spaceflight launch services company adds Virgin Orbit and Cosmic Girl to its lineupAn artist’s conception shows Virgin Orbit’s “Cosmic Girl” 747 jet carrying a LauncherOne rocket in preparation for air…
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‘The Expanse’ co-author Daniel Abraham tells the inside story about sci-fi books, TV … and politics
Read more →: ‘The Expanse’ co-author Daniel Abraham tells the inside story about sci-fi books, TV … and politicsDaniel Abraham, co-author of “The Expanse” book series, gives a reading at Seattle’s University Book Store. (GeekWire Photo…
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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…
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Ground antenna problem scrubs Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch
Read more →: Ground antenna problem scrubs Rocket Lab’s first commercial launchEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) on June 24 and 12 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT)…