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China Launches Relay Satellite to Explore Moon’s Far Side
Read more →: China Launches Relay Satellite to Explore Moon’s Far SideXICHANG, May 21 (China Space News) — China launched a relay satellite early Monday to set up a…
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo completes second powered test flight
Read more →: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo completes second powered test flightVirgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo fires its engine during Tuesday’s test flight. Credit: Virgin Galactic Helmed by two test pilots,…
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Tethers Unlimited delivers 3-D printer and recycler combo to NASA for space station
Read more →: Tethers Unlimited delivers 3-D printer and recycler combo to NASA for space stationTethers Unlimited’s Refabricator is a recycler and 3-D printer in one unit, which is about the size of…
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Interview: Opening up of China’s space station to reinforce cooperation for outer space’s peaceful use — UN official
Read more →: Interview: Opening up of China’s space station to reinforce cooperation for outer space’s peaceful use — UN officialThat China opens its future space station to the world will reinforce international cooperation for the peaceful use…
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Jeff Bezos: ‘We will have to leave this planet … and it’s going to make this planet better’
Read more →: Jeff Bezos: ‘We will have to leave this planet … and it’s going to make this planet better’Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, discusses his vision for space settlement with GeekWire’s Alan…
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo fires up rocket for another step toward spaceflight
Read more →: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo fires up rocket for another step toward spaceflightVirgin Galactic’s VSS Unity space plane fires up its hybrid rocket motor during a test flight. (MarsScientific.com and…
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How do we get our message across to the extraterrestrials? The answers are evolving
Read more →: How do we get our message across to the extraterrestrials? The answers are evolvingAstronomers and artists sent a binary-coded radio transmission in the direction of an extrasolar planet known as GJ273…
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SpaceX’s prototype internet satellites are good enough for gaming, Elon Musk says
Read more →: SpaceX’s prototype internet satellites are good enough for gaming, Elon Musk saysA camera mounted on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket shows the deployment of two prototype Starlink satellites in February.…
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Alan Bean, moonwalker turned artist, dies at 86
Read more →: Alan Bean, moonwalker turned artist, dies at 86STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Former astronaut Alan Bean in his Houston art studio. Credit: Smithsonian…
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Astronaut Alan Bean, Apollo 12’s artistic moonwalker, dies at 86 after sudden illness
Read more →: Astronaut Alan Bean, Apollo 12’s artistic moonwalker, dies at 86 after sudden illnessAstronaut Alan Bean poses for a portrait in front of a mockup of NASA’s lunar module in advance…
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Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin space venture go all in on moon settlements
Read more →: Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin space venture go all in on moon settlementsAn artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander on the lunar surface. (Blue Origin Illustration) LOS ANGELES —…
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SpaceX test-fires previously-flown rocket for May 31 launch
Read more →: SpaceX test-fires previously-flown rocket for May 31 launchA cloud of exhaust rises from SpaceX’s launch pad at Cape Canaveral after Thursday night’s engine firing. Credit:…