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Rocket Lab updates launch window for first commercial mission
Read more →: Rocket Lab updates launch window for first commercial missionFile photo of an Electron rocket. Credit: Rocket Lab After a two-month delay to resolve a technical concern,…
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Five ‘Martian’ miscues to fix in space flicks
Read more →: Five ‘Martian’ miscues to fix in space flicksAstronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) climbs through a hatch in his pressurized rover in a scene…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket ignites for hold-down test at Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Video: Falcon 9 rocket ignites for hold-down test at Cape CanaveralSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket ignited its main engines at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Thursday night, clearing…
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New helium tank for SpaceX crew launches still waiting to fly
Read more →: New helium tank for SpaceX crew launches still waiting to flyCredit: SpaceX SpaceX is still working on a new, safer helium tank design needed for launches with astronauts,…
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‘The Expanse’ is saved: Jeff Bezos says Amazon will pick up sci-fi TV saga, and the crowd goes wild
Read more →: ‘The Expanse’ is saved: Jeff Bezos says Amazon will pick up sci-fi TV saga, and the crowd goes wildJeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, gestures to the crowd at a National Space Society…
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Cygnus arrives at station with CubeSats, quantum physics experiment
Read more →: Cygnus arrives at station with CubeSats, quantum physics experimentOrbital ATK’s Cygnus supply ship in the grip of the space station’s robotic arm Thursday. Credit: Norishige Kanai/JAXA/NASA…
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SpaceX propulsion guru Tom Mueller looks ahead to Raptor rocket engines for Mars
Read more →: SpaceX propulsion guru Tom Mueller looks ahead to Raptor rocket engines for MarsTom Mueller, SpaceX’s propulsion chief technology officer, meets his fans at the International Space Development Conference in Los…
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President Trump signs off on directive to deregulate commercial space ventures
Read more →: President Trump signs off on directive to deregulate commercial space venturesPresident Donald Trump holds up Space Policy Directive 2 in the Oval Office, with Vice President Mike Pence…
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Photos: Blues skies make for spectacular Falcon 9 launch in California
Read more →: Photos: Blues skies make for spectacular Falcon 9 launch in CaliforniaA threatening layer of clouds stayed away from SpaceX’s launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California…
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Photos: Antares rocket’s predawn launch from Wallops Island
Read more →: Photos: Antares rocket’s predawn launch from Wallops IslandCarrying a Cygnus supply ship bound for the International Space Station, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket lifted off…
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Planetary scientists suggest that Pluto was put together from a billion comets
Read more →: Planetary scientists suggest that Pluto was put together from a billion cometsThese maps, assembled using data from the Ralph spectral imager on NASA’s New Horizons probe, shows the relative…
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Next-generation GOES-17 weather satellite encounters infrared imaging glitch in orbit
Read more →: Next-generation GOES-17 weather satellite encounters infrared imaging glitch in orbitAn artist’s conception shows a GOES-R series satellite. (NASA Photo) Two months after its launch, the main imaging…