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Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral with multiple satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral with multiple satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s AFSPC-11…
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Blue Origin’s orbital rocket in the running to receive U.S. military investment
Read more →: Blue Origin’s orbital rocket in the running to receive U.S. military investmentEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated April 14 with correction on West Coast launch site and BE-4 investment details. Artist’s concept…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out for Air Force mission
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out for Air Force missionA United Launch Alliance arrived at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Friday morning after rolling out of…
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Breakthrough Discuss turns spotlight on search for life elsewhere in solar system
Read more →: Breakthrough Discuss turns spotlight on search for life elsewhere in solar systemPlanetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows a graphic that compares the size of Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, with…
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Atlas 5 rocket readied for high-altitude multi-satellite flight Saturday
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket readied for high-altitude multi-satellite flight SaturdayThe Atlas 5 rocket rolls out to pad 41 Friday. Credit: ULA United Launch Alliance crews at Cape…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX aims to raise $500M as it makes progress on its Big F’n Rocket
Read more →: Elon Musk’s SpaceX aims to raise $500M as it makes progress on its Big F’n RocketLiftoff of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. (GeekWire Photo/Kevin Lisota) Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to raise up to…
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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says that humans could get to Mars within a decade*
Read more →: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says that humans could get to Mars within a decade*Politico’s Robert Albritton (left) chats with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg (right) during a space conference. (Politico Live via…
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Orbital ATK confident new rocket will win Air Force support
Read more →: Orbital ATK confident new rocket will win Air Force supportEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated April 13. Artist’s concept of Orbital ATK’s Next Generation Launch system in flight. Credit: Orbital…
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Photos: PSLV poised for navigation satellite launch
Read more →: Photos: PSLV poised for navigation satellite launchIndia’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle sits on its launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the…
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Going hypersonic: Boeing joins in $37.3M investment round for Reaction Engines
Read more →: Going hypersonic: Boeing joins in $37.3M investment round for Reaction EnginesAn artist’s conception shows a space plane powered by Reaction Engines’ SABRE system deploying an upper stage with…
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ISRO launches for second time in two weeks
Read more →: ISRO launches for second time in two weeksIndia’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 2234 GMT (6:34 p.m. EDT; 4:04 a.m. local time) from…
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SpaceX rocket test-fired at Cape Canaveral for NASA telescope launch
Read more →: SpaceX rocket test-fired at Cape Canaveral for NASA telescope launchSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, without its payload fairing or the satellite passenger, fired its nine Merlin 1D booster…