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Video: Ariane 5 rocket lifts off with communications satellites
Read more →: Video: Ariane 5 rocket lifts off with communications satellitesVideo credit: Arianespace A European Ariane 5 rocket climbed off its launch pad in French Guiana with…
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Orion Span says it’ll put space hotel in orbit by 2022, but some details are up in the air
Read more →: Orion Span says it’ll put space hotel in orbit by 2022, but some details are up in the airAn artist’s conception shows Orion Span’s Aurora Station. (Orion Span Illustration) A startup called Orion Span says it’s…
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Dragon delivers cargo to space station
Read more →: Dragon delivers cargo to space stationNews Brief: Two days after its launch, SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon cargo capsule was pulled in for its hookup…
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Dragon cargo capsule reaches space station for second time
Read more →: Dragon cargo capsule reaches space station for second timeSpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station Wednesday. Credit: NASA/JAXA/Norishige Kanai A commercial Dragon spacecraft glacially…
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Three Gaofen Earth observation satellites launched by China
Read more →: Three Gaofen Earth observation satellites launched by ChinaA Long March 4C rocket lifted off March 31 with three Gaofen 1-series Earth observation satellites. Credit: CCTV…
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Deep Space Industries will equip BlackSky satellites with water-spraying thrusters
Read more →: Deep Space Industries will equip BlackSky satellites with water-spraying thrustersDeep Space Industries’ Comet propulsion system uses water vapor as propellant. (DSI Illustration) California-based Deep Space Industries says…
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ISRO loses contact with new communications satellite
Read more →: ISRO loses contact with new communications satelliteGSAT 6A before encapsulation inside the GSLV Mk.2 rocket’s payload fairing. Credit: ISRO Ground controllers have lost contact…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on SpaceX’s 14th station cargo mission
Read more →: Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on SpaceX’s 14th station cargo missionPacked with food, hardware and experiments in biology, Earth science and space technology, a Falcon 9 rocket and…
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SpaceX sends reused cargo ship to space station on reused Falcon 9 rocket … again
Read more →: SpaceX sends reused cargo ship to space station on reused Falcon 9 rocket … againSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad. (NASA via YouTube) SpaceX sent nearly three…
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Live coverage: SpaceX resupply mission arrives at space station
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX resupply mission arrives at space stationLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 14th…
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Video: Multi-angle replays of Falcon 9’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Video: Multi-angle replays of Falcon 9’s liftoff from Cape CanaveralWatch views of the Falcon 9 rocket’s fiery liftoff Monday at Cape Canaveral from multiple angles as the…
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Timeline for SpaceX’s next station cargo launch
Read more →: Timeline for SpaceX’s next station cargo launchSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Monday with…