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Long March-8 Carrier Rocket to Make Maiden Flight in 2020
Read more →: Long March-8 Carrier Rocket to Make Maiden Flight in 2020BEIJING, Mar. 9 (China Space News) — The new generation medium-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-8 (CZ-8), is…
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China to Launch first Satellite for LEO Constellation System
Read more →: China to Launch first Satellite for LEO Constellation SystemBEIJING, Mar. 10 (China Space News) — China plans to launch the first satellite for a low-Earth orbit…
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Chang’e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the Moon
Read more →: Chang’e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the MoonBEIJING, Mar. 8 (China Space News) — The mission of Chang’e-4 lunar probe will proceed in two phases…
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Elon Musk Q&A: First Mars spaceship is being built, with flight tests set for 2019
Read more →: Elon Musk Q&A: First Mars spaceship is being built, with flight tests set for 2019Billionaire Elon Musk (in the black hat) and his brother, Kimbal Musk (in the white hat), join in…
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Kirk or Picard? Star Trek geek Jeff Bezos makes his choice at Oscars photo op
Read more →: Kirk or Picard? Star Trek geek Jeff Bezos makes his choice at Oscars photo opKirk, Picard or Janeway? That choice of Star Trek captains is a standard question on our Geek of…
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Live coverage: Soyuz rocket lifts off with four O3b broadband satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Soyuz rocket lifts off with four O3b broadband satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with four O3b commercial…
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Eutelsat plans satellite to assess potential for low-altitude constellation
Read more →: Eutelsat plans satellite to assess potential for low-altitude constellationArtist’s illustration of a six-unit, or 6U, CubeSat. Credit: NASA Ames Joining other established commercial geostationary satellite operators…
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Video: Replay of Soyuz takeoff with four O3b broadband satellites
Read more →: Video: Replay of Soyuz takeoff with four O3b broadband satellitesVideo credit: Arianespace A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off Friday from French Guiana with four broadband satellites…
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Four O3b satellites launched to beam Internet to developing world
Read more →: Four O3b satellites launched to beam Internet to developing worldA Soyuz rocket lifts off Friday from the Guiana Space Center with four O3b broadband satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace…
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Weeks after its launch, ‘Humanity Star’ satellite shines in West Coast skies at last
Read more →: Weeks after its launch, ‘Humanity Star’ satellite shines in West Coast skies at lastRocket Lab’s map provides a sampling of the viewing opportunities for the Humanity Star satellite. (Humanity Star Graphic)…
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Blue Origin’s job listings hint that it could soon be signing up astronauts
Read more →: Blue Origin’s job listings hint that it could soon be signing up astronautsAn artist’s conception shows a Blue Origin passenger looking out a window in the New Shepard crew capsule.…
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Make-believe Mars: Get a 360-degree view of the testbed for NASA’s InSight lander
Read more →: Make-believe Mars: Get a 360-degree view of the testbed for NASA’s InSight landerEngineers test a replica of NASA’s InSight lander as it lifts a wind shield with its robotic arm,…