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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket and GOES-S weather satellite assembled for launch
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket and GOES-S weather satellite assembled for launchTechnicians around Cape Canaveral spent the last four weeks assembling a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and…
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Japanese spy satellite launch delayed by poor weather forecast
Read more →: Japanese spy satellite launch delayed by poor weather forecastFile photo of a Japanese H-2A rocket. Credit: JAXA A bad weather forecast has prompted Japanese space officials…
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SpaceX postpones Falcon 9 launch over payload fairing concerns
Read more →: SpaceX postpones Falcon 9 launch over payload fairing concernsFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX officials…
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Investigators say erroneous navigation input led Ariane 5 rocket off course
Read more →: Investigators say erroneous navigation input led Ariane 5 rocket off courseAn Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from French Guiana on Jan. 25 with the SES 14 and Al…
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Robotics pioneer Red Whittaker wants to put a robot on the moon, and land Amazon in his backyard
Read more →: Robotics pioneer Red Whittaker wants to put a robot on the moon, and land Amazon in his backyardRed Whittaker, founder and director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Field Robotics Center, with Cave Crawler, a robot developed…
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National Space Council acts to streamline regulatory hurdles
Read more →: National Space Council acts to streamline regulatory hurdlesSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Vice President Mike Pence speaks Wednesday at the second meeting of…
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Recycled SpaceX rocket boosts Paz radar satellite, first Starlink testbeds into orbit
Read more →: Recycled SpaceX rocket boosts Paz radar satellite, first Starlink testbeds into orbitA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with three satellites. Credit:…
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SpaceX launches its first Starlink internet satellites (and Spain’s Paz satellite, too)
Read more →: SpaceX launches its first Starlink internet satellites (and Spain’s Paz satellite, too)SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX put…
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University of Central Florida is taking charge of gigantic Arecibo radio telescope
Read more →: University of Central Florida is taking charge of gigantic Arecibo radio telescopeThe Arecibo Observatory has a 1,000-foot-wide radio dish built into Puerto Rico’s karst terrain. (NAIC Arecibo Observatory /…
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White House emphasizes industry over science in Space Council appointments
Read more →: White House emphasizes industry over science in Space Council appointmentsVice President Mike Pence visited a United Launch Alliance hangar Tuesday evening at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,…
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National Space Council’s meeting takes aim at industry regulations – and at China
Read more →: National Space Council’s meeting takes aim at industry regulations – and at ChinaWith NASA’s Orion deep-space capsule serving as a backdrop, Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a meeting of…
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NASA fires shuttle rocket engine to the max during test for Space Launch System
Read more →: NASA fires shuttle rocket engine to the max during test for Space Launch SystemExhaust billows out from a rocket test tower at NASA’s Stennis Space Center during a test firing of…