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Exoplanet-hunting satellite arrives in Florida for April launch
Read more →: Exoplanet-hunting satellite arrives in Florida for April launchThe Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is pictured inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
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GOES-S weather observatory hoisted atop Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: GOES-S weather observatory hoisted atop Atlas 5 rocketNOAA’s GOES-S weather satellite. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NOAA’s next geostationary weather satellite, GOES-S, was raised on top of…
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Photos: SpaceX’s imagery of Falcon Heavy test flight
Read more →: Photos: SpaceX’s imagery of Falcon Heavy test flightSpaceX this week released a new batch of photos showing the Feb. 6 liftoff of the company’s first…
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Progress supply ship docks with International Space Station
Read more →: Progress supply ship docks with International Space StationThe Progress MS-08 supply ship approaches the International Space Station during Thursday’s rendezvous and docking. Credit: NASA TV…
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NASA gears up for brisk launch pace, starting with weather satellite
Read more →: NASA gears up for brisk launch pace, starting with weather satelliteThe first stage of the Atlas 5 rocket set to launch NOAA’s GOES-S weather satellite was lifted atop…
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Elon Musk’s Tesla will have a close encounter with Earth in 2091
Read more →: Elon Musk’s Tesla will have a close encounter with Earth in 2091STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: SpaceX Even though it doesn’t obey any earthly speed limit…
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New drone ship under construction for SpaceX rocket landings
Read more →: New drone ship under construction for SpaceX rocket landingsFile photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster being offloaded from a drone ship at Port Canaveral,…
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai endorses SpaceX’s plan for satellite broadband service
Read more →: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai endorses SpaceX’s plan for satellite broadband serviceFCC Chairman Ajit Pai is on board with SpaceX’s satellite plan. (Flickr Photo / FCCDotGov) SpaceX’s plan to…
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Microsoft Edge boosts SpaceShipTwo into virtual space on Virgin Galactic’s website
Read more →: Microsoft Edge boosts SpaceShipTwo into virtual space on Virgin Galactic’s websiteVirgin Galactic’s website offers a multimedia-enhanced VR view of VSS Unity, the company’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, and its…
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Soyuz rocket launches cargo freighter to International Space Station
Read more →: Soyuz rocket launches cargo freighter to International Space StationA Soyuz-2.1a rocket boosted the Progress MS-08 cargo craft into orbit Tuesday. Credit: Roscosmos Running two days later…
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Twin BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellites Sent into Orbit by Single Rocket
Read more →: Twin BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellites Sent into Orbit by Single RocketXICHANG, Sichuan, Feb. 12 (China Space News) — China sent two satellites into orbit on a single carrier…
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NASA budget proposal boosts commercial role in space station and moon missions
Read more →: NASA budget proposal boosts commercial role in space station and moon missionsThe International Space Station has been continuously occupied since 2000. (NASA photo) The White House’s proposed five-year budget…