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Live coverage: First Falcon Heavy blasts off
Read more →: Live coverage: First Falcon Heavy blasts offLive coverage of the countdown and launch of SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s…
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Photos: Falcon Heavy in position for first test launch
Read more →: Photos: Falcon Heavy in position for first test launchSpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket stood atop historic launch pad 39A on Monday, one day before 27 kerosene-fueled rocket…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk adds a ‘Starman’ to the Tesla Roadster he’s sending into space
Read more →: SpaceX’s Elon Musk adds a ‘Starman’ to the Tesla Roadster he’s sending into spaceA closeup shows the spacesuit-clad figure sitting in a Tesla Roadster that’s destined to be launched into deep…
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Photos: Falcon 9 soars into space with GovSat 1
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 soars into space with GovSat 1SpaceX’s second Falcon 9 flight of the year lifted off Jan. 31 from Cape Canaveral with GovSat 1,…
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SpaceX receives commercial launch license for first Falcon Heavy flight
Read more →: SpaceX receives commercial launch license for first Falcon Heavy flightCredit: SpaceX The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a launch license for SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket set for…
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China lofts earthquake research craft with cluster of smaller satellites
Read more →: China lofts earthquake research craft with cluster of smaller satellitesA Long March 2D rocket lifted off Friday with seven satellites. Credit: Xinhua/Wang Jiangbo A Chinese Long March…
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Cosmonauts toss out antenna box, install a new one during longest Russian spacewalk
Read more →: Cosmonauts toss out antenna box, install a new one during longest Russian spacewalkNews Brief: A pair of Russian cosmonauts today conducted their nation’s longest-ever spacewalk to replace an electronics box…
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Souped-up sounding rocket lifts off from Japan with tiny satellite
Read more →: Souped-up sounding rocket lifts off from Japan with tiny satelliteEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) on Feb. 3 after confirmation of successful flight. Video…
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Cosmonauts upgrade station high-gain antenna on record-breaking spacewalk
Read more →: Cosmonauts upgrade station high-gain antenna on record-breaking spacewalkFile photo of a Russian cosmonaut on a spacewalk. Credit: NASA Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov…
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Video: Replay of the launch of GovSat 1 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: Video: Replay of the launch of GovSat 1 aboard a Falcon 9 rocketVideo credit: SpaceX The GovSat 1 communications satellite for SES and the government of Luxembourg lifted off from…
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Soyuz rocket fires into space with 11 satellites
Read more →: Soyuz rocket fires into space with 11 satellitesEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated with confirmation of launch success. A Soyuz rocket crowned by a Fregat upper stage carrying…
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SpaceX rocket flies on 60th anniversary of first U.S. satellite launch
Read more →: SpaceX rocket flies on 60th anniversary of first U.S. satellite launchA Falcon 9 rocket takes off Wednesday with the GovSat 1 satellite. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9…