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Communications restored with newly-launched Angolan satellite
Read more →: Communications restored with newly-launched Angolan satelliteThe Angosat 1 satellite during launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: RSC Energia The Russian…
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Rocket and satellite preps on track for next Atlas 5 launch
Read more →: Rocket and satellite preps on track for next Atlas 5 launchFile photo of an Atlas 5 first stage booster being raised at the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape…
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Another trio of Yaogan military satellites launched by China
Read more →: Another trio of Yaogan military satellites launched by ChinaA Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang space base at 1944 GMT (2:44 p.m. EST)…
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Falcon Heavy raised on pad 39A for first time
Read more →: Falcon Heavy raised on pad 39A for first timeEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) Friday after Falcon Heavy was lowered back horizontal at pad…
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Time-lapse video: Falcon Heavy goes vertical at launch pad 39A
Read more →: Time-lapse video: Falcon Heavy goes vertical at launch pad 39AWatch a time-lapse video as the Falcon Heavy goes vertical at launch pad 39A on December 28, 2017.…
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Photos: Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster prepped for one-way trip to deep space
Read more →: Photos: Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster prepped for one-way trip to deep spaceCredit: SpaceX SpaceX has released photos of Elon Musk’s midnight cherry red Tesla Roadster, the dummy payload selected…
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Doll of the year: 2018’s top American Girl is an aspiring astronaut named Luciana Vega
Read more →: Doll of the year: 2018’s top American Girl is an aspiring astronaut named Luciana VegaA doll named Luciana Vega is unveiled as the American Girl of the Year for 2018 on ABC’s…
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Falcon 9 launch lights up Southern California sky
Read more →: Falcon 9 launch lights up Southern California skyTake a look back at the Dec. 22 liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air…
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Blue Origin space venture spends $14M on space for offices and warehouse in Kent
Read more →: Blue Origin space venture spends $14M on space for offices and warehouse in KentA Blue Origin engineer assembles a New Shepard parachute cover, with the crew capsule in the background at…
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Happy Kwanzaa from NASA – and Ceres!
Read more →: Happy Kwanzaa from NASA – and Ceres!The feature on Ceres known as Kwanzaa Tholus is at the center of each of these pictures from…
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‘Jedi’ to ‘Solo’: 10 sci-fi shows for 2018
Read more →: ‘Jedi’ to ‘Solo’: 10 sci-fi shows for 2018“Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams” will come to Amazon Video in January. (Amazon Video via YouTube) The dust…
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Controllers lose contact with new Angolan communications satellite
Read more →: Controllers lose contact with new Angolan communications satelliteEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1910 GMT (2:10 p.m. EST) Tuesday with confirmation of liftoff. Updated at 1630 GMT…