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How do you stop a speeding starship?
Read more →: How do you stop a speeding starship?The aim of the Starshot project is to send a tiny spacecraft propelled by an enormous rectangular photon…
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Cassini offers best-ever view of Saturn’s rings
Read more →: Cassini offers best-ever view of Saturn’s ringsThis image taken Dec. 18, 2016, shows a region in Saturn’s outer B ring. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft viewed…
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Intelsat satellite in service after overcoming engine trouble
Read more →: Intelsat satellite in service after overcoming engine troubleArtist’s concept of the Intelsat 33e satellite in orbit. Credit: Boeing An Intelsat communications satellite launched last August…
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Station cargo flight leapfrogs commercial satellite launch on SpaceX manifest
Read more →: Station cargo flight leapfrogs commercial satellite launch on SpaceX manifestA view of launch pad 39A, with SpaceX’s rocket erector vertical, taken on Jan. 26. Credit: Walter Scriptunas…
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Video: Soyuz rocket blasts off with German-made, Spanish-owned satellite
Read more →: Video: Soyuz rocket blasts off with German-made, Spanish-owned satelliteWatch a video replay of Friday night’s blastoff of a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Center with…
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Soyuz rocket supplies sendoff for multi-national telecom payload
Read more →: Soyuz rocket supplies sendoff for multi-national telecom payloadThe Soyuz rocket lifts off from a launch pad in French Guiana on Friday night. Credit: Arianespace Launching…
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Here’s what it’ll be like to ride on Jeff Bezos’ suborbital Blue Origin spaceship
Read more →: Here’s what it’ll be like to ride on Jeff Bezos’ suborbital Blue Origin spaceshipAn artist’s conception shows passengers looking through one of the windows in Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship.…
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Video: 31 years since Challenger tragedy
Read more →: Video: 31 years since Challenger tragedyPresident Reagan addressed the nation with this speech 31 years ago today, following the loss of the space…
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Photos: Soyuz rocket climbs away from South American launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Soyuz rocket climbs away from South American launch padA Soyuz rocket took off from French Guiana on Friday with Hispasat 36W-1, a communications satellite designed to…
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50 years after Apollo 1 fire, NASA exhibits fatal artifacts in Florida for the first time
Read more →: 50 years after Apollo 1 fire, NASA exhibits fatal artifacts in Florida for the first timeKennedy Space Center’s “Ad Astra Per Aspera” exhibit honors Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger…
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Timeline for Soyuz launch with Hispasat 36W-1
Read more →: Timeline for Soyuz launch with Hispasat 36W-1Follow the key events of the Soyuz rocket’s ascent into orbit from the Guiana Space Center with the…
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Japanese cargo craft departs space station
Read more →: Japanese cargo craft departs space stationThe HTV 6 supply ship leaves the International Space Station on Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Japan’s sixth…