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World View shows off its HQ and Stratollite platform for near-space balloon missions
Read more →: World View shows off its HQ and Stratollite platform for near-space balloon missionsThe 100-foot-high red tower at World View’s headquarters plays a part in testing the parasail for the company’s…
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SpaceX supply ship completes journey to space station
Read more →: SpaceX supply ship completes journey to space stationESA astronaut Homas Pesquet tweeted this image of the Dragon spacecraft hovering just below the space station Thursday.…
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Soyuz blasts off on Russian resupply run to International Space Station
Read more →: Soyuz blasts off on Russian resupply run to International Space StationA Soyuz-U rocket took off Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the way to the International…
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Star found with record seven Earth-size planets
Read more →: Star found with record seven Earth-size planetsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION This artist’s concept shows what each of the TRAPPIST-1 planets may…
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Looking for life: Scientists find 7 possibly Earthlike planets orbiting ultracool star
Read more →: Looking for life: Scientists find 7 possibly Earthlike planets orbiting ultracool starA diagram shows seven exoplanets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star known as TRAPPIST-1. If the planets were transported to…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has plans for big expansion of Seattle-area HQ
Read more →: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has plans for big expansion of Seattle-area HQHardware is spread across the New Shepard assembly area. (Credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin, the space venture founded…
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Europe’s next Sentinel land imaging satellite mated to rocket booster
Read more →: Europe’s next Sentinel land imaging satellite mated to rocket boosterGround crews have mounted the fully-fueled Sentinel 2B spacecraft, the next mission in Europe’s multibillion-dollar Copernicus Earth observation…
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Watch a video replay of NASA’s exoplanet announcement
Read more →: Watch a video replay of NASA’s exoplanet announcementNASA announced Wednesday the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star 39 light-years from Earth, and three…
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SpaceX waves off space station cargo delivery for a day
Read more →: SpaceX waves off space station cargo delivery for a dayFile photo of a SpaceX Dragon supply ship on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX…
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft to remain in current orbit around Jupiter
Read more →: NASA’s Juno spacecraft to remain in current orbit around JupiterArtist’s concept of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Concerns about the health of the Juno spacecraft’s…
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Totality-minus-6 months: Ten ways to get fired up for an all-American solar eclipse
Read more →: Totality-minus-6 months: Ten ways to get fired up for an all-American solar eclipseCertified solar glasses are required to watch a partial solar eclipse. The total phase, however, should be enjoyed…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A, then lands nearby
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A, then lands nearbySpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off Sunday for the first time from launch pad 39A, a historic facility…