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China to test near-space flight of solar drone
Read more →: China to test near-space flight of solar droneBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — China will test how its largest solar drone performs near-space flight this year,…
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Tornado strikes NASA’s Michoud plant in New Orleans
Read more →: Tornado strikes NASA’s Michoud plant in New OrleansEmployees and flight hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spaceship were mostly spared after a strong…
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NASA gives its nod to NanoRacks for space station’s first commercial portal
Read more →: NASA gives its nod to NanoRacks for space station’s first commercial portalIn this artist’s conception, NanoRacks’ airlock module is the knobby-looking hardware attached to a port on the International…
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Japanese cargo ship ends mission after space debris experiment flounders
Read more →: Japanese cargo ship ends mission after space debris experiment floundersArtist’s concept of how the tether for Japan’s KITE experiment would have appeared when deployed from the HTV…
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Iridium to share Falcon 9 launch with NASA-German gravity satellites
Read more →: Iridium to share Falcon 9 launch with NASA-German gravity satellitesThe first 10 Iridium Next satellites launched Jan. 14 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force…
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NASA okays commercial airlock for space station
Read more →: NASA okays commercial airlock for space stationArtist’s concept of the NanoRacks airlock attached to the space station’s Tranquility module. Credit: NanoRacks A commercial airlock…
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Jupiter snapshots show lots of spots
Read more →: Jupiter snapshots show lots of spotsA photo of Jupiter’s south polar region, captured by the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno orbiter on Feb.…
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Planet acquires rival satellite company from Google
Read more →: Planet acquires rival satellite company from GoogleOne of Terra Bella’s SkySat satellites captured this image of downtown San Francisco on Dec. 27. Credit: Planet/Terra…
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ULA’s navy delivers rocket that will launch supplies to the space station
Read more →: ULA’s navy delivers rocket that will launch supplies to the space stationA recent Mariner arrival at Port Canaveral for Atlas 5. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now PORT CANAVERAL — The…
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Judge voids Arizona county’s development deal for World View’s strato-balloon base
Read more →: Judge voids Arizona county’s development deal for World View’s strato-balloon baseWorld View’s team prepares a high-altitude balloon to carry a solar observatory payload into the stratosphere. (Credit: Carmen…
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SpaceX rocket tagged for reuse test-fired in Texas
Read more →: SpaceX rocket tagged for reuse test-fired in TexasThe test-firing of a previously-flown Falcon 9 first stage booster in late January paves the way for its…
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Russia recalls rocket engines, grounding Proton missions until spring
Read more →: Russia recalls rocket engines, grounding Proton missions until springFile photo of a Proton rocket rolling out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.…