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MSNW’s magnetoshell aerobraking system gets in on NASA’s way-out research fund
Read more →: MSNW’s magnetoshell aerobraking system gets in on NASA’s way-out research fundMSNW’s magnetoshell aerocapture concept could help ease spaceships into orbit. (Credit: MSNW) A system that would use magnetic…
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Shuttle skipper, mountaineering spacewalker going into Hall of Fame
Read more →: Shuttle skipper, mountaineering spacewalker going into Hall of FameBrian Duffy (left) and Scott Parazynski (right) are the 2016 inductees for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.…
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First astronaut flight on Boeing capsule slips to 2018
Read more →: First astronaut flight on Boeing capsule slips to 2018The first piloted test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew capsule has been delayed to early 2018…
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Upgraded Antares rolls out to launch pad for tests
Read more →: Upgraded Antares rolls out to launch pad for testsAn Antares first stage booster rolls out to pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops, Island,…
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Dwarfy McPlanetface? The icy world known as 2007 OR10 cries out for a name
Read more →: Dwarfy McPlanetface? The icy world known as 2007 OR10 cries out for a nameAn illustration lines up the solar system’s four largest dwarf planets, with 2007 OR10 in the middle of…
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China’s Long March 7 rocket is on its way to launch site
Read more →: China’s Long March 7 rocket is on its way to launch siteA container carrying China’s new-generation Long March-7 rocket is seen at the port in north China’s Tianjin, May…
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SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down, returning Scott Kelly’s samples
Read more →: SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down, returning Scott Kelly’s samplesSpaceX’s Dragon capsule descends toward the Pacific at the end of its parachutes. (Credit: SpaceX) A month after…
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Cargo-carrying Dragon spaceship returns to Earth
Read more →: Cargo-carrying Dragon spaceship returns to EarthThe Dragon spacecraft descends to the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship departed the…
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Live coverage: Dragon supply ship back on Earth
Read more →: Live coverage: Dragon supply ship back on EarthLive coverage of the departure of SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship from the International Space Station and its splashdown…
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CASC and Minsheng Bank Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement
Read more →: CASC and Minsheng Bank Sign Strategic Cooperation AgreementBEIJING, May. 12 (China Space News) — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and China Minsheng Bank…
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Boeing’s Starliner schedule for sending astronauts into orbit slips to 2018
Read more →: Boeing’s Starliner schedule for sending astronauts into orbit slips to 2018The hull of a CST-100 Starliner structural test vehicle is assembled inside Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing…
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Long March-7 Rocket Delivered to Launch Site
Read more →: Long March-7 Rocket Delivered to Launch SiteBEIJING, May 8 (China Space News) — China’s new-generation Long March-7 rocket departed for its launch base in…