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NASA ‘leaning on’ SpaceX to keep ISS supply lines open
Read more →: NASA ‘leaning on’ SpaceX to keep ISS supply lines openA previous Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station in September 2014. Credit: SpaceX The Dragon spaceship poised…
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SpaceX launch scrubbed by steering system problem
Read more →: SpaceX launch scrubbed by steering system problemSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Launch of a SpaceX Falcon…
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GAO reaffirms NASA’s commercial crew decision
Read more →: GAO reaffirms NASA’s commercial crew decisionBoeing’s CST-100 spacecraft (left) and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule (right) will carry U.S. astronauts between Earth and the…
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Cargo flight first of many SpaceX launches planned for 2015
Read more →: Cargo flight first of many SpaceX launches planned for 2015SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is seen at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad before going vertical. Credit: SpaceX…
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Video: SpaceX launch and landing preview briefing
Read more →: Video: SpaceX launch and landing preview briefingNASA, SpaceX and United States Air Force officials hold the pre-launch news conference for the CRS-5 flight on…
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Ships deployed into the Atlantic for experimental rocket landing
Read more →: Ships deployed into the Atlantic for experimental rocket landingAn aerial view of SpaceX’s rocket landing barge, named the Marmac 300 and unofficially christened the “Autonomous Spaceport…
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Live coverage: Dragon completes space station resupply flight
Read more →: Live coverage: Dragon completes space station resupply flightLive coverage of the countdown, launch and rendezvous of a SpaceX Dragon supply ship for the International Space…
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2014’s launch tally highest in two decades
Read more →: 2014’s launch tally highest in two decadesThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flew nine times in 2014, more than any other U.S. launcher.…
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In an eerie scene, Chinese villagers visit rocket crash site
Read more →: In an eerie scene, Chinese villagers visit rocket crash sitePhoto credit: China News Service The expended first stage of a Long March rocket tumbled into a forested…
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Rain and clouds in the forecast for Tuesday’s SpaceX launch
Read more →: Rain and clouds in the forecast for Tuesday’s SpaceX launchFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad before a previous mission.…
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Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vault
Read more →: Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vaultStorage shelves inside the EMP Museum vault I have seen the future. And it looks a bit ratty.…
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China sends new weather satellite into orbit
Read more →: China sends new weather satellite into orbitA Long March 3A rocket launched at 0102 GMT Wednesday (8:02 p.m. EST Tuesday) with the Fengyun 2G…