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China launches secret military spy payload
Read more →: China launches secret military spy payloadA Long March 4C rocket took off Sunday with the Yaogan 33 satellite. Credit: Xinhua A secret Chinese…
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French military spysat set for launch Monday
Read more →: French military spysat set for launch MondayArtist’s illustration of a CSO satellite. Credit: Airbus A sharp-eyed French military surveillance spacecraft is set for launch…
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Preparing for “Earth to Earth” space travel and a competition with supersonic airliners
Read more →: Preparing for “Earth to Earth” space travel and a competition with supersonic airlinersCommercial spaceflight companies are preparing to enter a new market: suborbital flights from one place to another on…
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China’s Long March 8 rocket successful in debut launch
Read more →: China’s Long March 8 rocket successful in debut launchA Long March 8 rocket lifts off from Sunday (U.S. time) from the Wenchang launch base on Hainan…
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This Day In Space (December 24, 1968): Apollo 8 captures the famous ‘Earthrise’ photo around lunar orbit
Read more →: This Day In Space (December 24, 1968): Apollo 8 captures the famous ‘Earthrise’ photo around lunar orbitHumans first orbited the Moon on this day in 1968, and while on their first pass around the…
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New study concludes that any alien civilizations in the Milky Way are likely dead
Read more →: New study concludes that any alien civilizations in the Milky Way are likely deadAre we alone? This is arguably the biggest question that mankind has ever asked. Now, a newly published…
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Airports may soon be getting a big upgrade, thanks to NASA’s AeroMACS technology
Read more →: Airports may soon be getting a big upgrade, thanks to NASA’s AeroMACS technologyThe technology used by airports to communicate with aircraft appears to be relatively advanced, but this is the…
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New research shines light on a large, previously unknown asteroid
Read more →: New research shines light on a large, previously unknown asteroidA team of researchers from the Southwest Research Institute has come across new evidence of a large, previously…
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Virgin Orbit targeting mid-January for Launch Demo 2 mission following COVID-19 delays
Read more →: Virgin Orbit targeting mid-January for Launch Demo 2 mission following COVID-19 delaysVirgin Orbit planned to conduct its second Launch Demo mission before the end of the year, but the…
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China’s new carrier rocket Long March-8 makes maiden flight
Read more →: China’s new carrier rocket Long March-8 makes maiden flightChina’s new medium-lift carrier rocket Long March-8 made its maiden flight on Tuesday, sending five satellites into planned…
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China’s Chang’e-5 retrieves 1,731 grams of moon samples
Read more →: China’s Chang’e-5 retrieves 1,731 grams of moon samplesChina’s Chang’e-5 probe retrieved about 1,731 grams of samples from the moon, according to the China National Space…
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ESA inks deals toward reusable ‘Space Rider’ robotic lab ahead of 2023 launch
Read more →: ESA inks deals toward reusable ‘Space Rider’ robotic lab ahead of 2023 launchThe European Space Agency is developing a low Earth orbit transportation system called Space Rider, and this month…