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SpaceX launches first Starlink rideshare mission with Planet Labs
Read more →: SpaceX launches first Starlink rideshare mission with Planet LabsAs SpaceX continues to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company launched another batch of Starlink internet…
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After crane problem, ULA caps build-up of Atlas 5 rocket for Mars rover launch
Read more →: After crane problem, ULA caps build-up of Atlas 5 rocket for Mars rover launchThe first stage of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, seen here with its RD-180 engine, is…
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Globalstar Deploys New Ground Station in Argentina
Read more →: Globalstar Deploys New Ground Station in ArgentinaGlobalstar has deployed a new ground station in Córdoba, Argentina, the company announced Thursday. The new infrastructure enables…
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Astrobotic will transport NASA’s ice-studying VIPER rover to the Moon with Griffin lunar lander in 2023
Read more →: Astrobotic will transport NASA’s ice-studying VIPER rover to the Moon with Griffin lunar lander in 2023The Perseverance Mars rover isn’t the only new rover in NASA’s collection of robots that will explore celestial bodies…
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Boeing teams up with Varjo on virtual reality training for Starliner space taxi
Read more →: Boeing teams up with Varjo on virtual reality training for Starliner space taxiBoeing software engineer Connie Miller tries out the Varjo virtual-reality system to control a computer-generated Starliner space taxi.…
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NASA finalizes contract to design habitation and logistics outpost for lunar orbiting Gateway
Read more →: NASA finalizes contract to design habitation and logistics outpost for lunar orbiting GatewayNASA signed a contract this month with the company that will design its Gateway housing module. The lunar orbiting outpost…
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Space Tourism Needs Passenger Safety Regulations to Truly Take Off
Read more →: Space Tourism Needs Passenger Safety Regulations to Truly Take OffGrowing up, my favorite part of visiting Disneyland was climbing aboard the rocket-shaped roller coaster cart of Space…
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James Webb Space Telescope launch missing March 2021 target due to COVID-19
Read more →: James Webb Space Telescope launch missing March 2021 target due to COVID-19The James Webb Space Telescope will be the “largest, most powerful and complex space telescope ever built and…
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NASA Selects Astrobotic to Deliver the VIPER Rover to the Lunar Surface
Read more →: NASA Selects Astrobotic to Deliver the VIPER Rover to the Lunar SurfaceAstrobotic of Pittsburgh, PA has been selected to deliver NASA’s future Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER,…
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NASA Selects Astrobotic to Deliver the VIPER Rover to the Lunar Surface
Read more →: NASA Selects Astrobotic to Deliver the VIPER Rover to the Lunar SurfaceAstrobotic of Pittsburgh, PA has been selected to deliver NASA’s future Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER,…
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GomSpace to Develop Norwegian Military Satellite
Read more →: GomSpace to Develop Norwegian Military SatelliteThe Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) has awarded GomSpace a contract to develop and deliver a military communications…
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Five years after Pluto encounter, New Horizons probe does a far-out parallax experiment
Read more →: Five years after Pluto encounter, New Horizons probe does a far-out parallax experimentQueen guitarist (and astrophysicist) Brian May, a member of the New Horizons science team, uses his patented OWL…