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Queqiao takes flight: China launches Chang’e-4 relay satellite to moon’s far side
Read more →: Queqiao takes flight: China launches Chang’e-4 relay satellite to moon’s far sideNews Brief: China today launched a satellite that will serve as the communications relay for a future probe…
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Queqiao relay satellite launched ahead of Chang’e-4 lunar mission
Read more →: Queqiao relay satellite launched ahead of Chang’e-4 lunar missionA Chinese Long March 4C has launched the Queqiao spacecraft – a relay satellite for the upcoming Chang’e-4 lunar mission.…
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Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship captured by space station’s robotic arm
Read more →: Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship captured by space station’s robotic armLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Orbital ATK’s ninth operational…
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Orbital ATK readies cargo ship for launch to space station
Read more →: Orbital ATK readies cargo ship for launch to space stationGround crews load the Cygnus supply ship before its trip to the International Space Station set to begin…
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Small seeds on Cygnus cargo ship could lead to giant leap for farming in space
Read more →: Small seeds on Cygnus cargo ship could lead to giant leap for farming in spacePlants grow in a prototype of the habitat that will be used on the International Space Station to…
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Photos: Bangabandhu 1 launched by upgraded Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: Photos: Bangabandhu 1 launched by upgraded Falcon 9 rocketSpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket debuted May 11 with a successful launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 conducts static fire ahead of Iridium NEXT-6/GRACE-FO mission
Read more →: SpaceX Falcon 9 conducts static fire ahead of Iridium NEXT-6/GRACE-FO missionSpaceX conducted a Static Fire test on its Falcon 9 rocket for its second launch in May at…
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Antares/Cygnus in final pre-launch processing, Range aims for improved launch security
Read more →: Antares/Cygnus in final pre-launch processing, Range aims for improved launch securityOrbital ATK has completed rollout of its Antares rocket tasked with launching the Cygnus OA-9E cargo and science…
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Antares rocket rolls to Virginia launch pad, liftoff delayed to Monday
Read more →: Antares rocket rolls to Virginia launch pad, liftoff delayed to MondayThe Antares rocket arrives at launch pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ahead of Monday’s planned liftoff.…
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It’s full of stars! NASA’s planet-hunting TESS probe sends back its first test image
Read more →: It’s full of stars! NASA’s planet-hunting TESS probe sends back its first test imageThis test image from one of the four cameras aboard the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, captures…
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With Block 5, SpaceX to increase launch cadence and lower prices
Read more →: With Block 5, SpaceX to increase launch cadence and lower pricesOn May 11th, SpaceX successfully launched a Block 5 Falcon 9 – the final major version of the…
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First interplanetary CubeSats already setting records in deep space
Read more →: First interplanetary CubeSats already setting records in deep spaceArtist’s concept of the MarCO CubeSats. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Two CubeSats developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory launched May…