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Spacewalkers help get station ready for space taxis during first of three outings
Read more →: Spacewalkers help get station ready for space taxis during first of three outingsFrench astronaut Thomas Pesquet makes contact with the International Space Station’s robotic arm during a spacewalk. (NASA TV)…
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‘Life’ horror movie sparks reality check on procedures for studying Mars samples
Read more →: ‘Life’ horror movie sparks reality check on procedures for studying Mars samplesRebecca Ferguson plays Miranda North, a planetary protection officer aboard the International Space Station, in the movie “Life.”…
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Orbcomm, Pole Star and Weatherdock Launch Vessel Tracking Solution
Read more →: Orbcomm, Pole Star and Weatherdock Launch Vessel Tracking SolutionOrbcomm announced that it has collaborated with Pole Star and Weatherdock to develop Hali, a Class B tri-mode…
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Watch space station spacewalk highlights
Read more →: Watch space station spacewalk highlightsWatch highlights of a spacewalk by Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and flight engineer Thomas Pesquet…
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SolAero Cells to Power NRL UAV Project
Read more →: SolAero Cells to Power NRL UAV ProjectSolAero Technologies announced that it has delivered its lightweight solar cell technology to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory…
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Video provides another look at Amazon delivery drone (and Blue Origin spaceship)
Read more →: Video provides another look at Amazon delivery drone (and Blue Origin spaceship)We already knew that Amazon provided a rare public demonstration of its delivery drone dropping off some sunscreen…
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DARPA Awards Descartes Labs Grant for Global Crop Forecasting
Read more →: DARPA Awards Descartes Labs Grant for Global Crop ForecastingThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Descartes Labs a grant as part of its Small…
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Live coverage: Reused Falcon 9 rocket prepared for launch
Read more →: Live coverage: Reused Falcon 9 rocket prepared for launchLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the third Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…
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Hispasat Increases Revenue 4.2 Percent in 2016
Read more →: Hispasat Increases Revenue 4.2 Percent in 2016Hispasat has announced its full year 2016 results, reporting 228.9 million euros ($247.1 million) in total revenue for…
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Spacewalkers complete excursion outside International Space Station
Read more →: Spacewalkers complete excursion outside International Space StationAstronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet put on their self-contained spacesuits and headed outside the International Space Station…
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NOAA Awards Earth Networks Lightning Data Contract
Read more →: NOAA Awards Earth Networks Lightning Data ContractThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) has awarded Earth Networks a five-year, $2.5…
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RS-25 engine controller involved in static fire test at Stennis
Read more →: RS-25 engine controller involved in static fire test at StennisNASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Syncom Space Services have conducted the first hot-fire test of a flight model RS-25…