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‘We nailed it!’ Webb clears major hurdle with full sunshade deployment
Read more →: ‘We nailed it!’ Webb clears major hurdle with full sunshade deploymentArtist’s illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope, as it appeared Jan. 4 after sunshield tensioning. Credit: NASA…
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Relativity hires Microsoft’s Scott Van Vliet to boost its Factory Operating System for 3D-printed rockets
Read more →: Relativity hires Microsoft’s Scott Van Vliet to boost its Factory Operating System for 3D-printed rocketsRelativity Space uses giant 3-D printers to produce components for its Terran rockets. (Relativity Space Photo) Relativity Space,…
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NASA resumes Webb deployments after pausing for weekend
Read more →: NASA resumes Webb deployments after pausing for weekendEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EST after tensioning of the first sunshield layer. Updated at 8 p.m. EST…
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SpaceX’s first launch of 2022 will deploy more Starlink internet satellites
Read more →: SpaceX’s first launch of 2022 will deploy more Starlink internet satellitesFile photo of a stack of Starlink satellites before a previous mission.. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX plans to kick…
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Engineers taking more time to assess Webb’s behavior in space before continuing deployments
Read more →: Engineers taking more time to assess Webb’s behavior in space before continuing deploymentsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Northrop Grumman teams work with the sunshield on the James Webb…
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Webb telescope unfurls diamond-shaped sunshield
Read more →: Webb telescope unfurls diamond-shaped sunshieldEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated with one-day delay in sunshield tensioning. Artist’s concept of the James Webb Space Telescope, as it…
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Chinese Mars mission sends photos of the Red Planet
Read more →: Chinese Mars mission sends photos of the Red PlanetThe China National Space Administration published on Saturday four pictures taken by its Tianwen 1 Mars mission, including…
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Year in Space: Jeff Bezos and his billionaire rivals finally usher in the age of commercial spaceflight
Read more →: Year in Space: Jeff Bezos and his billionaire rivals finally usher in the age of commercial spaceflightJeff Bezos uncorks the bubbly after riding Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. (Blue Origin Photo) For 25…
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Test launch of Russia’s heavy-lift Angara rocket marred by upper stage failure
Read more →: Test launch of Russia’s heavy-lift Angara rocket marred by upper stage failureAn Angara A5 rocket lifts off Dec. 27 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense The…
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China launches final rocket of the year into orbit
Read more →: China launches final rocket of the year into orbitChina launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province early…
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China successfully launches Tianhui-4 satellite
Read more →: China successfully launches Tianhui-4 satelliteChina on Wednesday successfully sent the Tianhui-4 satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the…
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Webb ready for critical work to open sunshield
Read more →: Webb ready for critical work to open sunshieldJWST’s sunshield deployment during a ground test at Northrop Grumman. Credit: NASA The James Webb Space Telescope opened…