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Firefly’s Alpha rocket explodes on inaugural test launch
Read more →: Firefly’s Alpha rocket explodes on inaugural test launchThe first test flight of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle ended in a fiery explosion. Credit: Gene Blevins…
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Russian spacewalkers begin outfitting new lab module
Read more →: Russian spacewalkers begin outfitting new lab moduleCosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy works outside the International Space Station to electrically connect a new Russian laboratory module to…
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Stoke Space stakes its claim in the launch industry’s rush to fully reusable rockets
Read more →: Stoke Space stakes its claim in the launch industry’s rush to fully reusable rocketsStoke Space puts its “three-pack” of thrust chambers through a hot-fire test. (Stoke Space Photo) In just six…
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China’s Mars rover completes 100 days on red planet’s surface
Read more →: China’s Mars rover completes 100 days on red planet’s surfaceChina’s Mars rover Zhurong has spent 100 days exploring the red planet’s surface since it first set its…
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CASC to show new achievements at 13th Airshow
Read more →: CASC to show new achievements at 13th AirshowChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation(CASC) will display about 180 achievements at the upcoming 13th China International Aviation…
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New pumps give “heart” to orbiting space station
Read more →: New pumps give “heart” to orbiting space stationAstronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming completed extravehicular activities for the second time during the construction of China’s…
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Firefly set for inaugural test launch from Vandenberg
Read more →: Firefly set for inaugural test launch from VandenbergUPDATE: The Alpha rocket exploded 2.5 minutes after lifting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 6:59 p.m. PDT…
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Crew completes spaceship fit check ahead of all-private mission to orbit
Read more →: Crew completes spaceship fit check ahead of all-private mission to orbitCommander Jared Isaacman and crewmates Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor, and Chris Sembroski pose with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience…
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Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalates
Read more →: Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalatesThe rivalry between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has surfaced on Twitter. Again. (Musk…
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NASA’s hopes waning for SLS test flight this year
Read more →: NASA’s hopes waning for SLS test flight this yearIn this July 28 photo, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson views the Space Launch System for the Artemis 1…
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Pandemic-caused liquid oxygen shortage impacts launch schedules
Read more →: Pandemic-caused liquid oxygen shortage impacts launch schedulesIn this file photo from 2017, several Praxair tanker trucks deliver liquid oxygen to launch pad 39B at…
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Trekking 100 days on Mars, Zhurong drives further south with efficiency
Read more →: Trekking 100 days on Mars, Zhurong drives further south with efficiencyZhurong, rover of China’s first interplanetary probe mission Tianwen-1, has worked on Mars surface for 100 days as…