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Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship joins the pantheon of model rockets
Read more →: Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship joins the pantheon of model rocketsEstes’ New Shepard model rocket uses standard model-rocket launch equipment, including a single C6-3 or C6-5 engine. (Estes…
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SpaceX test-fires rocket before space station cargo mission
Read more →: SpaceX test-fires rocket before space station cargo missionEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after the Falcon 9 static fire at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 GMT). On the cusp of…
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China launches another geostationary military satellite
Read more →: China launches another geostationary military satelliteA Long March 3B rocket takes off with the TJS 7 satellite. Credit: CASC China launched another military…
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ULA readies Vulcan booster for cryogenic tanking tests
Read more →: ULA readies Vulcan booster for cryogenic tanking testsEDITOR’S NOTE: Updating number of Atlas 5 missions remaining. ULA’s Vulcan pathfinder booster stands on pad 41 Wednesday. Credit:…
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China launches demo satellites for internet constellation
Read more →: China launches demo satellites for internet constellationA Long March 2C, with an enlarged payload fairing, lifts off Tuesday from the Jiuquan space base. Credit:…
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Space station spacewalk postponed by astronaut medical issue
Read more →: Space station spacewalk postponed by astronaut medical issueNASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA A planned spacewalk outside the International…
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Soyuz rocket delivers in ninth launch for OneWeb
Read more →: Soyuz rocket delivers in ninth launch for OneWebFire and exhaust from the 32 rocket engine nozzles power a Soyuz-2.1b launcher off the ground at the…
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Chinese astronauts complete second spacewalk outside space station
Read more →: Chinese astronauts complete second spacewalk outside space stationChinese astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming wave to a video camera while outside the Tianhe core module…
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China’s Mars rover accomplishes planned exploration tasks
Read more →: China’s Mars rover accomplishes planned exploration tasksChina’s Mars rover Zhurong has accomplished its exploration and detection tasks as planned, according to the China National…
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Chinese rocket for Tianzhou-3 mission arrives at launch site
Read more →: Chinese rocket for Tianzhou-3 mission arrives at launch siteChina’s Long March-7 Y4 rocket, which will launch the new cargo craft of China’s space station, on Monday…
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China launches Tianhui II-02 satellites
Read more →: China launches Tianhui II-02 satellitesChina successfully launched the Tianhui II-02 satellite group at 6:32 a.m. on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch…
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NASA agrees to pause SpaceX lunar contract until November after Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin files suit
Read more →: NASA agrees to pause SpaceX lunar contract until November after Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin files suitAn artist’s rendering shows SpaceX’s Starship rocket ship on the moon. (SpaceX Illustration) NASA paused its contract with…