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China launches Fengyun weather satellite into polar orbit
Read more →: China launches Fengyun weather satellite into polar orbitA Chinese Long March 4C rocket takes off carrying the Fengyun 3E weather satellite. Credit: Xinhua A new…
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China launches five Earth observation satellites on Long March 2D rocket
Read more →: China launches five Earth observation satellites on Long March 2D rocketA Chinese Long March 2D rocket lifts off Saturday. Credit: Xinhua China successfully launched five small remote sensing…
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Richard Branson to fly in space July 11, nine days before rival Bezos
Read more →: Richard Branson to fly in space July 11, nine days before rival BezosSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The crew of the VSS Unity suborbital mission: Pilot Dave Mackay,…
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Progress supply ship docks with space station
Read more →: Progress supply ship docks with space stationRussia’s Progress MS-17 supply ship moves in for docking at the International Space Station on Thursday. Credit: NASA…
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Lu Yuanjiu awarded highest Party honor
Read more →: Lu Yuanjiu awarded highest Party honorXi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, conferred the July 1 Medal,…
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China releases new videos, images from Mars probe Tianwen-1
Read more →: China releases new videos, images from Mars probe Tianwen-1The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Sunday released new videos and images of the country’s Mars probe…
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Astra Space launches its first day of public trading with backing from Craig McCaw and Bill Gates
Read more →: Astra Space launches its first day of public trading with backing from Craig McCaw and Bill GatesAstra’s Rocket 3.2 sits on its Alaska launch pad before its liftoff in December 2020. (Astra Photo /…
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OneWeb on the verge of commercial service after another successful launch
Read more →: OneWeb on the verge of commercial service after another successful launchA Soyuz booster takes off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome Thursday with 36 OneWeb satellites. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian…
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‘Mercury 13’ woman aviator Wally Funk will ride with Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin suborbital space trip
Read more →: ‘Mercury 13’ woman aviator Wally Funk will ride with Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin suborbital space tripFemale aviation pioneer Wally Funk goes wide-eyed when discussing spaceflight with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. (Instagram Video /…
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Virgin Orbit’s first operational mission deploys military CubeSats
Read more →: Virgin Orbit’s first operational mission deploys military CubeSatsVirgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket fires its kerosene-fueled main engine seconds after dropping from the company’s Boeing 747 carrier…
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Live coverage: Soyuz launches 36 more OneWeb internet satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Soyuz launches 36 more OneWeb internet satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with 36…
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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans July spaceflight to upstage Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin trip
Read more →: Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans July spaceflight to upstage Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin tripVirgin Galactic founder Richard Branson says he’ll be Astronaut 001 on the July flight. (Virgin Galactic Photo) The…