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How to maximize your chances of seeing the Supermoon total lunar eclipse
Read more →: How to maximize your chances of seeing the Supermoon total lunar eclipseSurrounded by stars, the eclipsed moon turns red over Mount Baker in 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)…
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Whitson to command planned commercial flight to space station
Read more →: Whitson to command planned commercial flight to space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner will fly on the AX-2 mission.…
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Senators spar over the idea of giving billions to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture for lunar lander program
Read more →: Senators spar over the idea of giving billions to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture for lunar lander programAn artist’s conception shows the human landing system that’s being developed by Blue Origin and its industry partners…
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Watch new ‘rocketcam’ footage from last week’s Atlas 5 launch
Read more →: Watch new ‘rocketcam’ footage from last week’s Atlas 5 launchUnited Launch Alliance has released new video from cameras mounted aboard an Atlas 5 rocket that lifted…
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Chinese rover drives onto surface of Mars
Read more →: Chinese rover drives onto surface of MarsA rear camera on China’s Zhurong rover looks back at its landing platform after driving onto the Martian…
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NASA assigns fourth astronaut to SpaceX’s next space station crew launch
Read more →: NASA assigns fourth astronaut to SpaceX’s next space station crew launchNASA astronaut Kayla Barron. Credit: NASA NASA has assigned astronaut Kayla Barron to join three crewmates on a…
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SpaceX test-fires rocket for sixth Falcon 9 launch in five weeks
Read more →: SpaceX test-fires rocket for sixth Falcon 9 launch in five weeksSpaceX fired up a Falcon 9 rocket Monday on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
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Virgin Galactic flies to edge of space for first time from New Mexico
Read more →: Virgin Galactic flies to edge of space for first time from New MexicoVirgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spaceplane fires its rocket motor to begin an ascent to the edge of space…
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Falcon Heavy’s first national security launch slips to October
Read more →: Falcon Heavy’s first national security launch slips to OctoberThe second launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in April 2019. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight…
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Inside the satellite factory: How LeoStella uses software to track spacecraft hardware
Read more →: Inside the satellite factory: How LeoStella uses software to track spacecraft hardwareWorkers check out an assembled satellite at LeoStella’s manufacturing facility. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) TUKWILA, Wash. —…
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United Launch Alliance nears first fueling test on Vulcan rocket
Read more →: United Launch Alliance nears first fueling test on Vulcan rocketA pathfinder core stage for ULA’s Vulcan rocket on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station earlier…
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Why space startups should be careful about (and sometimes avoid) foreign entanglements
Read more →: Why space startups should be careful about (and sometimes avoid) foreign entanglementsRBC Signals makes use of satellite ground stations across the globe. (RBC Signals Graphic) Warnings about the potential…