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Fitted with super-clean sample tubes, NASA’s next Mars rover nears launch date
Read more →: Fitted with super-clean sample tubes, NASA’s next Mars rover nears launch dateTechnicians installed sample collection tubes into NASA’s Perseverance rover May 21 before launch to Mars in July. Credit:…
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Last Beidou satellite launch postponed by rocket trouble
Read more →: Last Beidou satellite launch postponed by rocket troubleEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated June 16 after launch delay. A Long March 3B rocket stands on its launch pad at…
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Starlink satellite deployments continue with successful Falcon 9 launch
Read more →: Starlink satellite deployments continue with successful Falcon 9 launchA Falcon 9 rocket streaked into space just before sunrise Saturday from Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX Breaking a…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on first Starlink rideshare mission
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on first Starlink rideshare missionLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape…
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University-built CubeSat launched with swarm of auroral science nodes
Read more →: University-built CubeSat launched with swarm of auroral science nodesRocket Lab’s Electron rocket climbs away from a launch base in New Zealand Saturday. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket…
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Hitching a ride with SpaceX, Planet poised to complete SkySat fleet
Read more →: Hitching a ride with SpaceX, Planet poised to complete SkySat fleetThree of Planet’s SkySat Earth-imaging satellites are mounted on top of 58 SpaceX Starlink Internet satellites for launch…
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Kathy Lueders named NASA chief of human spaceflight
Read more →: Kathy Lueders named NASA chief of human spaceflightSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Kathy Lueders, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, watches the docking…
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Astronauts say riding Falcon 9 rocket was “totally different” from the space shuttle
Read more →: Astronauts say riding Falcon 9 rocket was “totally different” from the space shuttleA view inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft during launch May 30. NASA astronaut Bob Behnken is seen in…
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After crane problem, ULA caps build-up of Atlas 5 rocket for Mars rover launch
Read more →: After crane problem, ULA caps build-up of Atlas 5 rocket for Mars rover launchThe first stage of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, seen here with its RD-180 engine, is…
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China launches ocean monitoring satellite
Read more →: China launches ocean monitoring satelliteA Long March 2C rocket lifts off with the Haiyang 1D oceanography satellite. Credit: Xinhua A civilian-operated Chinese…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab back in action with twilight launch in New Zealand
Read more →: Live coverage: Rocket Lab back in action with twilight launch in New ZealandLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on…
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Photos: SpaceX’s first crewed mission launches from pad 39A
Read more →: Photos: SpaceX’s first crewed mission launches from pad 39AThis collection of images from NASA and SpaceX photographers shows the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifting off on top…