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Virgin Orbit eager for data from first flight of air-launched rocket
Read more →: Virgin Orbit eager for data from first flight of air-launched rocketA view of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne vehicle under the left wing of a Boeing 747 carrier aircraft at…
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Assembly of Mars rover’s rocket to begin this week
Read more →: Assembly of Mars rover’s rocket to begin this weekEDITOR’S NOTE: United Launch Alliance ground crews raised the Atlas 5 rocket’s first stage inside the Vertical Integration Facility…
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Dragon crew runs through launch day dress rehearsal
Read more →: Dragon crew runs through launch day dress rehearsalAstronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken donned their SpaceX-made launch and entry flight suits Saturday and rode to…
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Astronauts have a surprise name for their Crew Dragon spacecraft
Read more →: Astronauts have a surprise name for their Crew Dragon spacecraftThe Crew Dragon spacecraft sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.…
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Soyuz rocket launches Russian missile warning satellite
Read more →: Soyuz rocket launches Russian missile warning satelliteA Soyuz booster and Fregat upper stage successfully carried a missile warning satellite into orbit Friday for…
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NASA clears SpaceX crew capsule for first astronaut mission
Read more →: NASA clears SpaceX crew capsule for first astronaut missionEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated May 25 with final loss of crew and loss of mission risk numbers from NASA. The…
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Trump to visit Kennedy Space Center for crew launch
Read more →: Trump to visit Kennedy Space Center for crew launchPresident Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, delivers remarks at a 2018 meeting of the National…
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China launches new Long March-5B rocket for space station program
Read more →: China launches new Long March-5B rocket for space station programPhoto by Tu Haichao/Xinhua WENCHANG, Hainan, May 5 (Xinhua) — China’s new large carrier rocket Long March-5B made…
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Photos: Crew Dragon mated with Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: Photos: Crew Dragon mated with Falcon 9 rocketCrew Dragon, meet Falcon 9. SpaceX has released photos showing the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket…
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Virgin Orbit schedules its first orbital test launch this weekend
Read more →: Virgin Orbit schedules its first orbital test launch this weekendEDITOR’S NOTE: A launch attempt Sunday was scrubbed due to a faulty sensor. Virgin Orbit did not immediately announce…
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Final H-2B rocket launch sends Japanese supply ship toward space station
Read more →: Final H-2B rocket launch sends Japanese supply ship toward space stationA 186-foot-tall (56.6-meter) H-2B rocket fires into the sky from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. Credit: JAXA The ninth…
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Live coverage: HTV cargo freighter arrives at space station
Read more →: Live coverage: HTV cargo freighter arrives at space stationLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an H-2B rocket with Japan’s ninth H-2 Transfer Vehicle on…