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Fresh out of stealth mode, Astra gearing up for orbital launch from Alaska
Read more →: Fresh out of stealth mode, Astra gearing up for orbital launch from AlaskaAstra employees open the payload fairing last week on the company’s small satellite launcher at Kodiak Island, Alaska,…
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SpaceX reportedly seeking to raise $250M as Starlink and Starship efforts ramp up
Read more →: SpaceX reportedly seeking to raise $250M as Starlink and Starship efforts ramp upSpaceX workers build a nose cone for a Starship prototype spaceship in Texas. (Elon Musk via Twitter) SpaceX…
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SETI and other alien-hunting strategies are dealing with new tools — and new troubles
Read more →: SETI and other alien-hunting strategies are dealing with new tools — and new troublesTwo PANOSETI telescopes are installed in the recently renovated Astrograph Dome at the Lick Observatory in California. PANOSETI…
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Meet Charles Simonyi; cosmic rays; Star Brews Beer Festival; and more
Read more →: GeekWire Calendar Picks: Meet Charles Simonyi; cosmic rays; Star Brews Beer Festival; and moreCharles Simonyi aboard the International Space Station. (NASA Photo) — Not many people can say they’ve traveled to…
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Soyuz rocket launches Russian military satellite after one-month delay
Read more →: Soyuz rocket launches Russian military satellite after one-month delayVideo credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A Russian military communications satellite rode a Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper…
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Private Division opens Seattle game development studio to create Kerbal Space Program 2
Read more →: Private Division opens Seattle game development studio to create Kerbal Space Program 2Thanks to ventures like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the Seattle area has been raising its profile…
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Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launch
Read more →: Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launchArtist’s concept of the Japanese MMX spacecraft near Mars and Phobos. Credit: JAXA Japan’s space agency has approved…
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China’s Long March-5B Carrier Rocket Arrives at Launch Site
Read more →: China’s Long March-5B Carrier Rocket Arrives at Launch SiteBEIJING, Feb. 7 (China Space News) — China’s Long March-5B carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in…
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China Launches 4 New Technology Experiment Satellites amid COVID-19 Epidemic
Read more →: China Launches 4 New Technology Experiment Satellites amid COVID-19 EpidemicXICHANG, Feb. 20 (China Space News) — China sent four new technology experiment satellites into planned orbit from…
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Russian space agency replaces cosmonauts on next space station crew
Read more →: Russian space agency replaces cosmonauts on next space station crewFile photo of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin before a launch to the International Space Station in July 2016.…
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Photos: Antares rocket lifts off with station-bound Cygnus supply ship
Read more →: Photos: Antares rocket lifts off with station-bound Cygnus supply shipPowered by two Russian-made RD-181 main engines, a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket fired into a mostly sunny sky…
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China launches four ‘technology experiment satellites’
Read more →: China launches four ‘technology experiment satellites’A Chinese Long March 2D rocket lifted off Wednesday with four technology experiment satellites, according to Chinese state…