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Antares rocket lifts off from Virginia on space station cargo mission
Read more →: Antares rocket lifts off from Virginia on space station cargo missionA Northrop Grumman Antares rocket lifted off at 3:21:04 p.m. EST (2021:04 GMT) Saturday powered by more than…
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SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket; Starlink launch delayed to Monday
Read more →: SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket; Starlink launch delayed to MondayEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Feb. 15 with launch delay until Monday. SpaceX test-fired its next Falcon 9 rocket Friday ahead…
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Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship arrives at space station
Read more →: Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship arrives at space stationLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Northrop Grumman’s 13th operational…
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Photos: Atlas 5 lifts off with Solar Orbiter
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 lifts off with Solar OrbiterTake a look back at the Feb. 9 launch of a 189-foot-tall (57.6-meter) Atlas 5 rocket from Cape…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon delivered to Cape Canaveral for first flight with astronauts
Read more →: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon delivered to Cape Canaveral for first flight with astronautsEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Feb. 15 after NASA modified original statement to remove words saying SpaceX will be the first…
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Mars 2020 rover arrives at Kennedy Space Center for July launch
Read more →: Mars 2020 rover arrives at Kennedy Space Center for July launchThe shipping container with the Mars 2020 rover was unloaded from a U.S. military cargo plane Wednesday after…
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Live coverage: SpaceX readies Falcon 9 for fifth Starlink mission
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX readies Falcon 9 for fifth Starlink missionLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral…
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NASA to assess proposals for probes to Venus, moons of Jupiter and Neptune
Read more →: NASA to assess proposals for probes to Venus, moons of Jupiter and NeptuneArtist’s concept of the solar system. Credit: NASA NASA announced Thursday it will fund four concept studies for…
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NASA picks missions to Venus, Triton and Io as finalists for Discovery funding
Read more →: NASA picks missions to Venus, Triton and Io as finalists for Discovery fundingAn artist’s conception shows the DAVINCI+ probe descending through Venus’ atmosphere on the end of a parachute. (NASA…
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Discoveries at solar system’s distant frontier shed light on how planets form
Read more →: Discoveries at solar system’s distant frontier shed light on how planets formThe uniform color and composition of Arrokoth’s surface shows the Kuiper Belt object formed from a small, uniform,…
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Japanese companies agree to buy Spaceflight rideshare launch broker
Read more →: Japanese companies agree to buy Spaceflight rideshare launch brokerArtist’s concept of a “Sherpa” multi-satellite adapter structure in orbit. Credit: Spaceflight Spaceflight Industries said this week it…
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How a space snowman called Arrokoth is shedding new light on planetary origins
Read more →: How a space snowman called Arrokoth is shedding new light on planetary originsA computer-generated reconstruction of Arrokoth’s shape makes it look like a squashed snowman, but slightly less squashed than…