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First SLS core stage installed on test stand in Mississippi
Read more →: First SLS core stage installed on test stand in MississippiThe SLS core stage for the Artemis 1 mission was rotated vertical in January for installation into the…
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Cygnus departs space station, deploys CubeSats
Read more →: Cygnus departs space station, deploys CubeSatsNorthrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft departed the International Space Station Friday before raising its orbit and deploying multiple…
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Decades in the making, Solar Orbiter finally meets launcher at Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Decades in the making, Solar Orbiter finally meets launcher at Cape CanaveralThe Solar Orbiter spacecraft, cocooned inside the Atlas 5 rocket’s payload shroud, was attached atop the Atlas 5…
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Photos: Falcon 9 lifts off on fourth dedicated launch for Starlink network
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 lifts off on fourth dedicated launch for Starlink networkThe 80th flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered 60 more satellites to orbit for the company’s…
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Rocket Lab successfully launches NRO satellite
Read more →: Rocket Lab successfully launches NRO satelliteA Rocket Lab Electron launcher lifted off from the company’s privately-owned launch site in New Zealand at 9:56…
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NASA funds in-space manufacturing demo that will test Tethers Unlimited technology
Read more →: NASA funds in-space manufacturing demo that will test Tethers Unlimited technologyAn artist’s conception shows Maxar Technologies’ SPIDER robot assembling a communications antenna for the Restore-L spacecraft. (Maxar Technologies…
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Rocket Lab launches secret payload from New Zealand for U.S. spy satellite agency
Read more →: Rocket Lab launches secret payload from New Zealand for U.S. spy satellite agencyAfter waiting out high winds, Rocket Lab’s low-cost Electron rocket launched a top-secret payload for the National Reconnaissance…
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Tethers Unlimited lifts the curtain on mesh networking system for small satellites
Read more →: Tethers Unlimited lifts the curtain on mesh networking system for small satellitesAn artist’s conception visualizes the connections between small satellites using the SWIFT-LINQ system. (Tethers Unlimited Illustration) Bothell, Wash.-based…
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Japanese billionaire pulls out of moonshot dating TV project and apologizes to 27,722 women
Read more →: Japanese billionaire pulls out of moonshot dating TV project and apologizes to 27,722 womenJapanese billionaire space enthusiast Yusaku Maezawa has broken up with AbemaTV, which was working on a reality-TV dating…
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NASA uplinks final command to deactivate Spitzer telescope
Read more →: NASA uplinks final command to deactivate Spitzer telescopeArtist’s concept of the Spitzer Space Telescope seen against the infrared sky. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC) NASA declared…
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Government watchdog warns of another JWST launch delay
Read more →: Government watchdog warns of another JWST launch delayThe James Webb Space Telescope is pictured during a sunshield deployment test in October 2019 at a Northrop…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab conducts first Electron launch of 2020
Read more →: Live coverage: Rocket Lab conducts first Electron launch of 2020Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on…