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NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope goes dark after 16 years, leaving behind a bright infrared legacy
Read more →: NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope goes dark after 16 years, leaving behind a bright infrared legacyNASA sent its final command to the Spitzer Space Telescope today, ending more than 16 years spent studying…
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Xplore partners with Nanoracks to set up opportunities for deep-space missions
Read more →: Xplore partners with Nanoracks to set up opportunities for deep-space missionsAn artist’s conception shows Xplore’s Xcraft probe making its way to the moon. (Xplore Illustration) Seattle-based Xplore says…
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SpaceX boosts 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit after weather delays
Read more →: SpaceX boosts 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit after weather delaysA Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 9:06:49 a.m. EST (1406:49 GMT) Wednesday with 60 Starlink Internet satellites.…
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More sparks in the sky: SpaceX launches its fourth batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites
Read more →: More sparks in the sky: SpaceX launches its fourth batch of 60 Starlink internet satellitesSpaceX launched its fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites today, boosting its constellation to a world-record 240 satellites…
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Axiom wins NASA approval to attach commercial habitat to space station
Read more →: Axiom wins NASA approval to attach commercial habitat to space stationAxiom Space says it plans to attach multiple commercial modules to the International Space Station beginning in the…
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Air Force and Blue Origin team up on a new California test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine
Read more →: Air Force and Blue Origin team up on a new California test site for BE-7 lunar lander engineThe Air Force Research Laboratory’s altitude facility at Edwards Air Force Base conducts research on next-generation rocket components,…
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Tethers Unlimited says ‘Terminator Tape’ is speeding up a satellite’s descent as intended
Read more →: Tethers Unlimited says ‘Terminator Tape’ is speeding up a satellite’s descent as intendedAn artist’s conception shows Tethers Unlimited’s Terminator Tape system deployed from a satellite in low Earth orbit. (Tethers…
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NASA prepares to shut down one of its ‘Great Observatories’
Read more →: NASA prepares to shut down one of its ‘Great Observatories’Artist’s concept of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, backdropped by an image of the infrared sky. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA…
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Launch of Japanese spy satellite postponed by nitrogen leak
Read more →: Launch of Japanese spy satellite postponed by nitrogen leakA Japanese H-2A rocket stands on its launch pad Monday at the Tanegashima Space Center before officials scrubbed…
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NASA clears Axiom Space to put commercial habitat on space station, with Boeing on the team
Read more →: NASA clears Axiom Space to put commercial habitat on space station, with Boeing on the teamArtwork shows the Axiom Segment connected to the International Space Station. (Axiom Space Illustration) Houston-based Axiom Space has…
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SpaceX scrubs Starlink launch due to winds aloft, will try again Wednesday
Read more →: SpaceX scrubs Starlink launch due to winds aloft, will try again WednesdayEDITOR’ S NOTE: Updated at 6:15 p.m. EST (2315 GMT) after SpaceX confirmed a launch delay to Wednesday, Jan.…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with more Starlink satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with more Starlink satellitesLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral…