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Next-gen telescope project honors astronomer Vera Rubin and billionaire backer Charles Simonyi
Read more →: Next-gen telescope project honors astronomer Vera Rubin and billionaire backer Charles SimonyiArtwork shows the Vera Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope scanning the sky. (LSST Illustration) The next great ground-based…
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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa signs on for reality-TV dating game with moon trip as the prize
Read more →: Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa signs on for reality-TV dating game with moon trip as the prizeJapanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa tweeted a casting call for a woman to go on a round-the-moon trip with…
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AEHF satellite arrives in Florida for first of nearly 20 Space Force launches this year
Read more →: AEHF satellite arrives in Florida for first of nearly 20 Space Force launches this yearFile photo of the liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5-551 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
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Dynetics, Sierra Nevada partnering on human-rated lunar lander proposal
Read more →: Dynetics, Sierra Nevada partnering on human-rated lunar lander proposalArtist’s concept of the Dynetics proposal for a Human Landing System. Credit: Dynetics Dynetics, an Alabama-based company with…
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Dynetics teams up with Sierra Nevada Corp. for NASA’s big lunar lander competition
Read more →: Dynetics teams up with Sierra Nevada Corp. for NASA’s big lunar lander competitionAn artist’s conception shows Dynetics’ design for a lunar lander. (Dynetics Illustration) Alabama-based Dynetics says it’s leading a…
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SpaceX test-fires rocket ahead of Crew Dragon in-flight abort test
Read more →: SpaceX test-fires rocket ahead of Crew Dragon in-flight abort testCredit: Steven Young / Spaceflight Now SpaceX fired up nine Merlin main engines at the bottom of a…
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ULA completes fueling test on next Delta 4-Heavy rocket
Read more →: ULA completes fueling test on next Delta 4-Heavy rocketA United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands at pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for…
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NASA kicks off a new space tradition with glitzy astronaut graduation ceremony
Read more →: NASA kicks off a new space tradition with glitzy astronaut graduation ceremonyThe newest astronauts in the corps for NASA (and the Canadian Space Agency) wave from the stage during…
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NASA, Boeing aim to deliver first SLS core stage to Kennedy Space Center by this fall
Read more →: NASA, Boeing aim to deliver first SLS core stage to Kennedy Space Center by this fallThe first fully-assembled core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket rolled out of its factory Wednesday…
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New discoveries from NASA’s TESS mission include potentially habitable exoplanet
Read more →: New discoveries from NASA’s TESS mission include potentially habitable exoplanetArtist’s illustration of TOI 700 d, the first Earth-sized habitable-zone planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.…
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Shijian-20 Satellite Positioned in Geosynchronous Orbit
Read more →: Shijian-20 Satellite Positioned in Geosynchronous OrbitBEIJING, Jan. 5 (China Space News) — China’s heaviest and most advanced satellite, Shijian-20, reached its fixed position…
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China Tests Micro Propulsion Technology for Space-based Gravitational Wave Detection
Read more →: China Tests Micro Propulsion Technology for Space-based Gravitational Wave DetectionBEIJING, Jan. 6 (China Space News) — Chinese space engineers have tested a micro propulsion technology on a…