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SpaceX launches a double-duty telecom satellite and doubles down on rocket reusability
Read more →: SpaceX launches a double-duty telecom satellite and doubles down on rocket reusabilitySpaceX sent a dual-payload telecommunications satellite to orbit today, recovered the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster at sea,…
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Hubble catches best glimpse yet of interstellar interloper
Read more →: Hubble catches best glimpse yet of interstellar interloperThe comet appears in front of a distant background spiral galaxy (2MASX J10500165-0152029) in this Nov. 19 image…
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ESA satellite set for launch to measure sizes of exoplanets
Read more →: ESA satellite set for launch to measure sizes of exoplanetsEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 17 after the first launch attempt was scrubbed. Artist’s illustration of the CHEOPS spacecraft observing…
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Macao’s moon, planetary lab to boost China’s deep space exploration
Read more →: Macao’s moon, planetary lab to boost China’s deep space explorationA model of the space exploration satellite Macao Science 1. [Photo/China National Space Administration] Macao’s first space exploration…
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NASA declares first SLS core stage complete
Read more →: NASA declares first SLS core stage completeAll four RS-25 engines, leftovers from the space shuttle program, have been installed on the first Space Launch…
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SpaceX performs hold-down firing for heavyweight satellite launch Monday
Read more →: SpaceX performs hold-down firing for heavyweight satellite launch MondayA previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ignited its nine Merlin engines at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad for…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 set for launch Monday from Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 set for launch Monday from Cape CanaveralLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral…
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Rocket Lab to debut Virginia launch pad with U.S. Air Force mission next year
Read more →: Rocket Lab to debut Virginia launch pad with U.S. Air Force mission next yearEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) after press conference. File photo of an Electron rocket lifting…
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NASA gives go-ahead for Starliner test flight to space station
Read more →: NASA gives go-ahead for Starliner test flight to space stationBoeing’s first space-ready Starliner capsule stands atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex…
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Hubble image shows distant galaxy photobombing an interstellar comet as it swings around the sun
Read more →: Hubble image shows distant galaxy photobombing an interstellar comet as it swings around the sunComet 2I/Borisov appears as a bright dot within a haze of dust, with a distant spiral galaxy in…
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Rocket Lab’s Virginia launch pad opens for business, with Air Force as first customer
Read more →: Rocket Lab’s Virginia launch pad opens for business, with Air Force as first customerWith Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck at center, dignitaries gather at Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional…
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It’s all systems go from NASA for uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner to space station
Read more →: It’s all systems go from NASA for uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner to space stationPerched atop its Atlas 5 rocket, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi is being prepared for launch. (United Launch…