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Communications satellite launched from China to connect Asia-Pacific
Read more →: Communications satellite launched from China to connect Asia-PacificA Long March 3B rocket lifts off with the Apstar 6C communications satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese-built communications…
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Live coverage: InSight Mars mission lifts off from California aboard Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Live coverage: InSight Mars mission lifts off from California aboard Atlas 5 rocketLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
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Live coverage: Upgraded Falcon 9 rocket test-fired at pad 39A
Read more →: Live coverage: Upgraded Falcon 9 rocket test-fired at pad 39ALive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the first Falcon 9 “Block 5” rocket launch from pad 39A at…
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Time-lapse video: First Falcon 9 Block 5 arrives at pad 39A for hotfire test
Read more →: Time-lapse video: First Falcon 9 Block 5 arrives at pad 39A for hotfire testSpaceX’s first Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, sporting changes to make the booster easier to reuse, rolled out…
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Firefly’s commercial satellite launcher to use Delta 2 pad at Vandenberg
Read more →: Firefly’s commercial satellite launcher to use Delta 2 pad at VandenbergFile photo of a Delta 2 rocket at Space Launch Complex 2-West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.…
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Dragon cargo craft’s return to Earth delayed to Saturday
Read more →: Dragon cargo craft’s return to Earth delayed to SaturdayThe Dragon cargo craft was grappled by the space station’s robotic arm April 27 in preparation for its…
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Managers clear InSight for launch after heat shield review
Read more →: Managers clear InSight for launch after heat shield reviewGround crews oversee the installation of InSight’s heat shield last month. Credit: USAF 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman NASA…
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NASA cancels lunar rover, shifts focus to commercial moon landers
Read more →: NASA cancels lunar rover, shifts focus to commercial moon landersThe Resource Prospector prototype searches for a buried sample tube at the Johnson Space Center rock yard in…
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Photos: NASA’s InSight lander buttoned up for trip to Mars
Read more →: Photos: NASA’s InSight lander buttoned up for trip to MarsThe payload fairing of InSight’s Atlas 5 launcher was closed around the spacecraft April 16. Credit: USAF 30th…
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Video: Blue Origin flies New Shepard rocket for eighth time
Read more →: Video: Blue Origin flies New Shepard rocket for eighth timeVideo credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster, topped with a capsule carrying a dummy dubbed Mannequin…
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Suborbital test flight moves Blue Origin closer to launching people
Read more →: Suborbital test flight moves Blue Origin closer to launching peopleEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) with new apogee number. The New Shepard booster took off…
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NASA to replace cracked heat shield in time for Mars 2020 rover launch
Read more →: NASA to replace cracked heat shield in time for Mars 2020 rover launchArtist’s concept of the Mars Science Laboratory, containing the Curiosity rover, entering the Martian atmosphere. The Mars 2020…