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Live coverage: Europe’s next environmental sentinel lifts off
Read more →: Live coverage: Europe’s next environmental sentinel lifts offLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rockot launcher with Europe’s Sentinel 3B environmental monitoring satellite.…
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European environmental observer launched by Russian rocket
Read more →: European environmental observer launched by Russian rocketA new European satellite carrying instruments to track changes in the world’s oceans, measure receding ice sheets and…
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Photos: Sentinel 3B satellite prepared for launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Read more →: Photos: Sentinel 3B satellite prepared for launch from Plesetsk CosmodromeEurope’s Sentinel 3B environmental satellite was shipped to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia’s far northern Arkhangelsk region in…
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Atlas 5/InSight launch windows
Read more →: Atlas 5/InSight launch windowsArtist’s concept of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on its launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force…
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InSight Mars lander joined with Atlas 5 launcher at Vandenberg Air Force Base
Read more →: InSight Mars lander joined with Atlas 5 launcher at Vandenberg Air Force BaseFile photo of a payload being lifted atop an Atlas 5 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base before…
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SpaceX set to debut upgraded Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: SpaceX set to debut upgraded Falcon 9 rocketEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) to correct schedule for first Crew Dragon mission. File…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with TESS
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with TESSLook back on last week’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with NASA’s Transiting…
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Bridenstine sworn in as 13th NASA administrator
Read more →: Bridenstine sworn in as 13th NASA administratorSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine walk…
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After “terrific” launch, TESS nears first major orbit-raising burn
Read more →: After “terrific” launch, TESS nears first major orbit-raising burnArtist’s concept of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite in orbit. Credit: Orbital ATK NASA’s new planet-hunting TESS observatory…
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SpaceX to build BFR factory in Southern California
Read more →: SpaceX to build BFR factory in Southern CaliforniaArtist’s concept of SpaceX’s planned spaceship on the moon. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX plans to build its massive BFR…
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Orbital ATK names new launcher, selects upper stage engine
Read more →: Orbital ATK names new launcher, selects upper stage engineArtist’s illustration of Orbital ATK’s proposed OmegA rocket. Credit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK’s proposed rocket to answer the…
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Photos: A look back at last weekend’s Atlas 5 launch
Read more →: Photos: A look back at last weekend’s Atlas 5 launchThe most powerful configuration of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket blasted off April 14 from Cape Canaveral,…