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Beidou navigation satellite successfully launched by China
Read more →: Beidou navigation satellite successfully launched by ChinaA Long March 3B rocket lifts off Saturday from the Xichang space base in China. Credit: Xinhua Another…
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SpaceX confirms anomaly during Crew Dragon abort engine test
Read more →: SpaceX confirms anomaly during Crew Dragon abort engine testEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) with additional details. Updated at 7:55 p.m. EDT (2355…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon suffers anomaly during engine test; no injuries reported
Read more →: SpaceX Crew Dragon suffers anomaly during engine test; no injuries reportedA SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule is hauled aboard a recovery ship at the end of a mission to…
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Lockheed Martin joins the discussion about cloud computing services in space
Read more →: Lockheed Martin joins the discussion about cloud computing services in spaceSatellites could extend cloud computing to the final frontier. (Lockheed Martin Illustration) Is the final frontier the next…
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Cygnus supply ship delivers 3.8-ton cargo load to International Space Station
Read more →: Cygnus supply ship delivers 3.8-ton cargo load to International Space StationThe Cygnus spacecraft, christened the S.S. Roger Chaffee, is in the firm grasp of the space station’s Canadian-built…
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Errant command doomed Israeli moon lander, officials vow to try again
Read more →: Errant command doomed Israeli moon lander, officials vow to try againA camera aboard the Israeli Beresheet lunar lander captured this picture of the moon from an altitude of…
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Antares rocket boosts Cygnus supply ship toward International Space Station
Read more →: Antares rocket boosts Cygnus supply ship toward International Space StationNorthrop Grumman’s Antares rocket lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter…
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Earthrise Alliance aims to turn data from space into a resource for climate action
Read more →: Earthrise Alliance aims to turn data from space into a resource for climate actionDuring her stint as NASA’s deputy administrator, Lori Garver visited Seattle’s Museum of Flight in 2011 for a…
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Blue Origin strikes a deal with NASA to use a historic rocket test stand in Alabama
Read more →: Blue Origin strikes a deal with NASA to use a historic rocket test stand in AlabamaA 1965 photo shows a Saturn V first-stage rocket engine being test-fired at Marshall Space Flight Center’s Test…
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Photos: Ground crews load final cargo into Cygnus supply ship
Read more →: Photos: Ground crews load final cargo into Cygnus supply shipTechnicians working at launch pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia completed the final loading of…
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Antares launch timeline on the NG-11 mission
Read more →: Antares launch timeline on the NG-11 missionCredit: Orbital ATK Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Wednesday to begin…
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Beresheet bummer: Investigation of Israeli lunar lander’s crash points to human factor
Read more →: Beresheet bummer: Investigation of Israeli lunar lander’s crash points to human factorTeam SpaceIL says this was the last picture taken by the Beresheet lunar lander, at a distance of…