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Pence calls for NASA to land astronauts on the moon within five years
Read more →: Pence calls for NASA to land astronauts on the moon within five yearsVice President Mike Pence speaks at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in 2017. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz Vice President Mike…
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Rocket Lab launch with DARPA’s R3D2 satellite rescheduled for Thursday
Read more →: Rocket Lab launch with DARPA’s R3D2 satellite rescheduled for ThursdayEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 25 and March 26 with new target launch dates. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket during…
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NASA reshuffles spacewalk lineup, with all-female outing ruled out due to suit size
Read more →: NASA reshuffles spacewalk lineup, with all-female outing ruled out due to suit sizeNASA astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain swap batteries during a spacewalk. (NASA Photo) History’s first all-female spacewalk…
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Chinese startup plans first orbital launch attempt this week
Read more →: Chinese startup plans first orbital launch attempt this weekComponents of OneSpace’s first OS-M launch vehicle during an assembly rehearsal. Credit: OneSpace A Chinese startup named OneSpace…
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Timeline for Rocket Lab’s launch of DARPA’s R3D2 tech demo satellite
Read more →: Timeline for Rocket Lab’s launch of DARPA’s R3D2 tech demo satelliteEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 24, March 25 and 26 with new launch dates. Rocket Lab’s light-class Electron launcher…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches experimental satellite for DARPA
Read more →: Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches experimental satellite for DARPALive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on…
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Rocket Lab readies for launch with U.S. military satellite
Read more →: Rocket Lab readies for launch with U.S. military satelliteThe Electron rocket’s payload shroud for the R3D2 mission. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab teams in New Zealand…
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All-Italian launch from French Guiana lofts innovative environmental satellite
Read more →: All-Italian launch from French Guiana lofts innovative environmental satelliteA Vega rocket lifted off from French Guiana at 10:50 p.m. local time (9:50 p.m. EDT) Thursday. Credit:…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has big plans to expand New Glenn rocket factory in Florida
Read more →: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has big plans to expand New Glenn rocket factory in FloridaThe Blue Origin space venture aims to add to the massive facility it’s already built near Cape Canaveral…
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Spacewalkers hook up new batteries outside International Space Station
Read more →: Spacewalkers hook up new batteries outside International Space StationEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH…
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Jobs in space; a critical look at Facebook; women executives and pay equity
Read more →: GeekWire Calendar Picks: Jobs in space; a critical look at Facebook; women executives and pay equitySpace has always fascinated us geeks. Thanks to Star Wars, Star Trek and countless other science fiction media,…
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Two Minotaur launches planned this year from Virginia
Read more →: Two Minotaur launches planned this year from VirginiaFile photo of a Minotaur 5 launch in 2013 from pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located…