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• newAir Force technologies supported historic Apollo 11 mission - Dayton Daily News
  Air Force technologies supported historic Apollo 11 mission  Dayton Daily NewsThe United States recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong's historic first walk on the moon. Project Apollo, led by NASA in the ...
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• newWatch NASA’s fiery Orion launch abort system ace its latest test - SlashGear
  Watch NASA’s fiery Orion launch abort system ace its latest test  SlashGearNASA's Artemis 2 mission is one step closer to launch, with the Orion spacecraft acing another fiery pre-takeoff test as it prepares to carry astronauts into.
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• newExhilarating close-up video captures the ULA's Delta IV rocket as it blasts off on its final mission - Daily Mail
  Exhilarating close-up video captures the ULA's Delta IV rocket as it blasts off on its final mission  Daily MailSpaceflight photographer John Kraus says the video was taken less than 300 feet away, and captures the towering craft's violent launch…
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• new'Mission Mangal' Tells the True Story of the Women Behind India's First Mission to Mars - Space.com
  'Mission Mangal' Tells the True Story of the Women Behind India's First Mission to Mars  Space.comYour browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video.
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• new“We're Going to 3-D Print the First Rocket Made on Mars” - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering - USC Viterbi School of Engineering
  “We're Going to 3-D Print the First Rocket Made on Mars” - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering  USC Viterbi School of EngineeringTim Ellis, named to MIT Technology Review's 2019 “35 Innovators Under 35” for his use of massive 3-D printers…
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• newRussia sent a humanoid robot as its first passenger on its new Soyuz booster - Z6Mag
  Russia sent a humanoid robot as its first passenger on its new Soyuz booster  Z6MagRussia's Roscosmos space agency has sent a life-size humanoid robot on a mission to the International Space Station using its new soyuz booster.
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• newStennis Space Center a “hidden wonder” home to major advanced technology developments - Mississippi Business Journal
  Stennis Space Center a “hidden wonder” home to major advanced technology developments  Mississippi Business JournalBy BECKY GILLETTE. Most people traveling along Interstate 10 in coastal Mississippi have little idea of the large federal city l…
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• newThese three companies are all aiming to land the first private spacecraft on the Moon in two years - The Verge
  These three companies are all aiming to land the first private spacecraft on the Moon in two years  The VergeThe Moon is a hot destination right now — especially for NASA, which wants to send people back to the lunar surface, but also for the pr…
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• newNASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock Could Revolutionize Space Travel - Bloomberg
  NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock Could Revolutionize Space Travel  BloombergOriginally published by Jack Forster on Hodinkee. In June 25th, at 2:30 AM, a giant rocket roared skyward from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space ...
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• The most complex and final part added to Orion spacecraft: NASA - Industry News Info
  The most complex and final part added to Orion spacecraft: NASA  Industry News InfoAt present, NASA is in the middle of fabricating their new rocket that is meant to take a few very fortunate astronauts by 2024 to the lunar surface. Now the final…
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• NASA's Space Launch System Debut Looks Set To Slip Into 2021 - Aviation Week
  NASA's Space Launch System Debut Looks Set To Slip Into 2021  Aviation WeekContractors for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket indicate the agency's decision to put the core stage through a “green run” full-scale ground ...
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• Americans nab new parking spot in space - The Australian
  Americans nab new parking spot in space  The AustralianSpacewalking astronauts added another parking spot to the International Space Station yesterday.
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• A Rocketing Stock That Won't Fall Back to Earth - The Wall Street Journal
  A Rocketing Stock That Won't Fall Back to Earth  The Wall Street JournalIt has been 50 years since humans first landed on the Moon, but the maker of the engines that took them there may have further to go. U.S. rocket maker Aerojet ...
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• Delta IV Medium Rocket, the Last Of Its Kind, Launches GPS Satellite for US Air Force - Space.com
  Delta IV Medium Rocket, the Last Of Its Kind, Launches GPS Satellite for US Air Force  Space.comDelta 4 rocket's launch timeline with GPS 3 SV02  Spaceflight NowLast Delta 4 Medium launches GPS-3 satellite  SpaceNewsEnd of an era for UL…
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• Humanoid robot flight: Russians launch rocket test flight with robot passenger known as Skybot F-850 and as FEDOR - CBS News
  Humanoid robot flight: Russians launch rocket test flight with robot passenger known as Skybot F-850 and as FEDOR  CBS NewsThe humanoid robot is known as Skybot F-850 and as FEDOR; the test flight was needed to clear an upgraded Soyuz booster to l…
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• Spacewalking NASA astronauts add parking spot to space station - New York Post
  Spacewalking NASA astronauts add parking spot to space station  New York Post NASA astronauts successfully installed a docking port delivered by SpaceX last month. It will be used by SpaceX and Boeing once they start launching ...
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• Plan for First US Mission to the Moon Since Apollo Landing - Voice of America
  Plan for First US Mission to the Moon Since Apollo Landing  Voice of AmericaThe company Astrobotic is planning an unmanned mission to the moon by 2021.
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• THE I-10 ROCKET REGION — To Stennis and beyond - Mississippi Business Journal
  THE I-10 ROCKET REGION — To Stennis and beyond  Mississippi Business Journal... » Boeing is building the heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket in New Orleans, now Relativity will build 3D printed light launch vehicles 35 miles away at ...
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• Nuclear Propulsion Could Be 'Game-Changer' for Space Exploration, NASA Chief Says - Space.com
  Nuclear Propulsion Could Be 'Game-Changer' for Space Exploration, NASA Chief Says  Space.comHumanity's next giant leap could be enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.
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• Aethera's New RF Power Processing Unit for the VASIMRâ Engine Completes Full Power Acceptance Tests at Ad Astra Rocket Company's Texas Facility. - Space Ref
  Aethera's New RF Power Processing Unit for the VASIMRâ Engine Completes Full Power Acceptance Tests at Ad Astra Rocket Company's Texas Facility.  Space RefPress Release From: Ad Astra Rocket Company Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2019. A new generat…
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• Builders say first Space Launch System rocket won’t launch until 2021 - AL.com
  Builders say first Space Launch System rocket won’t launch until 2021  AL.comThe people building it say NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is still nearly two years away from launch.
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• New Space Race? SpaceX and Blue Origin Could Compete to Send Humans to Moon - Inverse
  New Space Race? SpaceX and Blue Origin Could Compete to Send Humans to Moon  InverseWho will be the next person to step on the moon? If a new competition comes to light, it could be an astronaut recruited by SpaceX or Blue Origin. A team of ...
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• Squabbles over NASA's lunar lander, Astrobotics takes a punt on ULA and India arrives at the Moon - The Register
  Squabbles over NASA's lunar lander, Astrobotics takes a punt on ULA and India arrives at the Moon  The RegisterRound Up While India arrived in lunar orbit this morning, bickering over who would lead NASA's next lander flared up, Rocket Lab notched…
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• Atlas, Delta rocket factory begins transition to Vulcan Centaur - SpaceNews
  Atlas, Delta rocket factory begins transition to Vulcan Centaur  SpaceNewsVulcan scores its first two customers as ULA begins factory upgrades in preparation for the transition to Vulcan production. DECATUR, Ala. — A booster ...
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• Long March 3B launches Chinasat-18 - waiting on status - NASASpaceflight.com
  Long March 3B launches Chinasat-18 - waiting on status  NASASpaceflight.comChina launched Zhongxing-18 (or Chinasat-18) – a civilian communications satellite – on Monday via the use of a Long March-3B/G2 (Chang Zheng-3B/G2) ...
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• Big Leap by SpaceX's Starship Prototype Pushed to Next Week - Space.com
  Big Leap by SpaceX's Starship Prototype Pushed to Next Week  Space.comIt looks like we'll have to wait a little longer to see Starhopper make its biggest leap yet. SpaceX had been hoping to launch Starhopper, an early test prototype of ...
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• Why Build Big Rockets at All? It's Time for Orbital Refueling - Universe Today
  Why Build Big Rockets at All? It's Time for Orbital Refueling  Universe TodayOn Tuesday, July 30th, NASA announced 19 different partnerships with 13 different companies to use their expertise to help them develop space technologies, ...
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• NASA Moon landing: Space agency's incredible SLS rocket is ’90 percent complete’ - Express.co.uk
  NASA Moon landing: Space agency's incredible SLS rocket is ’90 percent complete’  Express.co.ukNASA's flagship Space Launch System (SLS) – a rocket set to power the next generation of astronauts to the Moon - is “90 percent complete”, th…
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• Apollo to OmegA: NASA signs over legacy launcher for new rocket - collectSPACE.com
  Apollo to OmegA: NASA signs over legacy launcher for new rocket  collectSPACE.comA mobile launch platform that 50 years ago supported the first moon landing mission will now find new use with a commercial rocket. NASA provided its Apollo ...
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• NASA unveils new megarocket to be launched from Space Coast - WESH 2 Orlando
  NASA unveils new megarocket to be launched from Space Coast  WESH 2 OrlandoIt's the world's largest, and it's coming to Central Florida to be launched past the moon.
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• Northrop Grumman Engineers Recall Their Work on Apollo 11 Mission – Northrop Grumman - Now. Powered by Northrop Grumman.
  Northrop Grumman Engineers Recall Their Work on Apollo 11 Mission – Northrop Grumman  Now. Powered by Northrop Grumman.More than 400000 government employees and private contractors toiled in anonymity on the Apollo 11 mission, including Northrop…
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• How SpaceX's Starship Will Help Establish a Mars Base - Space.com
  How SpaceX's Starship Will Help Establish a Mars Base  Space.comAs NASA works toward its long-term goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars, SpaceX is fleshing out its plans to help NASA make that dream a reality.
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• Moon Fever | by James Gleick - The New York Review of Books
  Moon Fever | by James Gleick  The New York Review of BooksCharles Le Morvan: Systematic Photographic Map of the Moon, Decreasing Phases, 1899–1909. High and preposterous and separate— Lozenge of love!
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• India's Chandrayaan-2 Spacecraft Leaves Earth Behind for Trip to the Moon - Space.com
  India's Chandrayaan-2 Spacecraft Leaves Earth Behind for Trip to the Moon  Space.comIndia's Chandrayaan-2 mission has marked another milestone in its journey to the moon, leaving Earth's orbit and heading toward lunar orbit with an engine ...
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• Sierra Nevada selects ULA's Vulcan rocket to launch Dream Chaser missions - Spaceflight Now
  Sierra Nevada selects ULA's Vulcan rocket to launch Dream Chaser missions  Spaceflight NowSierra Nevada Corp. has booked at least six launches on United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan Centaur rocket to carry Dream Chaser supply ships into orbit on .…
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• Blue Origin protests launch contract rules as it competes with SpaceX, ULA, Northrop Grumman - GeekWire
  Blue Origin protests launch contract rules as it competes with SpaceX, ULA, Northrop Grumman  GeekWireAmazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture is protesting the rules of the game for awarding future national security launch contrac…
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• Four rocket companies are competing for Air Force funding, and it is war - Ars Technica
  Four rocket companies are competing for Air Force funding, and it is war  Ars TechnicaMonday marked the deadline for four US rocket companies to submit bids for Air Force contracts, encompassing all national security launches from 2022 to 2026 ...…
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• The Rocket Engine for NASA's New Orion Spacecraft Just Aced a Critical Test (Video) - Space.com
  The Rocket Engine for NASA's New Orion Spacecraft Just Aced a Critical Test (Video)  Space.comOn Aug. 5, 2019, Orion's *service* module aced a propulsion test.
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• Atlas V launches AEHF-5 from Cape Canaveral - NASASpaceflight.com
  Atlas V launches AEHF-5 from Cape Canaveral  NASASpaceflight.comUnited Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket has deployed an advanced communications satellite for the US Air Force Thursday morning. Atlas lifted off from Cape ...
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• Rocket Report: China discovers grid fins, NASA acknowledges Starship program - Ars Technica
  Rocket Report: China discovers grid fins, NASA acknowledges Starship program  Ars TechnicaWelcome to Edition 2.09 of the Rocket Report! This week, we've got a few highs but more lows—including small-rocket launch failures in Australia and Japan.…
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• NASA Announces Industry Partnerships to Advance Moon, Mars Technology - NASA Planetary Science
  NASA Announces Industry Partnerships to Advance Moon, Mars Technology  NASA Planetary ScienceAs NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, commercial companies are developing new technologies, working toward ...
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• Rocket Report: Chinese firm first to orbit, Starhopper makes its big leap - Ars Technica
  Rocket Report: Chinese firm first to orbit, Starhopper makes its big leap  Ars TechnicaWelcome to Edition 2.08 of the Rocket Report! This week's report comes from Brownsville, Texas, where we came to see if SpaceX's Starhopper can actually hop ...…
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• NASA Will Perform a Key 'Green Run' Test of Its SLS Megarocket After All - Space.com
  NASA Will Perform a Key 'Green Run' Test of Its SLS Megarocket After All  Space.comNASA will indeed perform a lengthy, involved "green run" test of its new Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket ahead of the vehicle's first flight next year, ...
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• SpaceX Launches Used Dragon Capsule on Historic 3rd Cargo Run to Space Station - Space.com
  SpaceX Launches Used Dragon Capsule on Historic 3rd Cargo Run to Space Station  Space.comCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched its 18th commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station today (July 25), then stuck a ...
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• Northrop's strong grip on solid rocket motor market crippled Boeing in ICBM competition - SpaceNews
  Northrop's strong grip on solid rocket motor market crippled Boeing in ICBM competition  SpaceNewsBoeing has informed the Air Force that it will not bid Ground Based Strategic Deterrent engineering and manufacturing development. Updated July 25 wi…
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• Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Boost the Power of Its Huge Super Heavy Rocket - Space.com
  Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Boost the Power of Its Huge Super Heavy Rocket  Space.comSpaceX's Mars-colonizing rocket will be even more powerful than we had thought. The Super Heavy megabooster, which will launch SpaceX's 100-passenger ...
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• SpaceX to Launch Used Dragon Cargo Ship for NASA on July 24 - Space.com
  SpaceX to Launch Used Dragon Cargo Ship for NASA on July 24  Space.comThe next SpaceX launch is just days away as the California-based rocket builder is targeting Wednesday, July 24, for the launch of its next robotic resupply ...
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• SpaceX Test-Fires 'Starhopper' Starship Prototype, Creates Big Fireball - Space.com
  SpaceX Test-Fires 'Starhopper' Starship Prototype, Creates Big Fireball  Space.comThe Tuesday (July 16) test, which lasted approximately 5 seconds, seemed to be successful despite bright orange flames engulfing the vehicle after its single ...
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• The Saturn V Rocket | Wernher von Braun and the Apollo 11 Mission - Popular Mechanics
  The Saturn V Rocket | Wernher von Braun and the Apollo 11 Mission  Popular MechanicsMore than 40 years in the making, the Saturn V rocket was born out of the bloodiest war in history but grew up to become humanity's crowning engineering ...
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• 50 Years Ago, Apollo 11 Launched to the Moon: A Look Back at the Epic Day - Space.com
  50 Years Ago, Apollo 11 Launched to the Moon: A Look Back at the Epic Day  Space.comToday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch on board a Saturn V rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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• 50 years after the moon landing, the Saturn V rocket—now an Alabama landmark—is an astronomical site to be seen - Roadtrippers Magazine
  50 years after the moon landing, the Saturn V rocket—now an Alabama landmark—is an astronomical site to be seen  Roadtrippers MagazineThe Saturn V rocket is the epicenter for Huntsville festivities celebrating Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong's…
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• NASA Moves Forward With Plans For Multi-Billion-Dollar Moon Rocket - NPR
  NASA Moves Forward With Plans For Multi-Billion-Dollar Moon Rocket  NPRNASA is building its most powerful rocket ever, a moon rocket, which will cost billions of dollars. But the effort has sparked debate about whether NASA should ...
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• Houston’s ‘garbage collection’ space technology could help astronauts get to Mars - Houston Chronicle
  Houston’s ‘garbage collection’ space technology could help astronauts get to Mars  Houston Chronicle The goal is to clean up the roadways of space travel. But if the technology works, a Houston company's invention would do much more, propell…
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• Could NASA build the Saturn V today? It's working on it. With a twist. - Fox News
  Could NASA build the Saturn V today? It's working on it. With a twist.  Fox NewsFor a few magic years in the 1960s and 1970s, a powerful rocket hefted humans towards the moon. The Saturn V is probably NASA's most famous rocket, with its ...
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• Blue Origin's Next Rocket Engine Could Send the First Settlers to the Moon - IEEE Spectrum
  Blue Origin's Next Rocket Engine Could Send the First Settlers to the Moon  IEEE SpectrumIn a cavernous building in Washington state, Blue Origin workers are constructing New Glenn's BE-4 engine.
  - 46 days ago 9 Jul 19, 7:00am -