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• Out of the Fog: Amazing SpaceX Launch Photos of Canada's Radarsat Constellation - Space.com
  Out of the Fog: Amazing SpaceX Launch Photos of Canada's Radarsat Constellation  Space.comOn June 12, 2019, a used SpaceX rocket launched three satellites for Canada's Radarsat Constellation Mission to study Earth from space. See the photos here!
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• Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are in an epic, years-long feud over space travel. Here's a timeline of the billionaires' most notable battles. - Business Insider
  Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are in an epic, years-long feud over space travel. Here's a timeline of the billionaires' most notable battles.  Business InsiderThe billionaires often criticize each other's rockets and space-exploration plans, but they'v…
  - 2 days ago 15 Jun 19, 12:49pm -
• Editorial: Wrap-up - Richmond.com
  Editorial: Wrap-up  Richmond.comOn Saturday, June 15, the Virginia War Memorial is holding a Flag Day retirement ceremony. Flag retirement is the term used to describe the proper and ...
  - 2 days ago 15 Jun 19, 2:30am -
• Relativity Space secures facility at NASA center for rocket launches from Space Coast - Florida Today
  Relativity Space secures facility at NASA center for rocket launches from Space Coast  Florida TodayRelativity Space has secured space at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for manufacturing rockets that will launch from the Space Coast.
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• Why the V-2 rocket was one of the 20th century's most influential inventions - The New European
  Why the V-2 rocket was one of the 20th century's most influential inventions  The New EuropeanThe V-2 was a mere footnote of the Second World War - despite the destructive power and terror it created.
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• Proton rocket, Russian-German astronomy satellite arrive at launch pad - Spaceflight Now
  Proton rocket, Russian-German astronomy satellite arrive at launch pad  Spaceflight NowYour 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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• Graphic: 60 years of rockets flown by astronauts - National Geographic
  Graphic: 60 years of rockets flown by astronauts  National GeographicThis graphic charts the history of spaceflight, from Russia's reliable early vehicles to today's privately engineered crafts.
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• ULA Preparing Proven Hardware and New Innovations for Vulcan - NASASpaceflight.com
  ULA Preparing Proven Hardware and New Innovations for Vulcan  NASASpaceflight.comBuilding on a legacy of reliable launch vehicles and flight-proven hardware, United Launch Alliance is progressing towards initial launch capability for their next ..…
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• Relativity to Build Factory for 3D-Printed Rockets at NASA's Stennis Space Center - Space.com
  Relativity to Build Factory for 3D-Printed Rockets at NASA's Stennis Space Center  Space.comSmall launch vehicle developer Relativity announced June 11 it will establish a production facility for its Terran 1 rocket at NASA's Stennis Space Center.…
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• New space telescope to create a 3D X-ray map of Universe - Down To Earth Magazine
  New space telescope to create a 3D X-ray map of Universe  Down To Earth MagazineThe Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma telescope aims to detect up to 3 mn supermassive black holes — many of which will be new to science — and X-rays from ...
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• Are we alone?: NASA's Mars plans remain elusive decades after worries about aliens - Houston Chronicle
  Are we alone?: NASA's Mars plans remain elusive decades after worries about aliens  Houston Chronicle Published June 13, 2019. One in an occasional series. Before the U.S. put the first man on the moon, before the Soviet Union launched the first s…
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• Apollo-era tech built foundation, but private industry now leads space innovation - UPI News
  Apollo-era tech built foundation, but private industry now leads space innovation  UPI NewsSpace travel technology may seem to have stalled since the Apollo and the space shuttle eras, but private industry is fueling rapid innovation.
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• Hispasat buyer secures 500M euro credit line • ESA, Polish firms study rocket tech • CETel buys UK teleport operator - SpaceNews
  Hispasat buyer secures 500M euro credit line • ESA, Polish firms study rocket tech • CETel buys UK teleport operator  SpaceNewsRed Eléctrica said the credit line, formalized June 12, is available for five years with the possibility of extensi…
  - 5 days ago 12 Jun 19, 6:10pm -
• Wisconsin-made engine to power NASA rockets - WTMJ-TV
  Wisconsin-made engine to power NASA rockets  WTMJ-TVThe Sierra Nevada Corporation manufactures and tests is “Vortex” engine in central Wisconsin, with hundreds of high tech engineering and manufacturing jobs ...
  - 5 days ago 12 Jun 19, 12:24pm -
• Fusion-Powered Spacecraft Could Be Just a Decade Away - Space.com
  Fusion-Powered Spacecraft Could Be Just a Decade Away  Space.comFusion-powered spacecraft may not be just a sci-fi dream for much longer. The Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) engine could take flight for the first time in 2028 or so, ...
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• Posters for Ekta Kapoor's Mangalyaan Series Don't Show ISRO Rockets – Why it Matters - The Wire
  Posters for Ekta Kapoor's Mangalyaan Series Don't Show ISRO Rockets – Why it Matters  The WireOne poster shows the show's protagonists flanking a Russian Soyuz launcher. Another shows their faces lined up over an ascending NASA Space Shuttle.
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• California company to build and test rockets at Stennis Space Center - WWLTV.com
  California company to build and test rockets at Stennis Space Center  WWLTV.comBAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — A California rocket company announced Tuesday that it plans to build and test rockets at a NASA facility in Mississippi, part of its ...
  - 5 days ago 12 Jun 19, 9:54am -
• SpaceX Falcon 9 lofts three Canadian radar satellites - NASASpaceflight.com
  SpaceX Falcon 9 lofts three Canadian radar satellites  NASASpaceflight.comSpaceX deployed Canada's Radarsat Constellation via a Falcon 9 launch Wednesday. Lifting off from California's Vandenberg Air Force base at 07:17 Pacific ...
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• Space telescope to chart first map of the Universe in high-energy X-rays - Nature.com
  Space telescope to chart first map of the Universe in high-energy X-rays  Nature.comA German–Russian mission called SRG will detect millions of supermassive black holes, many new to science, and hundreds of thousands of stars.
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• Inflatables, solids, strap-ons and riders – oh my, it's the week in space - The Register
  Inflatables, solids, strap-ons and riders – oh my, it's the week in space  The RegisterRoundup Presidential frothing over NASA's direction was swiftly wiped from the walls last week while ESA continued quietly progressing towards new rockets ...…
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• Relativity to build rocket factory at Stennis - SpaceNews
  Relativity to build rocket factory at Stennis  SpaceNewsSmall launch vehicle developer Relativity announced June 11 it will establish a production facility for its Terran 1 rocket at NASA's Stennis Space Center.
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• Nasa to test safer 'green' rocket fuel in space mission - E&T Magazine
  Nasa to test safer 'green' rocket fuel in space mission  E&T MagazineNasa has created a new “green” fuel for propelling spacecraft that will be tested later this month in space.
  - 6 days ago 11 Jun 19, 12:25pm -
• Mars 2020 Spacecraft Shaken, Stirred and Chilled in Tests of Space Worthiness - KQED
  Mars 2020 Spacecraft Shaken, Stirred and Chilled in Tests of Space Worthiness  KQEDThe Mars 2020 rover endures grueling tests of sound, vacuum, heat and cold before its July 2020 launch.
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• SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy to usher Air Force into a new era of reusable rockets - Teslarati
  SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy to usher Air Force into a new era of reusable rockets  TeslaratiAfter a few late-stage schedule tweaks, SpaceX's third Falcon Heavy launch – set to deliver 24 spacecraft to a variety of orbits – is ready to usher t…
  - 7 days ago 11 Jun 19, 12:29am -
• Apollo 11 at 50: A Complete Guide to the Historic Moon Landing Mission - Space.com
  Apollo 11 at 50: A Complete Guide to the Historic Moon Landing Mission  Space.comApollo 11, the historic mission that landed humans on the moon for the first time, turns 50 this year.
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• Elon Musk's SpaceX is developing giant Mars rockets in a sleepy town in southern Texas. Here's what it's like to visit. - Business Insider
  Elon Musk's SpaceX is developing giant Mars rockets in a sleepy town in southern Texas. Here's what it's like to visit.  Business InsiderBoca Chica is home to a beach, a village, and SpaceX's Texas launch site, where Elon Musk's company is develop…
  - 7 days ago 10 Jun 19, 2:05pm -
• Students Compete in NASA Rocket Event | News | WPI - WPI News
  Students Compete in NASA Rocket Event | News | WPI  WPI NewsOver the past year, nearly two dozen WPI students designed and built a rocket and payload, with 18 of them going on as a team to enter NASA's University ...
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• Unveiling technologies for future launch vehicles - Space Daily
  Unveiling technologies for future launch vehicles  Space DailyESA safeguards Europe's guaranteed access to space through its Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, FLPP. FLPP weighs up the opportunities and risks ...
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• Aerojet Rocketdyne Opens State-of-the-Art Rocket Propulsion Facility in Huntsville - Space Daily
  Aerojet Rocketdyne Opens State-of-the-Art Rocket Propulsion Facility in Huntsville  Space DailySenior Alabama officials joined Aerojet Rocketdyne's CEO Eileen Drake and Executive Chairman Warren Lichtenstein at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the ..…
  - 7 days ago 10 Jun 19, 7:12am -
• Michigan company helping NASA speed up SLS development - SpaceFlight Insider
  Michigan company helping NASA speed up SLS development  SpaceFlight InsiderAs NASA works to meet its goal of returning astronauts to the Moon by 2024, a Michigan-based company is helping to accelerate the production of the space ...
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• Falcon Heavy: SpaceX's Workhorse Readies for Its Most Challenging Test Yet - Inverse
  Falcon Heavy: SpaceX's Workhorse Readies for Its Most Challenging Test Yet  InverseSpaceX is about to take on the Falcon Heavy's next major challenge: a launch that reuses two cores from a previous mission, the first time that the world's most ...…
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• Rocket Report: A Yellow Sea launch, SpaceX’s upcoming high-value mission - Ars Technica
  Rocket Report: A Yellow Sea launch, SpaceX’s upcoming high-value mission  Ars TechnicaWelcome to Edition 2.03 of the Rocket Report! We're a week into June, and the small-space race is heating up, just like the Northern Hemisphere.
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• First Falcon Heavy night launch slips to June 24 - Spaceflight Now
  First Falcon Heavy night launch slips to June 24  Spaceflight NowFile photo of a Falcon Heavy rocket rolling out to pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX. The first nighttime launch of SpaceX's ...
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• NASA reaches new milestone on SLS rocket - gasworld
  NASA reaches new milestone on SLS rocket  gasworldNASA has achieved a significant milestone in manufacturing the first large, complex core stage that will help power the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on ...
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• Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin is going to the moon to ‘save the Earth’ - VentureBeat
  Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin is going to the moon to ‘save the Earth’  VentureBeatJeff Bezos talked about why he thinks going to the moon is important and how robots that can grasp things will be an important future tech trend.
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• Before Elon Musk reaches Mars, SpaceX may need to survive South Texas - Business Insider
  Before Elon Musk reaches Mars, SpaceX may need to survive South Texas  Business InsiderSpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket company, is building its Starship rocket and launch site in South Texas. The project has proved complicated.
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• James Webb Space Telescope, SLS Megarocket Drive Up Cost and Schedule Growth on NASA Programs - Space.com
  James Webb Space Telescope, SLS Megarocket Drive Up Cost and Schedule Growth on NASA Programs  Space.comNASA is suffering growing problems with cost and schedule on its major programs, driven by continued issues with two of its highest profile eff…
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• During Soviet times, Ukraine was famous for its rocket and space industry - Why Ukraine's space sector is totally dilapidated - 112 International
  During Soviet times, Ukraine was famous for its rocket and space industry - Why Ukraine's space sector is totally dilapidated  112 InternationalDuring Soviet times, Ukraine was famous for its rocket and space industry. After gaining independence,…
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• A Mythical Form of Space Propulsion Finally Gets a Real Test - WIRED
  A Mythical Form of Space Propulsion Finally Gets a Real Test  WIREDScientists have debated for decades whether the propulsion concept known as EmDrive is real or wishful thinking. A sensitive new tool may at last provide an ...
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• Core stage of NASA's Space Launch System Moon rocket moves closer to completion - New Atlas
  Core stage of NASA's Space Launch System Moon rocket moves closer to completion  New AtlasEngineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have now joined together four fifths of the Space Launch System's (SLS) core stage.
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• ESA promotes Vega's evolution for independent European access to space - NASASpaceflight.com
  ESA promotes Vega's evolution for independent European access to space  NASASpaceflight.comArianespace's future ambitions in the launch services market will be focused on two new launch vehicles. The Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets will be tasked with…
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• NASA and Virgin Orbit 3D print, test rocket combustion chamber - Green Car Congress
  NASA and Virgin Orbit 3D print, test rocket combustion chamber  Green Car CongressMultiple NASA centers have partnered with Virgin Orbit to develop and to test a 3D printed combustion chamber. Virgin Orbit air launches rockets carrying small ...
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• Warren Builder Helps Construct NASA Rocket to the Moon - U.S. News & World Report
  Warren Builder Helps Construct NASA Rocket to the Moon  U.S. News & World ReportWARREN, Mich. (AP) — Houston, NASA is ready for liftoff — well, almost, thanks to a Warren-based design and build business.
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• A mighty thunderous silence: The Saturn F-1 engine after Apollo - The Space Review
  A mighty thunderous silence: The Saturn F-1 engine after Apollo  The Space ReviewThe Saturn V's F-1 engine is probably the most legendary rocket engine ever built. After a problematic early start that destroyed several test stands, the powerful ..…
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• The CEO of United Launch Alliance on surviving a 'flat' market - DefenseNews.com
  The CEO of United Launch Alliance on surviving a 'flat' market  DefenseNews.comWASHINGTON — In his first five years on the job, Tory Bruno led United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, through a ...
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• Saving Colonel Pruett - The Space Review
  Saving Colonel Pruett  The Space ReviewIn this 50th anniversary year of the first Apollo lunar landing missions, we can reflect not only on those missions but also on movies, including the reality-based, ...
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• The Space Coast's Glory Days, 50 years after Apollo 11's Moon Mission. - Flamingo Magazine
  The Space Coast's Glory Days, 50 years after Apollo 11's Moon Mission.  Flamingo MagazineIt's a childhood memory seared onto my brain as much as learning to ride a bike and losing my first tooth: watching a live space shuttle launch on Florida's .…
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• Rocket engine for the Dream Chaser space plane undergoes first public test-fire - New Atlas
  Rocket engine for the Dream Chaser space plane undergoes first public test-fire  New AtlasThere's a lot riding on the development of Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser space plane. The company has now offered the public the first fiery look at the engin…
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• NASA and Virgin Orbit 3D print multimetallic chamber for rocket engine - 3D Printing Industry
  NASA and Virgin Orbit 3D print multimetallic chamber for rocket engine  3D Printing IndustryNASA and satellite launch company Virgin Orbit have produced a working 3D printed combustion chamber for a rocket engine. Made using copper, the ...
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• Rocket Report: Omega rocket blows a nozzle, NASA still wants 2020 SLS launch - Ars Technica
  Rocket Report: Omega rocket blows a nozzle, NASA still wants 2020 SLS launch  Ars TechnicaWelcome to Edition 2.02 of the Rocket Report! We've got lots of heavy-lift news this week, including reports on potential problems with a test of the Omega .…
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• Vortex Rocket Engine for Private Dream Chaser Space Plane Passes Big Test - Space.com
  Vortex Rocket Engine for Private Dream Chaser Space Plane Passes Big Test  Space.comIn a new video, Sierra Nevada Corp. shared footage from a test of the Vortex engine, which the company plans to use for commercial launches as early as 2021.
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• NGIS OmegA fires for two minutes in first static test – nozzle incident under review - NASASpaceflight.com
  NGIS OmegA fires for two minutes in first static test – nozzle incident under review  NASASpaceflight.comThe Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital ATK) OmegA rocket conducted a key test today when its Castor 600 first stage fired…
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• Northrop Grumman to investigate anomaly after OmegA's first rocket motor test - SpaceNews
  Northrop Grumman to investigate anomaly after OmegA's first rocket motor test  SpaceNews“What we observed today was successful test,” said Kent Rominger, Northrop Grumman's vice president and capture lead for the OmegA launch system.
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• Rocket engine test sets stage for launch to space station in 2021 - WKOW
  Rocket engine test sets stage for launch to space station in 2021  WKOWA rocket engine that will be used in a new spacecraft when it services the International Space Station had a test firing today at the former Badger Army ...
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• Building a rocket in a garage to take on SpaceX and Blue Origin - CNET
  Building a rocket in a garage to take on SpaceX and Blue Origin  CNETGilmour Space Technologies is a plucky startup in the new space race. Its first mission: sending a powerful hybrid rocket to the edge of space.
  - 19 days ago 29 May 19, 7:00am -