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SpaceX Releases Footage of Falcon 9 First-stage Splashdown

SpaceX released a video showing the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage making a “soft landing.”

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U.S. Commercial Weather Hopeful Secures NOAA Operating License

Jul. 22, 2014 | Civil Space

NASA Planetary Science Review To Be Released Soon

Jul. 22, 2014 | Civil Space

SpaceX Critics in the House Keep the Pressure on

Jul. 22, 2014 | Military Space

Thales Alenia Space To Build Telkom-3S for Indonesian Operator

Jul. 22, 2014 | Satellite Telecom

Deal with Thaicom Allows Australia’s NBN To Bring Broadband to 9,000 Additional Subscribers

Jul. 22, 2014 | Satellite Telecom

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Revenue Down 11 Percent

Jul. 22, 2014 | Financial Report

Consolidated Launch Range Award Now Expected in September

Jul. 21, 2014 | Military Space

Leidos To Get GPS Technical Support Contract

Jul. 21, 2014 | Military Space

Earth Science and Climate Monitoring | NASA Finds Key Role for Low-budget RapidScat Mission

Jul. 21, 2014 | Features

NanoRacks Aims To Offer Research Accommodations on ISS Exterior by Year's End

Jul. 18, 2014 | Civil Space

Palazzo Hopes To Update Commercial Launch Law this Year

Jul. 18, 2014 | Civil Space

Senate Spending Bill Directs U.S. Air Force To Develop Alternative GPS Payload

Jul. 18, 2014 | Military Space

From the Wires

The Evidence that Shows Iron Dome Is not Working (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

Former Rep. David Wu Wants To Tour China's Space Program with 12 Students (BuzzFeed Politics)

Russia To Phase Out Older Soyuz Rockets for International Space Station Runs (The Moscow Times)

Space Florida: Cape Risks Irrelevance (Florida Today)

Modi Asks Indian Space Scientists To Develop SAARC Satellite (The Times of India)

Next Angara Launch Attempt Weeks Away (The Moscow Times)

Former Roscosmos Chief Vladimir Popovkin Dies at 57 (Moscow Times)

Google In Talks To Take Virgin Galactic Stake (Sky News)

Boeing Tumbles as Cantor Loss Clouds Ex-Im Bank’s Future (Bloomberg)

Russia Turns off Data from IGS GPS Tracking Stations (GPS World)

SpaceX CEO Alleges Revolving Door Exists in National Security Launch Business (Washington Post)

Human Error Likely Cause of Proton-M Failure (RIA Novosti)

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Bezos Investment in Blue Origin Exceeds $500 Million

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has invested at least half a billion dollars
Special Report

News from the Farnborough International Airshow | Growth Prospects Limited for Israeli Satellite Builder

IAI risks having its space business growth stunted by a domestic government
Special Report

News from the Farnborough International Airshow | Britain Plots Course for Domestic Small-satellite Launcher

The British government on July 15 unveiled a broad strategy document
Special Report

News from the Farnborough International Airshow | Dauria Aerospace To Build Two Lightweight Telecom Satellites for Indo-U.S. Venture

Aniara has contracted for $210 million with Dauria to launch two all-
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Orbital Sciences Books First GeoStar-3 Orders, Nears Antares Engine Decision

Orbital Sciences booked the first two orders for its higher-power
Special Report

News from the Farnborough International Airshow | New Space Minister Pledges Continued Pro-investment Policies

Britain’s new space minister, acknowledging that he had “big boots to fill”
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News from the Farnborough International Airshow | U.S. Government Officials Tout Benefit of Space Technology Export Reforms

U.S. Commerce and State department officials on July 15 sought to persuade
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SES Jumps on Electric-propulsion Bandwagon with Latest Satellite Order

SES selected Airbus to build a large Ku-/Ka-band broadcast satellite for

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VIDEO | LLRV Testing Contributed to Apollo 11's Success

As NASA marks the 45th anniversary of the first Moon landing, it is important to remember the role of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV). The LLRVs led to the Lunar Landing Training Vehicles, and eventually the Apollo Lunar Module, which Apollo pilots used to land on the Moon. Credit: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center