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EXOS Aerospace Systems & Technologies completes hot fire test and receives FAA/AST launch license determination date
Spaceport America, America’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, and EXOS Aerospace Systems & Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of suborbital reusable space launch vehicles based in Caddo Mills, Texas, announce significant […]
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We’re Hosting a ‘State of NASA’ Event at an Agency Location Nearest You
NASA is opening its doors and inviting its social media followers and news media to an in-person ‘State of NASA’ event on Feb. 5, 2018, at one of the agency’s […]
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SpaceShipTwo performs glide flight in advance of powered tests
Virgin Galactic conducted its first test flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle in more than five months Jan. 11 as the company prepares to begin powered test flights of the vehicle.
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ISRO launches PSLV return to flight mission with 31 satellites
The PSLV lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 10:59 p.m. Eastern and placed into orbit a Cartosat 2 imaging satellite and 30 secondary payloads.
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Rockets to Study Space X-ray Emissions and Create Polar Mesospheric Cloud
NASA rockets launched during the Alaskan winter typically explore the interaction of solar winds with Earth’s atmosphere and the resulting auroras that dance across the night sky. However this winter, […]
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Camera focus shift won’t affect TESS mission
Scientists are confident a focus issue discovered last year with an upcoming NASA exoplanet mission won’t affect its ability to meet its goals.
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NASA Briefing Previews GOLD Mission to Explore Nearest Reaches of Space
NASA will host a briefing at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 4, about the agency’s upcoming science mission to explore where Earth’s atmosphere meets space. The live event will air […]
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Avanti tallies $114.1 million in impairment charges for Hylas-1 and 2 satellites
Avanti says the evolution of high-throughput satellites is outpacing the company’s satellite fleet, making it difficult to secure business with the Hylas 1 and Hylas 2 broadband satellites.
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SpaceX concludes 2017 with fourth Iridium Next launch
SpaceX closed out its most successful year to date Dec. 22 with the launch of 10 satellites for mobile satellite services operator Iridium, notching a personal best of 18 launches in a single year.
