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Live coverage: OSIRIS-REx descending toward asteroid Bennu for sampling run
by Stephen Clark on October 20, 2020 at 7:23 pm
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has begun its descent toward a touch and go landing on asteroid Bennu at 6:12 p.m. EDT (2212 GMT) Tuesday. The craft will attempt […]
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How OSIRIS-REx will snag a sample from asteroid Bennu
by Stephen Clark on October 20, 2020 at 5:37 pm
Mars rovers go through seven minutes of terror when they plunge into the Martian atmosphere at hypersonic speed. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will take a more […]
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After four-year journey, NASA spacecraft ready to touch an asteroid
by Stephen Clark on October 19, 2020 at 11:10 pm
Flying on autopilot more than 200 million miles from Earth, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on track for a daring touch and go landing on an asteroid Tuesday […]
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Watch the Falcon 9 launch in 4K video (members only)
by Spaceflight Now on October 18, 2020 at 7:22 pm
Watch a 4K video of a Falcon 9 rocket launching another batch of Starlink broadband internet satellites for SpaceX.
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SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites
by Stephen Clark on October 18, 2020 at 2:45 pm
SpaceX launched 60 more Starlink internet relay platforms into orbit Sunday as the company ramps up network testing in Washington state and touts a streak of […]
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Watch the Falcon 9 fire up its engines for static test
by Spaceflight Now on October 17, 2020 at 11:47 am
A Falcon 9 rocket fires up its nine first stage Merlin engines on Oct. 17 in readiness for the launch of the 14th batch of Starlink broadband satellites.
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center
by Stephen Clark on October 17, 2020 at 3:45 am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:25 a.m. EDT (1225 GMT) with 60 more Starlink internet satellites. SpaceX […]
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ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket still grounded by launch pad problem
by Stephen Clark on October 16, 2020 at 11:07 pm
United Launch Alliance engineers have resolved the problem that triggered an abort of a planned Delta 4-Heavy rocket launch Sept. 30, but the company said […]
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Photos: Soyuz launches new station crew with spectacular autumn blastoff
by Stephen Clark on October 16, 2020 at 9:54 pm
Photos released by Russia's space agency show the launch of a Soyuz booster Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with two Russian cosmonauts […]
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NASA selects proposals to demonstrate in-space refueling and propellant depot tech
by Stephen Clark on October 16, 2020 at 8:46 pm
NASA has selected 14 companies for contracts of more than $370 million to advance technology for human missions to the moon and Mars. Most of the money will […]