The EnVision mission to Venus will explore why Earth’s closest neighbor is so different. This artist’s concept shows the spacecraft superimposed on global views of Earth and Venus. Credit: NASA / JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic / VR2Planets A week after NASA selected two robotic missions for launch to Venus in the …
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A Long March 2D rocket lifts off from the Taiyuan space base with four satellites. Credit: CASC China launched four small satellites June 10 on a Long March 2D rocket, beginning Earth observation, asteroid monitoring, and technology demonstration missions. The hydrazine-fueled Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 11:03 p.m. EDT June 10 (0303 GMT …
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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Jeff Bezos and members of the Blue Origin team inspect a capsule after a landing in 2017. Credit: Blue Origin An unidentified enthusiast bid an astronomical $28 million Saturday to win an on-line auction for a seat aboard a New Shepard spacecraft and a chance to make history …
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An RL10 engine fires during launch of an Atlas 5 rocket May 18 with the U.S. Space Force’s SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance’s next Atlas 5 launch will carry Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule into orbit July 30 on its second unpiloted test fight, officials confirmed Thursday. An …
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft approaches the International Space Station in April. Credit: NASA SpaceX has signed a deal with Axiom Space, a Houston company that arranges private astronaut expeditions, for three more fully commercial Crew Dragon missions to the International Space Station beyond Axiom’s first Dragon flight in early 2022. Axiom announced the deal …
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Relativity Space announced plans Tuesday for a fully reusable two-stage rocket named the Terran R, a 3D-printed vehicle designed to haul more than 20 metric tons of cargo to low Earth orbit from a launch pad at Cape Canaveral. The company, based in Long Beach, California, revealed plans for the new rocket at the same …
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The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus as seen by NASA Magellan spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL NASA has selected two robotic missions for launch to Venus around 2029, the U.S. space agency’s first spacecraft in more than 30 years dedicated to exploring the hellishly hot second planet from the …
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China’s Fengyun 4B weather satellite takes off aboard a Long March 3B rocket. Credit: Xinhua China launched the Fengyun 4B weather observatory June 2 aboard a Long March 3B rocket, deploying the second in a new generation of geostationary spacecraft tracking typhoons, monitoring Earth’s climate, and measuring the space environment. The Fengyun 4B satellite will …
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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy captured this photo of SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft approaching the International Space Station on Saturday. Credit: Oleg Novitskiy/Roscosmos Wrapping up a two-day transit from a launch pad in Florida, a SpaceX Dragon capsule autonomously linked up with the International Space Station Saturday with more than 7,300 pounds of cargo, including new …
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A Falcon 9 rocket is test-fired early Thursday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX ignited a Falcon 9 rocket for a 10-second test-firing early Thursday on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, clearing a pre-flight check before a mission set to blast off just after midnight Sunday with …
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