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Amazon Switches Spacecraft for Launching Internet Satellites Next Month
Amazon plans to launch its first pair of prototype internet satellites late next month on a different rocket than previously planned, to avoid mounting rocket delays. The company will launch the first two satellites for Amazon's Kuiper program aboard a dedicated Atlas V rocket from the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture.
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NASA Test Payload Launches Into Space Onboard US Satellite for Improved Weather Forecasting
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite and the NASA test payload lifted off on Thursday from California. JPSS-2 was placed into an orbit that circles the Earth from pole to pole, joining previously launched satellites in a system designed to improve weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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Boeing Starliner Capsule Safely Lands on Earth, to Get Ready for NASA’s Crewed Mission in Future
Boeing Starliner astronaut capsule returned from the International Space Station, landing safely in New Mexico on Wednesday. The CST-100 Starliner capsule returned less than a week after its launch from the Cape Canaveral US Space Force Base in Florida.
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Boeing's Starliner Nears Completion of Orbital Flight Test-2, to Return to Earth Tonight From ISS
Boeing's Starliner capsule is ready to return to Earth tonight in the final step of a key test flight. This will be the final challenge for the flight before it could get NASA’s approval to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
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Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Uncrewed Test Flight Docks Successfully With International Space Station
Boeing's Starliner capsule docked with the International Space Station on Friday at 8:28 pm ET (5.58am IST) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is a major milestone for the uncrewed test flight as the US aerospace giant seeks to restore its reputation following past failures.
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Here It "Goes"- T: Climate And Fire-Tracking Satellite Launched To Orbit
An Atlas V rocket blasted off from Florida on Tuesday carrying to orbit the next big satellite designed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide round-the-clock tracking of weather, wildfires and climate change.
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NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Is 'Space-Bound', Here’s Why It's Important
NASA's new laser technology is finally space-bound. After much anticipation and a two-year delay, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) was launched today (December 8) at 5:19am EST. According to NASA's social media updates, the LCRD was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on an Atlas V rocket of the United Lau...
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NASA's Mission Lucy to Unravel Solar System Origin Launches Today on a 12-Year Journey
NASA's highly anticipated mission Lucy is scheduled to launch today at 0934 GMT (15:04 IST). The spacecraft leaving for Jupiter's Trojan asteroids will be on a 12-year journey to understand planetary origins.
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International Space Station Thrown Out of Control by Russian Module Misfire: NASA
The International Space Station (ISS) was thrown briefly out of control when jet thrusters of a newly arrived Russian research module inadvertently fired a few hours after it was docked to the orbiting outpost, NASA officials said.
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NASA Rover Perseverance Launches For Mars, To Look For Signs Of Ancient Microbial Life
NASA's latest rover Perseverance launched for Mars on Thursday, blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on schedule.
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NASA's New Mars Rover 'Perseverance' Launched, Seeks Signs of Life
NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth's planetary neighbour.
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Completes Flight Tests, Ready to Fly to Red Planet
NASA Mars Helicopter will launch as a technology demonstrator with the Mars 2020 rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in July 2020 from the Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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NASA Mars InSight Lander, Meant to Study Planet's Interior, Launches From California
The NASA Mars InSight probe lifted off from the central California coast at 4:05am PDT (3:35pm IST).
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United Launch Alliance Beats SpaceX To Win Air Force Launch
The contact covers launch services for multiple satellites aboard an Atlas 5 rocket in June 2019. The contract value is just over $191 million, the Air Force said.
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NASA Broadcasts 'World's First Live 360 Rocket Launch' on YouTube
NASA broadcast an unprecedented 360-degree view of the Orbital ATK launch via YouTube, in a debut of new video technology.
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Amazon Switches Spacecraft for Launching Internet Satellites Next Month
Amazon plans to launch its first pair of prototype internet satellites late next month on a different rocket than previously planned, to avoid mounting rocket delays. The company will launch the first two satellites for Amazon's Kuiper program aboard a dedicated Atlas V rocket from the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture.
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NASA Test Payload Launches Into Space Onboard US Satellite for Improved Weather Forecasting
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite and the NASA test payload lifted off on Thursday from California. JPSS-2 was placed into an orbit that circles the Earth from pole to pole, joining previously launched satellites in a system designed to improve weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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Boeing Starliner Capsule Safely Lands on Earth, to Get Ready for NASA’s Crewed Mission in Future
Boeing Starliner astronaut capsule returned from the International Space Station, landing safely in New Mexico on Wednesday. The CST-100 Starliner capsule returned less than a week after its launch from the Cape Canaveral US Space Force Base in Florida.
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Boeing's Starliner Nears Completion of Orbital Flight Test-2, to Return to Earth Tonight From ISS
Boeing's Starliner capsule is ready to return to Earth tonight in the final step of a key test flight. This will be the final challenge for the flight before it could get NASA’s approval to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
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Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Uncrewed Test Flight Docks Successfully With International Space Station
Boeing's Starliner capsule docked with the International Space Station on Friday at 8:28 pm ET (5.58am IST) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is a major milestone for the uncrewed test flight as the US aerospace giant seeks to restore its reputation following past failures.
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Here It "Goes"- T: Climate And Fire-Tracking Satellite Launched To Orbit
An Atlas V rocket blasted off from Florida on Tuesday carrying to orbit the next big satellite designed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide round-the-clock tracking of weather, wildfires and climate change.
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NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Is 'Space-Bound', Here’s Why It's Important
NASA's new laser technology is finally space-bound. After much anticipation and a two-year delay, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) was launched today (December 8) at 5:19am EST. According to NASA's social media updates, the LCRD was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on an Atlas V rocket of the United Lau...
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NASA's Mission Lucy to Unravel Solar System Origin Launches Today on a 12-Year Journey
NASA's highly anticipated mission Lucy is scheduled to launch today at 0934 GMT (15:04 IST). The spacecraft leaving for Jupiter's Trojan asteroids will be on a 12-year journey to understand planetary origins.
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International Space Station Thrown Out of Control by Russian Module Misfire: NASA
The International Space Station (ISS) was thrown briefly out of control when jet thrusters of a newly arrived Russian research module inadvertently fired a few hours after it was docked to the orbiting outpost, NASA officials said.
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NASA Rover Perseverance Launches For Mars, To Look For Signs Of Ancient Microbial Life
NASA's latest rover Perseverance launched for Mars on Thursday, blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on schedule.
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NASA's New Mars Rover 'Perseverance' Launched, Seeks Signs of Life
NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth's planetary neighbour.
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Completes Flight Tests, Ready to Fly to Red Planet
NASA Mars Helicopter will launch as a technology demonstrator with the Mars 2020 rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in July 2020 from the Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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NASA Mars InSight Lander, Meant to Study Planet's Interior, Launches From California
The NASA Mars InSight probe lifted off from the central California coast at 4:05am PDT (3:35pm IST).
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United Launch Alliance Beats SpaceX To Win Air Force Launch
The contact covers launch services for multiple satellites aboard an Atlas 5 rocket in June 2019. The contract value is just over $191 million, the Air Force said.
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NASA Broadcasts 'World's First Live 360 Rocket Launch' on YouTube
NASA broadcast an unprecedented 360-degree view of the Orbital ATK launch via YouTube, in a debut of new video technology.
