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Boeing's Starliner capsule is launched from Florida on first crewed space flight
Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule was launched from Florida on Wednesday in a much-delayed first test flight carrying a crew, a milestone in the aerospace giant's ambitions ...
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China's Chang'e-6 probe lifts off from far side of moon
China's Chang'e-6 probe has lifted off from the far side of the moon, starting its journey back towards Earth, China's national space agency announced on Tuesday.
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Boeing, NASA target June 5 for Starliner's debut crew flight
The CST-200 Starliner's first crewed voyage to the ISS remains a milestone for Boeing as it scrambles to gain a greater share of lucrative NASA business now dominated by Elon Musk'...
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China lands on moon's far side in historic sample retrieval mission
The landing elevates China's space-power status in a global rush to the moon, where countries are hoping to exploit lunar minerals to sustain long-term astronaut missions and moon ...
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Boeing's Starliner capsule set for launch of first crewed space flight
Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule is poised for launch on Saturday in a much-delayed first crewed test flight, a milestone in the beleaguered aerospace giant's aim to compet...
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Japanese billionaire Maezawa cancels moon flyby mission
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa cancelled his "dearMoon" mission, which the project said would have been the first private flight around the moon, the mission announced on Satu...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh's dynamic history
A little asteroid called Dinkinesh - visited last November by NASA's Lucy spacecraft - has a surprisingly dynamic history, according to scientists, along with its moonlet Selam tha...
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Musk's Starlink back up after brief outage
Elon Musk's Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, is back up after an outage that affected thousands of users, the company said on Tuesday.
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Italy's Vega-C rocket a step closer to returning to flight after successful engine test
Italy's Vega-C rocket is closer to flying again after a successful test of its engines carried out at the end of May, its manufacturer Avio said on Tuesday.
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NASA, Boeing clear two technical hurdles for Starliner's debut crew flight
Boeing and NASA quelled two technical issues on the company's Starliner spacecraft, including a "design vulnerability" requiring a temporary workaround, to get the capsule back on ...
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Amazon to deorbit pair of prototype satellites, calling tests successful
Amazon on Thursday said it would begin a process to deorbit two prototype satellites it launched in 2023 as an early test of its Kuiper broadband internet constellation, a planned ...
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Boeing targets June 1 for Starliner's debut crew launch amid helium leak probe
NASA and Boeing are targeting June 1 for the company's first crewed launch of its Starliner spacecraft as engineers investigate the cause of a helium leak and examine how it could ...
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SpaceX launches first satellites for new US spy constellation
SpaceX on Wednesday launched an inaugural batch of operational spy satellites it built as part of a new U.S. intelligence network designed to significantly upgrade the country's sp...
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Boeing Starliner's helium leak adds another delay to debut crew flight
NASA again delayed Boeing's debut crewed flight of its Starliner capsule on Tuesday so engineers can spend more time evaluating a helium leak in the spacecraft's propulsion system,...
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Bezos' Blue Origin launches first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launched its first crew of people from a site in Texas to the edge of space on Sunday since its suborbital New Shepard rocket was grounded in ...
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US labor board will suspend case against SpaceX pending company's legal challenge
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board told a Texas federal judge that it will suspend an administrative case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing engineers critical of CEO Elon Mu...
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Boeing Starliner's crew debut delayed again over spacecraft issue
Boeing's first Starliner mission carrying astronauts into space has been delayed again - until at least May 21 - over an issue with the spacecraft's propulsion system, the company ...
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Musk's SpaceX is quick to build in Texas, slow to pay its bills
SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, as billionaire Elon Musk's space venture rapidly expands its rocket and satellite ...
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