A U.S. defense satellite launched from California's central coast after weather delays caused by a major storm that drenched the state.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2014
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One consequence of the coronavirus pandemic is showing up in an unlikely place: the space industry.
Space Exploration
Aug 30, 2021
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It's a sci-fi concept that's at the center of a 25-year exploratory project: building a hypersonic aircraft that takes off from the runway and doesn't need a rest, inspection or repair after it lands – unlike the space ...
Engineering
Feb 3, 2014
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California's Vandenberg Air Force Base was renamed Friday as a U.S. Space Force Base.
Space Exploration
May 14, 2021
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The snow storm is over but the travel misery is not: drivers on a major highway outside Washington reported Tuesday they have been stuck in their cars in freezing weather for 20 hours or more.
Environment
Jan 4, 2022
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(Phys.org)—The NASA Mars rover Curiosity began its flight to Mars on Nov. 26, 2011, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., tucked inside the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft. One year after launch and 16 weeks since ...
Space Exploration
Nov 27, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has invited 150 followers of the agency's Twitter accounts to a two-day launch Tweetup Sept. 7-8. The Tweetup is expected to culminate in the launch of the twin moon-bound GRAIL spacecraft aboard a Delta ...
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2011
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Descending inch by inch, the crane operator cautiously lowered the fragile cargo toward the hard floor below. Dozens of eyes, human and electronic, watched along to ensure a clear path. One slip, one inadvertent touch against ...
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2014
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Saturday, a parabolic flight is set to take off from Swiss soil for the second time. It will be carrying experiments from various Swiss universities on board to research the effects of zero gravity on biological and physical ...
Space Exploration
Oct 21, 2016
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Spacecraft specialists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., have been putting the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, through various tests in preparation for shipment to NASA's Kennedy ...
Space Exploration
Jun 14, 2011
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