The three massive solar panels that will provide power for NASA's Juno spacecraft during its mission to Jupiter have seen their last photons of light until they are deployed in space after launch. The last of the Jupiter-bound ...
Space Exploration
May 30, 2011
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A rocket ship built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States back in the business of launching ...
Space Exploration
May 30, 2020
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A new high resolution video from SpaceX shows just how close the landing attempt of their Falcon 9 first stage on an ocean floating barge came to succeeding following the rockets launch on Tuesday afternoon, April 14, from ...
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2015
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A bright spiralling light, believed by astronomers to be a rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, was spotted in skies across Australia's east coast just before dawn Saturday, sparking a UFO frenzy.
Space Exploration
Jun 5, 2010
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The first private space station crew was introduced Tuesday: Three men who are each paying $55 million to fly on a SpaceX rocket.
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2021
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An unmanned SpaceX spaceship carrying food and equipment to the astronauts living at the International Space Station is poised to blast off from a historic NASA launch pad on Saturday.
Space Exploration
Feb 18, 2017
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In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the assembly and testing of the Mars 2020 spacecraft look on as a crane lifts the rocket-powered descent stage away from the rover. They've just completed ...
Space Exploration
Oct 5, 2019
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SpaceX on Saturday blasted off a shipment of food and supplies for the astronauts living at the International Space Station using for the first time a vessel that had flown before.
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2017
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One year after the Air Force blasted it into orbit, an experimental robotic space drone continues to circle the Earth.
Engineering
Mar 9, 2012
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(AP) -- After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide home to a California runway.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2010
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