Rocket break-up provides rare chance to test debris formation
The discarded 'upper stage' from a rocket launched almost ten years ago has recently crumbled to pieces.
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2019
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News tagged with upper stage
Spot failed Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 in Earth orbit
A ghost from the old Soviet space program may return to Earth in the coming years. Mimicking a campy episode of the '70s series The Six Million Dollar Man, a Soviet Venus lander stranded in Earth orbit will eventually reenter ...
Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2019
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NASA's new rocket won't be ready for moon shot next year
NASA's massive new rocket won't be ready for a moon shot next year, the space agency's top official told Congress on Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2019
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Vega launches Earth observation satellite for Morocco
Arianespace has launched a Vega rocket to deliver an Earth observation satellite into orbit for the Kingdom of Morocco.
Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2018
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Montane pine forests reached the northeastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula 50,000 years ago
The analysis of charcoal from the hearths of the Cova Gran settlement, located in Les Avellanes-Santa Linya, Lleida, at 385 metres above sea level, confirms that montane forests of the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 30, 2018
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Next four Galileo satellites fuelled for launch
Europe's next four Galileo satellites have been fuelled at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for their launch on 25 July.
Space Exploration
Jul 04, 2018
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InSight steers toward Mars
NASA's InSight lander has made its first course correction toward Mars.
Space Exploration
May 24, 2018
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NASA spacecraft will have company all the way to Mars
NASA's next Mars explorer is going to have company all the way to the red planet: a couple of puny yet groundbreaking sidekicks.
Space Exploration
May 04, 2018
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Musk says that SpaceX will use a giant party balloon to bring an upper stage back
When Elon Musk of SpaceX tweets something interesting, it generates a wave of excitement. So when he tweeted recently that SpaceX might be working on a way to retrieve upper stages of their rockets, it set off a chain of ...
Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2018
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Space sports car now flying toward asteroid belt beyond Mars
The world's first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars.
Space Exploration
Feb 07, 2018
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