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Industry And Government Still Disagree Over Extending Suborbital Flight Safety Regulations

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Industry And Government Still Disagree Over Extending Suborbital Flight Safety Regulations

Payload March 3, 2023

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — The battle over what – if any – government safety regulations will be formulated...

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WhiteKnightTwo Returns to New Mexico as Virgin Galactic Pitches Suborbital Flights to Researchers

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WhiteKnightTwo Returns to New Mexico as Virgin Galactic Pitches Suborbital Flights to Researchers

Payload March 1, 2023

WhiteKnightTwo took to the air again on Monday morning. Virgin Galactic’s Eve mothership, named after company founder...

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Blue Origin Still Investigating Cause of New Shepard Abort Last September

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Blue Origin Still Investigating Cause of New Shepard Abort Last September

Payload March 1, 2023

Blue Origin is still investigating the in-flight failure of its New Shepard rocket last September that resulted...

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SpaceX Scrubs Crew Dragon Launch as Soyuz Rescue Ship Arrives

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SpaceX Scrubs Crew Dragon Launch as Soyuz Rescue Ship Arrives

Payload February 28, 2023

SpaceX scrubbed the launch of a fresh crew to the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday morning...

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The largest 2D map of the sky over Earth just got even bigger

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The largest 2D map of the sky over Earth just got even bigger

Space.com February 27, 2023

The largest two-dimensional map of the sky over Earth ever created just got even larger and is...

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Biz Briefs: Maxar to Go Private, Texas Governor Proposes $350M for Space Commission, JAXA Narrows Cause of H3 Abort

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Biz Briefs: Maxar to Go Private, Texas Governor Proposes $350M for Space Commission, JAXA Narrows Cause of H3 Abort

Payload February 27, 2023

Maxar Technologies will become a private company through a merger with private equity firm Advent International after...

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Biz Updates: Terran Orbital Wins $2.4B Contract, Vast Acquires Launcher, Relativity Space Sets Date for Terran 1’s Maiden Launch

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Biz Updates: Terran Orbital Wins $2.4B Contract, Vast Acquires Launcher, Relativity Space Sets Date for Terran 1’s Maiden Launch

Payload February 25, 2023

Terran Orbital subsidiary Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems has been awarded a $2.4 billion contract to supply 300 communications...

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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter confirms that China’s Zhurong rover has been stationary for months

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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter confirms that China’s Zhurong rover has been stationary for months

Space.com February 24, 2023

This cutout is from three images acquired in 2022 and 2023. The rover is the dark and...

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ULA Sets Launch May 4 Launch Date for Vulcan Rocket as BE-4 Engine Testing Continues

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ULA Sets Launch May 4 Launch Date for Vulcan Rocket as BE-4 Engine Testing Continues

Payload February 24, 2023

Credit: Par SeanMichealClemes — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=117737080 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has set May...

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NASA rover snaps photos of ancient ‘waves’ carved into Mars mountainside

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NASA rover snaps photos of ancient ‘waves’ carved into Mars mountainside

Space.com February 23, 2023

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has photographed rocks imprinted with tiny ripples from an ancient lake. And these...

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