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Lockheed Martin wins NASA’s nod for supersonic jet
NASA says Lockheed Martin will be its partner in building a supersonic test plane that’s designed to muffle sonic booms and clear the way for a new boom in faster-than-sound passenger flights. California-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. won the $247.5 million contract … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerospace, Aviation, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Supersonic Transport, Technology, Transportation
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Reused cargo ship launched on reused rocket
SpaceX sent nearly three tons of supplies, hardware and experiments to the International Space Station today, using a Falcon 9 rocket booster and a Dragon capsule that have both been flown before. The rocket rose from its launch pad at … Continue reading
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Tagged Dragon, Falcon 9, International Space Station, NASA, Space, SpaceX
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NASA delays Webb Space Telescope’s liftoff to 2020
NASA is delaying the scheduled launch of its next flagship observatory, the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope, by a year — which may hike its cost so high that Congress will have to OK more money. Acting agency administrator Robert Lightfoot said … Continue reading
Space station crew returns to full strength
Two days after their launch, a fresh trio of spacefliers floated through the International Space Station’s hatch today to start a five-month tour of duty in orbit. Get the news brief on GeekWire.
U.S.-Russian crew blasts off for the space station
Russia launched a Soyuz rocket from its Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today, sending two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station. Get the news brief on GeekWire.
Relativity strikes deal to use NASA test complex
Relativity, a rocket startup with roots at Blue Origin and SpaceX, says it has been awarded an exclusive 20-year lease to use a 25-acre engine test complex at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The arrangement furthers Relativity’s plans to … Continue reading
Unscrambling the tale of an astronaut’s genes
My Twitter feed was buzzing this week with reports that Scott Kelly’s genes were knocked permanently out of phase because he spent a year in space. Some of the reports made it sound as if Scott Kelly was no longer the … Continue reading
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Tagged Genetics, Life in Space, NASA, Scott Kelly, Space, Year in Space
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