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SpaceShipTwo goes supersonic in milestone flight
Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo rocket plane flew a smooth, supersonic test flight today during its first rocket-powered outing since the first SpaceShipTwo broke up three and a half years ago. The craft christened VSS Unity has taken flight a dozen times … Continue reading
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Tagged Commercial Spaceflight, Space, Space Tourism, SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic
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Dragon capsule delivers cargo to space station
Two days after its launch, SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon cargo capsule was pulled in for its hookup to the International Space Station today. Get the news brief on GeekWire.
Satellite fleet will get water-spraying thrusters
California-based Deep Space Industries says it has signed a contract to provide water-spraying thrusters for the BlackSky Earth observation satellites that are due to be built in Seattle. The contract covers an initial block of 20 Comet water-based satellite propulsion systems. The systems expel … Continue reading
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Tagged BlackSky, Deep Space Industries, LeoStella, Propulsion, Space, Spaceflight Inc.
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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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Tiangong-1 space lab burns up over the Pacific
China’s Tiangong-1 space lab is no more. The 8.5-ton spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere at about 5:15 p.m. PT today (00:15 GMT on April 2) over the Pacific Ocean, and any pieces that survived the fiery plunge should have fallen into … Continue reading
Space billionaires take the spotlight
Space is hard: That used to be the excuse for explaining why sending people into space would always be something only governments could do. Now it explains why even billionaires find the feat difficult. As SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told me back in … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Origin, Books, Commercial Spaceflight, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen, Richard Branson, Space, SpaceX, Stratolaunch, Television, Virgin Galactic
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World View balloon venture gets a $26.5M lift
Arizona-based World View says it has closed a $26.5 million Series C financing round, led by Accel with participation from previous investors Canaan and Norwest Venture Partners. The funding will help World View accelerate work on its Stratollite system, a low-cost, balloon-borne platform that … Continue reading
