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Trump said to propose roughly $3 billion NASA budget boost for 2021
President Donald Trump is set to request a budget of $25.6 billion for NASA for its fiscal 2021 operating year,…
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SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online starting at $1 million
SpaceX has launched a new web-based booking tool for its rideshare Falcon 9 launches, a service it announced last year…
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Rocket Lab readies parachute tests for its rocket recovery and reuse program
Rocket Lab is proceeding as planned with its efforts to recover and reuse spent rocket boosters from its Electron launch…
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Rocket startup Firefly signs satellite constellation launch mission with Satlantis
Rocket launch startup Firefly Aerospace has signed a new agreement with Satlantis, a maker of Earth observation and remote sensing…
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Does the US have too many spaceports, or too few?
There are more licensed private spaceports in the United States than you might guess — but depending on who you…
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Elon Musk promotes Texas ‘career day’ as SpaceX files paperwork for Starship flight as early as March
SpaceX’s next-generation spacecraft is already well into development, but company CEO and founder Elon Musk clearly would like things to…
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Maxar and NASA will demonstrate orbital spacecraft assembly with a new robotic arm
NASA has awarded Maxar an estimated $142 million contract to demonstrate in-orbit spacecraft refueling and assembly of new components using…
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Elon Musk just dropped an EDM track on SoundCloud
Friday typically brings a bunch of new music releases, but this Friday’s new drops includes a new track from an…
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Firefly Aerospace investigating a fire that resulted from a test of its Alpha rocket’s engines
Space launch startup Firefly Aerospace encountered a setback as it kicked off the first “hot” tests of its Alpha launch…
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India’s space agency will fly a half-humanoid robot to prepare for its first human spaceflight missions
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready to begin its human spaceflight program, which aims to carry its…
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