Ever since NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope was launched in 2009, there has an explosion in the study of the extrasolar planets. With the retirement of Kepler in 2018, it has fallen to missions like the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to pick up where its predecessor left off. Using observations […]
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Replay: Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship
Update for 1:19 pm ET: Northrop Grumman has successfully launched the Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship. Read our full story.
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Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launches Cygnus cargo ship to space station for NASA
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — A Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus cargo ship lifted off from Virginia on Saturday (Feb. 20), carrying vital supplies for astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Google ‘Perseverance rover’ today for a fun Mars landing surprise
You should Google “Perseverance rover.”
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Watch live Saturday: Northrop Grumman launching Cygnus cargo ship for NASA @ 12:36 pm ET
NASA and a Northrop Grumman will launch the Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship to the International Space Station on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 12:36 p.m. EST (1736 GMT) and you can watch it here, courtesy of NASA TV. The webcast will begin at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT).
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NASA’s Perseverance rover beams back first images from its wild landing
NASA just released a cache of tantalizing photos from its Perseverance rover after landing on Mars Thursday, with one showing the rover getting dropped off by the rocket-powered platform it used to gently descend on the Red Planet’s surface. Scientists are poring through hundreds of images and expect to release […]
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Once He Steps Down From Amazon, Jeff Bezos Will be Able to Focus his Energy on Blue Origin
When it comes to the private aerospace sector (aka. NewSpace), some names stand out from the rest. The most obvious of these is SpaceX (the brainchild of Elon Musk and the leading source of innovation in commercial space) and the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Boeing and […]
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Pentagon inspector general to investigate decision to move U.S. Space Command to Alabama
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) said in a statement Feb. 19 that he requested the IG investigation a month ago.
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NASA and Boeing will attempt 2nd hot fire test of SLS megarocket Feb. 25
NASA and Boeing are ready to light up the core stage of the massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket in a second hot fire test, currently scheduled for Thursday (Feb. 25).