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Space News March 2, 2020

#BeAnAstronaut: NASA Seeks Applicants to Explore Moon, Mars

For the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications Monday for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers have until 11:59 p.m. EDT…

Space News March 2, 2020

SpaceX Starship explodes during test in dramatic failure

SpaceX’s huge Starship spacecraft has exploded during a test. The explosion was documented in dramatic footage taken from the ground at SpaceX’s development facility Boca…

Space News February 26, 2020

In first public results, Branson’s Virgin Galactic posts $73 million quarterly loss

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism company, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc, said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter net loss widened to $73 million from…

Space News February 25, 2020

Pentagon Preps Nuclear Moon Rocket

The Pentagon wants to extend the reach of its satellites tens of thousands miles toward the moon. And it’s working on a high-tech, atomic-powered “nuclear…

Space News February 24, 2020

Pléiades Neo well on track for launch mid-2020

The first two Airbus-built Pléiades Neo imaging satellites have started comprehensive environmental testing, to ensure they are ready for in-orbit operation. During the tests, the…

Space News February 19, 2020

SpaceX Is Officially Sending Tourists to Space

SpaceX and the space tourism company Space Adventures announced today that they will send the first private citizens to space aboard a Crew Dragon capsule….

Space News February 10, 2020

Solar Orbiter reaches for our star

The Airbus built Sun explorer spacecraft Solar Orbiter was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 23.03 local time. The European Space Agency (ESA) mission…

NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth

Space News February 6, 2020

NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after record mission

After setting a record for the longest single spaceflight in history by a woman, NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth Thursday, along with Soyuz…

Space News February 4, 2020

Solar Orbiter ready for its close-up with the Sun

Airbus-built Solar Orbiter has been fitted inside the protective fairing, mounted on top of the launcher and is now ready to fly from Cape Canaveral…

Space News January 28, 2020

NASA taps startup Axiom Space for the first habitable commercial module for the Space Station

NASA has selected Houston-based Axiom Space, a startup founded in 2016, to build the first commercial habitat module for the International Space Station (ISS). This…

Space News January 23, 2020

ESA and Airbus sign contract for Bartolomeo platform on the International Space Station

New research platform scheduled for launch in March 2020 Bremen, 23 January 2020 – The Bartolomeo platform from Airbus gives new opportunities for research on…

Space News January 20, 2020

SpaceX says ‘picture perfect’ test paves way for human mission

(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX simulated a successful emergency landing on Sunday in a dramatic test of a crucial abort system on an unmanned astronaut…

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