The Advanced Scientific Concepts (ASC) 3D Flash LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) range cameras have been selected for the OSIRIS-REx planetary science mission that will return a sample of the carbonaceous asteroid 1999 RQ36. The mission – launching in 2016 – is aiming to return the asteroid sample to Earth in 2023.
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The NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is on the verge of flying its…
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ChineseInternationalUncrewed
China launches spaceplane for second time as part of double header
by Adrian BeilTwo launches were conducted from China in the last 24 hours on what was a…
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ChineseInternationalUncrewed
China launches Chang Zheng 4C from Taiyuan with Daqi-1 environmental satellite
A Chang Zheng 4C has launched from Launch Complex 9 (LC-9) at the Taiyuan Satellite…
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EuropeanSpaceXUncrewed
DART in transit to Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of November 2021 launch
by Lee KanayamaAfter completing months of tests and assembly, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is in…
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A month after New Shepard’s first flight carrying people into space, a science flight without…
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China has become only the second nation to successfully land a spacecraft on Mars on…
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has been moved to its secondary launch window…
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Blue OriginCommercialUncrewed
Blue Origin tests NASA landing system hardware on latest New Shepard flight
by Tyler GrayAfter a ten-month lull in flights following the previous test of Blue Origin’s suborbital New…
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EuropeanInternationalUncrewed
ESA’s Hera planetary defense mission signs prime contractor, on course for launch in 2024
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a design, manufacturing, and testing contract with OHB…
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Four and a half months after its launch on a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur…
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CommercialInternationalRussian
Proton rocket ride-share launches Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle
A Russian Proton-M rocket launched on Wednesday morning at 06:17 EDT (10:17 UTC) from the…
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The Japanese asteroid sampling mission Hayabusa2 – launched on December 3, 2014 aboard an H-IIA…
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NASA’s vision of returning to the moon is getting clearer. With small, robotic missions en…
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SpaceX’s CRS-16 Dragon spacecraft has concluded the EOM (End Of Mission) phase of her mission…
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An international planetary defense mission involving NASA and ESA will now include two CubeSats. APEX (Asteroid Prospection…
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CommercialEuropeanSpaceX
Dragon brings the science; NASA, SpaceX realign DM-1 test to NET 17 January launch
SpaceX’s CRS-16 resupply mission to the International Space Station has been grappled by Canadarm2 –…
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ISSSpaceX
Falcon 9 successfully lofts CRS-16 Dragon enroute to ISS – Booster spins out but soft lands in water
SpaceX conducted its second launch in barely 48 hours on Wednesday, with their Falcon 9…
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On December 3, 2018, after a journey that started on September 8, 2016, with a…
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Arianespace’s lightweight Vega rocket has deployed the European Space Agency’s Aeolus climate science satellite Wednesday…