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NASA, ULA launch Lucy mission to 'fossils' of planet formation
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): NASA's Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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US successfully tests Artemis moon rocket engines in 8 minute firing
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
St Louis [US], March 19 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully hot-tested the four RS-25 rocket engines of the Space Launch Vehicle (SLS) for the Artemis manned missions to the Moon program in an eight-minute firing.
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Russia's new reusable rocket engine will possibly have capacity for 50 fli
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The reusable methane rocket engine developed for Russia's new Amur-SPG medium-class carrier rocket will be powerful enough to cover up to 50 space launches, files from Russian space agency Roscosmos released on the government procurement website sho
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NASA conducts test of SLS rocket core stage for Artemis
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): NASA conducted a hot fire on Saturday of the core stage for the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon.
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Russia to carry out around 30 non-military space launches in 2021
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia is going to carry out around 30 civilian and commercial space launches in 2021, a source in space and rocket industry told Sputnik.
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Falcon 9 launches Crew Dragon on its first operational flight with astrona
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): The private space launch giant SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts soared into outer space Sunday, CNN reported.
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NASA announces Artemis Plan to land first woman, next man on moon in 2024
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], September 22 (ANI): NASA on Monday (local time) shared an update to its Artemis program, including the latest Phase 1 plan to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon in 2024.
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China attempting to militarise space
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 31 (ANI): In line with its ambition to have a modernised military, China is trying to dominate space, which is visible from the number of space launches that it has been carrying out over the years.
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China prepares to launch Long March-5 rocket for Mars mission
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 17 (Xinhua/ANI): The fourth Long March-5 rocket, to be used to launch China's first Mars exploration mission, was vertically transported to the launching area at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Friday.
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SpaceX to launch three space tourists to ISS next year
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 6 (ANI): Elon Musk-led private space launch company SpaceX plans to send three tourists to the International Space Station (ISS).
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SpaceX Starship test ends in implosion: Musk laughs it off on Twitter
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Boca Chica (Texas) [USA], Mar 3 (ANI): Private space launch leader SpaceX recently suffered a setback when a ground test of its upcoming Starship spacecraft ended up in a violent implosion.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage crashes into sea after successfully launching
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 18 (ANI): The private space launch giant SpaceX recently suffered a setback when the earth-bound reusable first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket missed its floating landing platform and crashed into the sea.
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