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  14 hours ago

  SpaceX launches ASBM mission hours after scrubbing Starlink launch

  United Press International - Mark Moran

  Aug. 11 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket topped with a pair of communication satellites for Norway's Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission …

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  1 day ago

  SpaceX launches 21 satellites from Florida; another one set Sunday

  United Press International - By Allen Cone

  Aug. 10 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites into orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday morning in clear skies from Cape Canaveral Space …

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  2 days ago

  Chinese satellite launch rocket breaks into hundred of pieces in orbit

  United Press International - Doug Cunningham

  Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A Chinese Long March 6A rocket broke apart in low-Earth orbit and formed a debris field with hundreds of pieces, confirmed by U.S. …

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  2 days ago

  NASA near-Earth defense telescope retired after more than a decade

  United Press International - Simon Druker

  Aug. 9 (UPI) -- After more than a decade of tracking asteroids and comets that could pose a threat to Earth, NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field …

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  4 days ago

  Boeing Starliner astronauts might not return to Earth until next year, NASA says

  United Press International - Sheri Walsh

  Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Boeing Starliner astronauts, stranded at the International Space Station after a weeklong test flight turned into a two-month stay …

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  5 days ago

  SpaceX delays Crew-9 astronaut launch amid uncertainty over Boeing Starliner

  United Press International - Sheri Walsh

  Aug. 6 (UPI) -- SpaceX has delayed this month's Crew-9 astronaut launch to Sept. 24, to accommodate a traffic jam at the International Space Station …