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In the days since SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the vehicle has steadily completed one task after another as it prepares to berth with the International Space Station.
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Lockheed Martin has received the core structure for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-4). The structure was delivered to Lockheed Martin’s Mississippi Space & Technology Center, where engineers and technicians will integrate the spacecraft’s propulsion subsystem.
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An industrial syndicate lead-managed by OHB System AG, a member of the European Space and Technology Group OHB AG, has commenced work on the definition phase of the CarbonSat environmental satellite for the European Space Agency (ESA).
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NASA’s call to scientists and engineers to help plan a new strategy to explore Mars has resulted in almost double the amount of expected submissions, the agency said.
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The Boeing Company has successfully completed a new milestone in the development of software that will operate its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft. The company is one of NASA’s partners developing commercial crew transportation capabilities to ferry U.S. astronauts to and from low Earth orbit and the International Space Station.
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Sir Lanka company SupremeSAT (Pvt) Ltd. has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with China’s state owned China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) for the design, manufacturing and launching of a satellite, Daily News reported.Other Posts:QuikScat antenna failsChinese moon probe starts secondary missionRaytheon may track astronauts, robots on the moonNo decision in Zohreh-2 disputeIsrael announces launch of new spy satelliteDnepr Failure Traced To First Stage ProblemDelay of the day: STEREOMore Than Just One Night Stands on Satellite TV

Final pre-launch preparations are underway for NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. The mission, which will use X-ray vision to hunt for hidden black holes, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 13 June from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The observatory will launch from the belly of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s L-1011 “Stargazer” aircraft aboard the company’s Pegasus rocket.
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Magnetometers built by scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for NASA’s Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission have been delivered to the University of California at Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory for integration into the Particles and Field Package.
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