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Rocket Lab Is Getting Closer to Achieving Rocket Reusability
Rocket Lab kicked off the year with the launch and recovery of its Electron rocket as part of the company’s continued efforts to reuse its small launch vehicle’s first stage. Electron lifted off on Wednesday at 1:34 a.m. ET (Wednesday 5.34 pm AEDT) from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula, carrying…
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This Sonar Splotch Could Be Amelia Earhart’s Lost Plane
Amelia Earhart was declared dead in January of 1939, two years after her around-the-world flight in her Lockheed Electra 10E Special ended in an unsolved disappearance. Earhart was the world’s most accomplished and famed female pilot in 1937, and her ill-fated flight is still the kind of thing that haunts a person. Real-estate investor and…
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Trojan Asteroids Loom Closer as NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Fires Up Engine for First Time
The asteroid-sleuthing probe is transitioning from its orbit around the Sun to one beyond the orbit of Jupiter.
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SpaceX Starlink Competitor Plagued by Ground Problems in Quest for Global Coverage
Eutelsat, a leading satellite operator based in France, is encountering troubling delays in the deployment of its OneWeb satellite constellation that affect its plans to offer global-scale broadband coverage. The disruption to potential revenues is also a…minor factor. Eutelsat is currently facing challenges in rolling out its OneWeb satellite constellation, a network designed to provide…