space industry
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Watch Live as Virgin Orbit Attempts Its First Nighttime Aeroplane-Assisted Rocket Launch
Virgin Orbit is preparing to launch a two-stage rocket that’s carrying precious payloads for the U.S. Space Force. Known as the “Straight Up” mission, it’s scheduled to begin on Thursday at 4 pm AEDT from Mojave Air and Space Port in California — and you can catch the action live right here.
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Watch as a Helicopter Catches a Falling Rocket Booster (Then Drops It in the Ocean)
Rocket Lab successfully caught a falling Electron first-stage booster with a helicopter, before it dropped into the ocean.
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SpaceX Will Launch Major Next-Gen Weather Satellite With $207 Million From NASA
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a $US152.5 ($207) million U.S. federal contract to launch an important new weather satellite into space.
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Blue Origin Employees Are Jumping Ship
Jeff Bezos might have felt triumphant when he rocketed toward the edge of space last month, but apparently the same can’t be said about other employees at Blue Origin. On Friday, CNBC was first to report that over a dozen engineers had left Bezos’s company in recent weeks, with some departing for high-ranking roles at…