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Down to Earth Mattell launched a new line of “Inspiring Women” Barbie dolls. The release includes a doll of NASA’s Katherine Johnson, made famous by the movie Hidden Figures. JPL posted a 360-video...
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Down to Earth VSS Unity, the latest spacecraft from Virgin Galactic, made its first powered flight test yesterday. Video below. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has a new executive...
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Down to Earth Elon Musk was busy this week entertaining his fans with tidbits about future SpaceX plans, including the tweet below, as well as this picture on Instagram of a tool for their next larger...
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Down To Earth Blue Origin flew another test flight of their New Shepard vehicle today. An issue with the Mars 2020 rover’s heat shield will require a replacement to be build before the upcoming launch....
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Down to Earth In late July, Virgin Galactic conducted a third powered test flight of their new SpaceShipTwo spaceplane. In a ceremony at Johnson Space Center, NASA announced the names of the astronauts...
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Down to Earth NASA’s Marshall SpaceFlight Center has a new Director, Jody Singer. Members of the Jet Propulsion Lab’s media relations team have won an Emmy Award for coverage of the Cassini mission....
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Down to Earth Microsoft co-founder and commercial spaceflight pioneer Paul Allen died last week. Rocket Lab has decided it will operate a launch site from Wallops Island, Virginia. In Orbit There have...
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Down to Earth A major election took place in the USA this month, with implications for the future of NASA and space exploration, among many other policy concerns. Here is a brief summary from The...
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Down to Earth NASA has announced the chosen landing site of the upcoming 2020 Mars rover: Jezero Crater. The European Space Agency (ESA) delivered the service module that will be used by NASA’s Orion...
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It’s been a busy and important few weeks in spaceflight. Some major milestones linked below. Down to Earth NASA announced nine recipients in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Virgin...
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