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How realistic is the planetary orbit in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’? A physics professor explains
How realistic is the planetary orbit in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’? A physics professor explains

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SpaceX’s high-flying Starlink still searching for stable financial orbit
SpaceX’s high-flying Starlink still searching for stable financial orbit

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A satellite designed to inspect space junk just made it to orbit
A satellite designed to inspect space junk just made it to orbit

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Amazon is swallowing its pride to ensure its internet satellites get to orbit on time
Amazon is swallowing its pride to ensure its internet satellites get to orbit on time

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Firefly Aerospace buys the final scraps of doomed Virgin Orbit
Firefly Aerospace buys the final scraps of doomed Virgin Orbit

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Virgin Orbit collapse: Mass layoffs at Richard Branson’s satellite launch company after failed mission
Virgin Orbit collapse: Mass layoffs at Richard Branson’s satellite launch company after failed mission

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Virgin Orbit officially shutters its space launch operations
Virgin Orbit officially shutters its space launch operations

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Virgin Orbit furloughs most employees and pauses operations for a week
Virgin Orbit furloughs most employees and pauses operations for a week

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The first-ever UK space flight fails to reach orbit
The first-ever UK space flight fails to reach orbit

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Watch SpaceX’s first launch of the year take 114 satellites into orbit
Watch SpaceX’s first launch of the year take 114 satellites into orbit

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SpaceX’s reusable Falcon Heavy rocket can now carry US spy satellites into orbit
SpaceX’s reusable Falcon Heavy rocket can now carry US spy satellites into orbit

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NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite breaks from Earth’s orbit and heads toward the Moon
NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite breaks from Earth’s orbit and heads toward the Moon

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China’s record-breaking astronauts are back on Earth after six months in orbit
China’s record-breaking astronauts are back on Earth after six months in orbit

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How NASA plans to take the International Space Station out of orbit
How NASA plans to take the International Space Station out of orbit

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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is going public: stock will trade on Nasdaq after SPAC deal
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is going public: stock will trade on Nasdaq after SPAC deal

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SpaceX’s first private flight will put a 29-year-old American in orbit
SpaceX’s first private flight will put a 29-year-old American in orbit

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SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites into orbit
SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites into orbit

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Virgin Orbit carries satellites to space for the first time (update: deployed)
Virgin Orbit carries satellites to space for the first time (update: deployed)

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SpaceX makes first polar orbit launch from Florida in ‘decades’
SpaceX makes first polar orbit launch from Florida in ‘decades’

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Hitting the Books: How to huck a human into low Earth orbit
Hitting the Books: How to huck a human into low Earth orbit

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Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane heads back to orbit May 16th
Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane heads back to orbit May 16th

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Air Force’s X-37B space plane lands after record 780 days in orbit
Air Force’s X-37B space plane lands after record 780 days in orbit

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Hitting the Books: Nero, fiddling from orbit as Earth burns
Hitting the Books: Nero, fiddling from orbit as Earth burns

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Virgin Orbit preps the LauncherOne rocket for its first drop test
Virgin Orbit preps the LauncherOne rocket for its first drop test

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Japan launches smallest rocket ever to carry satellite into orbit
Japan launches smallest rocket ever to carry satellite into orbit

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