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Missions, launch systems, astronomy, and the infrastructure extending human reach beyond Earth.
After eight years and nine planetary flybys, the ESA-JAXA spacecraft stack is preparing to shed its transfer module before orbital insertion and orbiter separation.
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The wide-field infrared observatory is targeting an Aug. 30 Falcon Heavy launch and a five-year mission at Sun-Earth L2.
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The larger story is cadence: launch systems are becoming infrastructure that can be tested, learned from, and flown again.
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