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Gen. John Raymond, head of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Command, told Bloomberg on Oct. 16 that he is “completely committed” to using recycled rocket boosters to launch government payloads.
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The Chinese authorities has informed the United Nations that its Tiangong-1 space station will soon de-orbit and crash back to Earth.
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RAND Corporation has issued a report urging the leaders of China, Russia and U.S. to act jointly to prevent the proliferation of hypersonic missiles beyond their borders.
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Iran test-fired its Khorramshahr intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) on Sept. 23 after unveiling it to the public a day earlier.
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The U.S. Air Force confirmed that the fifth X-37B mission is scheduled to launch on Sept. 7 from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A.
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