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Astronauts replace failed computer in short spacewalk
Mission Reports
Robotic Russian resupply freighter on the way to space station
Falcon 9
Spaceflight preps for first launch of unique orbiting satellite deployers
Engineers working for Spaceflight, a Seattle-based launch services company, are in the final steps of preparing for the first launch of new robotic free flyers carrying more than 70 small government and commercial satellites into polar orbit later this year aboard a dedicated flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.