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Live coverage: SpaceX launches previously-flown rocket
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX launches previously-flown rocketLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
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Previously flown Falcon 9 rocket lifted upright in readiness for launch
Read more →: Previously flown Falcon 9 rocket lifted upright in readiness for launchWatch a time-lapse video of the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket being lifted into place on pad 39A…
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Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ready for second launch
Read more →: Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ready for second launchA Falcon 9 rocket is standing on launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for…
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Spacewalkers improvise after fabric shield floats away
Read more →: Spacewalkers improvise after fabric shield floats awaySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Shane Kimbrough prepares equipment before exiting the airlock on Thursday’s spacewalk.…
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SpaceX ready to put rocket reuse vision to the test
Read more →: SpaceX ready to put rocket reuse vision to the testThe Falcon 9 rocket set to launch with the SES 10 satellite is seen inside SpaceX’s hangar at…
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NASA assigns astronauts to future space station missions
Read more →: NASA assigns astronauts to future space station missionsAstronauts Ricky Arnold (left) and Joe Acaba (right) aboard the space shuttle Discovery in March 2009. Credit: NASA…
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Curiosity rover shows new signs of wheel wear
Read more →: Curiosity rover shows new signs of wheel wearTwo of the raised treads, called grousers, on the left middle wheel of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover broke…
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InSight lander’s troubled seismometer passes major test
Read more →: InSight lander’s troubled seismometer passes major testThe InSight spacecraft is pictured in 2015 at Lockheed Martin’s assembly facility near Denver. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin A…
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Twin solid rockets, reused veterans of spaceflight, set for Endeavour display
Read more →: Twin solid rockets, reused veterans of spaceflight, set for Endeavour displayFile photo of two shuttle solid rocket boosters. Credit: NASA CAPE CANAVERAL — Two space shuttle solid rocket…
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Watch a replay of the Falcon 9 engine test
Read more →: Watch a replay of the Falcon 9 engine testThe Falcon 9 rocket’s main engines briefly ignited at launch pad 39A in a standard pre-launch test. This…
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Scientists say thinning atmosphere drove the drying and cooling of Mars
Read more →: Scientists say thinning atmosphere drove the drying and cooling of MarsArtist’s concept of a solar storm hitting Mars and stripping ions from the upper atmosphere. Credit: NASA/GSFC Data…
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Watch Falcon 9 go upright on the launch pad in time lapse video
Read more →: Watch Falcon 9 go upright on the launch pad in time lapse videoA Falcon 9 rocket is moved into the position for a static test firing of its nine Merlin…