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Video: Highlights of second Expedition 50 spacewalk
Read more →: Video: Highlights of second Expedition 50 spacewalkVideo highlight reel of Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough and flight engineer Thomas Pesquet conducting six-hour spacewalk on…
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China’s New Satellite for Civilian Hi-res Mapping Put into Business Operation
Read more →: China’s New Satellite for Civilian Hi-res Mapping Put into Business OperationBEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — China has handed over control of Ziyuan III 02, a new civilian high-resolution…
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China to Activate Heavy-lift Launch Vehicle Project in Next Five Years
Read more →: China to Activate Heavy-lift Launch Vehicle Project in Next Five YearsBEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — China will activate the heavy-lift launch vehicle project in next five years, said…
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China Launches High-resolution Remote Sensing Satellites
Read more →: China Launches High-resolution Remote Sensing SatellitesTAIYUAN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — China launched a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan…
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President Xi Pleased with Students Designing Satellite
Read more →: President Xi Pleased with Students Designing SatelliteBEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised a group of middle school students for…
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China Issues White Paper on Space Activities
Read more →: China Issues White Paper on Space ActivitiesBEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — China on Tuesday issued a white paper chronicling its space industry since 2011…
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Minotaur rocket launch for NRO expected at Wallops by end of 2018
Read more →: Minotaur rocket launch for NRO expected at Wallops by end of 2018File photo of a Minotaur 1 launch from Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility A classified National…
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Video: Narrated preview of Jan. 13 spacewalk
Read more →: Video: Narrated preview of Jan. 13 spacewalkThis is a narrated animation previewing the steps and activities to be performed by the International Space Station…
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Atlas 5 and Delta 4 achieve milestones in parallel on the same morning
Read more →: Atlas 5 and Delta 4 achieve milestones in parallel on the same morningThe SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite will be launched next week. Credit: Lockheed Martin CAPE CANAVERAL — Critical…
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Commercial Earth-observing craft recover from off-target launch
Read more →: Commercial Earth-observing craft recover from off-target launchThe SuperView 1 satellites pictured before their launch. Credit: Beijing Space View Two Chinese satellites launched into the…
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Multi-national contribution to U.S. military network delivered for launch
Read more →: Multi-national contribution to U.S. military network delivered for launchThe next satellite for the U.S. military’s communications network, this one purchased by five international allies, has arrived…
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Two asteroid missions get nod from NASA
Read more →: Two asteroid missions get nod from NASAArtist’s concepts of the Lucy and Psyche missions. Credit: SWRI and SSL/Peter Rubin NASA has selected two robotic…