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Long March rocket blasts off on first launch of the year
Read more →: Long March rocket blasts off on first launch of the yearA Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 1518 GMT (10:18 a.m. EST) Thursday. Credit: CCTV A new…
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Fastest ever stacking of Atlas 5 underway for next national security launch
Read more →: Fastest ever stacking of Atlas 5 underway for next national security launchFile video of LVOS. Credit: NASA TV CAPE CANAVERAL — Just two weeks before it flies to space,…
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Shuttle engine delivered to Orion service module assembly site
Read more →: Shuttle engine delivered to Orion service module assembly siteOrion’s service module engine undergoes vibration testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA A former…
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SpaceX failure probe complete; flights to resume Sunday from California
Read more →: SpaceX failure probe complete; flights to resume Sunday from CaliforniaSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo. Credit: NASA After an exhaustive investigation, SpaceX engineers have…
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Space station battery work starts New Year’s Eve
Read more →: Space station battery work starts New Year’s EveSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Working over the New Year holiday weekend, robot arm operators at…
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Iridium satellites closed up for launch on Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: Iridium satellites closed up for launch on Falcon 9 rocketThe first 10 Iridium Next satellites were encapsulated inside the payload fairing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket earlier…
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First Carbon Dioxide Monitoing Satellite Successfully Launched
Read more →: First Carbon Dioxide Monitoing Satellite Successfully LaunchedThe Long March-2D rocket carrying a carbon dioxide monitoring satellite blasts off from the launch pad at the…
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China Launches Satellite to Monitor Global Carbon Emissions
Read more →: China Launches Satellite to Monitor Global Carbon EmissionsJIUQUAN, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) — China launched a carbon dioxide monitoing satellite via a Long March-2D rocket from…
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Internal debris may be causing problem with Mars rover’s drill
Read more →: Internal debris may be causing problem with Mars rover’s drillFile photo of Curiosity’s drill bit from Feb. 24, 2015. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Engineers suspect a piece of foreign…
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Chinese Earth observation satellites launched into lower-than-planned orbit
Read more →: Chinese Earth observation satellites launched into lower-than-planned orbitTwo commercial Earth-imaging satellites launched by a Chinese Long March 2D booster Wednesday are flying in lower-than-planned orbits…
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Orbital ATK has no plans to phase out seldom-used Pegasus rocket
Read more →: Orbital ATK has no plans to phase out seldom-used Pegasus rocketIn this view from an F/A-18 chase plane, Orbital ATK’s Pegasus XL rocket fires its first stage seconds…
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China’s Space Activities in 2016
Read more →: China’s Space Activities in 2016China’s Space Activities in 2016 The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China December 2016…