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Space station crew closes out 168-day mission
Read more →: Space station crew closes out 168-day missionSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft touches down in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls…
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Earth-observers delivered to space by Long March 2D rocket
Read more →: Earth-observers delivered to space by Long March 2D rocketVideo credit: CGTN A Chinese environmental research craft and an experimental Earth-imaging nanosatellite successfully launched Saturday aboard a…
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One trio comes home from the space station just as another gets set to launch
Read more →: One trio comes home from the space station just as another gets set to launchA Russian Soyuz spacecraft fires its retro rockets as it touches down in Kazakhstan, marking the return of…
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One station crew heads home, another preps for launch
Read more →: One station crew heads home, another preps for launchJapanese astronaut Norishige Kanai (upper left), Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov (bottom), and NASA flight engineer Scott Tingle (right)…
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New photos illustrate progress in SpaceX’s fairing recovery attempts
Read more →: New photos illustrate progress in SpaceX’s fairing recovery attemptsOne-half of the payload fairing from a May 22 launch of a Falcon 9 rocket parachutes into the…
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Space Force? Space Corps? Space Guard? Experts study ways to patrol final frontier
Read more →: Space Force? Space Corps? Space Guard? Experts study ways to patrol final frontierWorkers in protective suits check out the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle after its touchdown at NASA’s…
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The way we think of black holes just might be in for a radical change … again
Read more →: The way we think of black holes just might be in for a radical change … againColumbia theoretical physicist Brian Greene delves into Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity in “Light Falls,” a theater piece…
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SpaceX delays launch to run additional tests on rocket
Read more →: SpaceX delays launch to run additional tests on rocketFile photo of a previous Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Malala Yousafzai tweet cute over ClickHole’s Starman parody
Read more →: SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Malala Yousafzai tweet cute over ClickHole’s Starman parodyMore Bad Press For Elon: The Car Elon Musk Launched Into Orbit Has Fallen Back Down To Earth…
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Blue Origin gets in on NASA studies for resource utilization on moon and Mars
Read more →: Blue Origin gets in on NASA studies for resource utilization on moon and MarsAn artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander on the lunar surface. (Blue Origin Illustration) Amazon billionaire…
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Science of ‘The Expanse’: TV show sticks to space realities (with one big exception)
Read more →: Science of ‘The Expanse’: TV show sticks to space realities (with one big exception)Spaceship pilot Alex Kamal (played by Cas Anvar) turns a zero-gravity somersault in a scene from “The Expanse.”…
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China Launches Gaofen-5 Satellite
Read more →: China Launches Gaofen-5 SatelliteTAIYUAN, May 9 (China Space News) — China on Wednesday launched Gaofen-5, a hyperspectral imaging satellite, as part…