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Exoplanet telescope selected as ESA’s next space science mission
Read more →: Exoplanet telescope selected as ESA’s next space science missionArtist’s concept of the ARIEL space telescope. Credit: UCL A mission to investigate the atmospheres of planets around…
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China Launches Land Exploration Satellite
Read more →: China Launches Land Exploration SatelliteBEIJING, Mar. 18 (China Space News) — China launched a land exploration satellite into a preset orbit from…
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China to Launch Long March-5B Rocket in 2019
Read more →: China to Launch Long March-5B Rocket in 2019BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) — China will launch the Long March-5B carrier rocket into space in 2019, according…
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Video: Soyuz lifts off with three-man crew
Read more →: Video: Soyuz lifts off with three-man crewThree veteran space fliers rode a Soyuz rocket into orbit Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, heading…
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U.S.-Russian crew lifts off on two-day trip to International Space Station
Read more →: U.S.-Russian crew lifts off on two-day trip to International Space StationNews Brief: Russia launched a Soyuz rocket from its Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today, sending two NASA astronauts…
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Relativity strikes deal with NASA to use rocket engine test complex in Mississippi
Read more →: Relativity strikes deal with NASA to use rocket engine test complex in MississippiRelativity’s Aeon 1 engine undergoes a test firing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. (Relativity Photo) Relativity, a rocket…
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Soyuz takes off with three bound for space station
Read more →: Soyuz takes off with three bound for space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off and shot…
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Even after death, Stephen Hawking stirs up fresh cosmological tiffs and tributes
Read more →: Even after death, Stephen Hawking stirs up fresh cosmological tiffs and tributesPhysicist Stephen Hawking visited the Large Hadron Collider’s underground tunnel in 2013. (CERN Photo / Laurent Egli) The…
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U.S. Air Force divides new launch contracts between SpaceX, ULA
Read more →: U.S. Air Force divides new launch contracts between SpaceX, ULAFile photo of an Atlas 5 rocket launch. Credit: United Launch Alliance SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have…
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ULA touts new Vulcan rocket in competition with SpaceX
Read more →: ULA touts new Vulcan rocket in competition with SpaceXSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s illustration of a Vulcan rocket launching from Cape Canaveral. Credit:…
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Launch preps advance in California for next Falcon 9 flight
Read more →: Launch preps advance in California for next Falcon 9 flightAll 10 Iridium Next satellites for the next Falcon 9 launch have arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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Soyuz crew set for Wednesday launch on station flight
Read more →: Soyuz crew set for Wednesday launch on station flightSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Drew Feustel, Oleg Artemyev and Ricky Arnold (left to right), all…