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China adds two more satellites to home-grown navigation network
Read more →: China adds two more satellites to home-grown navigation networkA Long March 3B rocket lifted off Monday with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Two more Chinese…
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Trump budget aims to kick-start lunar exploration, cancels space telescope
Read more →: Trump budget aims to kick-start lunar exploration, cancels space telescopeArtist’s concept of NASA’s proposed deep space station near the moon. Credit: NASA The White House’s $19.9 billion…
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Trump administration supports transition to commercially-focused space station
Read more →: Trump administration supports transition to commercially-focused space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of the International Space Station from the final space…
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Commercial space ventures hail NASA opportunities in orbit and on the moon
Read more →: Commercial space ventures hail NASA opportunities in orbit and on the moonAn artist’s conception shows Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander on the lunar surface. (Astrobotic Illustration) The Trump administration’s proposed shift…
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SpaceX set to launch first prototype Starlink satellites for global internet
Read more →: SpaceX set to launch first prototype Starlink satellites for global internetSpaceX’s Redmond office is the center for its satellite operations. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The first test…
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Resupply launch scrubbed, thwarting fast-track rendezvous with space station
Read more →: Resupply launch scrubbed, thwarting fast-track rendezvous with space stationThe Soyuz-2.1a rocket and the Progress MS-08 supply ship moments after Sunday’s countdown was halted. Credit: Roscosmos The…
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Fresh raw imagery from NASA’s Juno orbiter puts Jupiter’s fans in 11th heaven
Read more →: Fresh raw imagery from NASA’s Juno orbiter puts Jupiter’s fans in 11th heavenNASA’s Juno probe captured this picture of Jupiter’s swirling storms during a close pass on Feb. 7. (NASA…
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Soyuz rocket positioned on launch pad for station resupply flight
Read more →: Soyuz rocket positioned on launch pad for station resupply flightEDITOR’S NOTE: The Soyuz launch was aborted in the final seconds of the countdown Sunday. A Russian Soyuz…
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Chinese taikonauts maintain indomitable spirit in space exploration: senior officer
Read more →: Chinese taikonauts maintain indomitable spirit in space exploration: senior officerBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese taikonauts have “maintained an indomitable spirit while carrying out space exploration,” said…
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Did NASA pass up SpaceX offer for Falcon Heavy payload? Former NASA official raises questions
Read more →: Did NASA pass up SpaceX offer for Falcon Heavy payload? Former NASA official raises questionsFormer NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver hears from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. (Lori Garver via Twitter) SpaceX CEO…
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3.8 billion miles! New Horizons spacecraft sends pictures from farthest vantage point
Read more →: 3.8 billion miles! New Horizons spacecraft sends pictures from farthest vantage pointThese false-color images of two Kuiper Belt objects, 2012 HZ84 (left) and 2012 HE85 (right), helped give New…
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Photos: Launch pad cameras capture Falcon Heavy’s fiery liftoff
Read more →: Photos: Launch pad cameras capture Falcon Heavy’s fiery liftoffThis up-close sequence of photos shows the Falcon Heavy rocket lifting off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…