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Moonrise, moonset and Mars: Photos hit the high points at Mount Rainier
Read more →: Moonrise, moonset and Mars: Photos hit the high points at Mount RainierMars (far left) and the full moon get together over Mount Rainier on the night of July 26-27.…
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Video: Ariane 5 takes off from French Guiana
Read more →: Video: Ariane 5 takes off from French GuianaVideo credit: Arianespace Watch a replay of the liftoff of an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday from the Guiana…
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It’s prime time for watching Mars – plus a total lunar eclipse that you can see online
Read more →: It’s prime time for watching Mars – plus a total lunar eclipse that you can see onlineA global dust storm covers Mars’ disk in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope, captured on July…
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SpaceShipTwo rocket plane pushes the envelope in third supersonic test flight
Read more →: SpaceShipTwo rocket plane pushes the envelope in third supersonic test flightVirgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, fires up its hybrid rocket motor during a supersonic test flight.…
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Einstein’s right again: Star obeys relativity as it whirls around Milky Way’s black hole
Read more →: Einstein’s right again: Star obeys relativity as it whirls around Milky Way’s black holeNews Brief: A 26-year-long observational campaign provides clear evidence of the effect that general relativity has on the…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California
Read more →: Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from CaliforniaLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket puts 10 Iridium satellites in orbit, then lands in rough seas
Read more →: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket puts 10 Iridium satellites in orbit, then lands in rough seasA webcam shows the deployment of an Iridium NEXT telecommunications satellites from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage, with…
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Photos: Falcon 9 ready for launch from California
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 ready for launch from CaliforniaA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket loaded with 10 Iridium Next communications satellite is awaiting a predawn launch Wednesday…
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Successful Ariane 5 launch fills out European navigation fleet
Read more →: Successful Ariane 5 launch fills out European navigation fleetAn Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 1125 GMT (7:25 a.m. EDT; 8:25 a.m. French Guiana time) from…
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Video: Falcon 9 lifts off in a veil of fog
Read more →: Video: Falcon 9 lifts off in a veil of fogVideo credit: SpaceX A thick marine layer blanketing Vandenberg Air Force Base in California restricted views of SpaceX’s…
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SpaceX’s second launch in three days lofts 10 more Iridium satellites
Read more →: SpaceX’s second launch in three days lofts 10 more Iridium satellitesSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fires into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX Firing through a…
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Mars Express delivers radar evidence of hidden lake at Red Planet’s south pole
Read more →: Mars Express delivers radar evidence of hidden lake at Red Planet’s south poleThe European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter, shown in this artist’s conception, has been circling Mars since 2003.…