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SpaceX launch dazzles, delivering 10 more satellites for Iridium
Read more →: SpaceX launch dazzles, delivering 10 more satellites for IridiumCredit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Putting on a holiday light show for Southern California and much of the…
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Land imaging craft launched for Chinese military
Read more →: Land imaging craft launched for Chinese militaryA Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 0414 GMT Saturday (11:14 p.m. EST Friday) from the Jiuquan…
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Aliens in L.A.? Santa? Even Elon Musk has some fun with SpaceX rocket’s sky show
Read more →: Aliens in L.A.? Santa? Even Elon Musk has some fun with SpaceX rocket’s sky showThe contrail left behind by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch looked like a giant fish in the skies over…
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Video: Falcon 9 lifts off at dusk from Vandenberg Air Force Base
Read more →: Video: Falcon 9 lifts off at dusk from Vandenberg Air Force BaseA Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Pacific coastline northwest of Los…
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A car for Mars: Elon Musk shows Tesla Roadster revving up for Falcon Heavy liftoff
Read more →: A car for Mars: Elon Musk shows Tesla Roadster revving up for Falcon Heavy liftoffElon Musk’s red Tesla Roadster is nestled within the payload shroud for a Falcon Heavy rocket. (Elon Musk…
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SpaceX puts 10 Iridium telecom satellites in orbit – and creates a spectacle in the sky
Read more →: SpaceX puts 10 Iridium telecom satellites in orbit – and creates a spectacle in the skySpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX has…
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Timeline for SpaceX’s fourth launch of Iridium satellites
Read more →: Timeline for SpaceX’s fourth launch of Iridium satellitesFollow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with the fourth set of 10…
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Iconic free-flying shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless passes away at the age of 80
Read more →: Iconic free-flying shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless passes away at the age of 80News Brief: Retired astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft, has died…
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Former astronaut Bruce McCandless dies
Read more →: Former astronaut Bruce McCandless diesSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Official portrait showing astronaut Bruce McCandless II, attired in the shuttle…
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Japanese H-2A rocket lifts off with two satellites
Read more →: Japanese H-2A rocket lifts off with two satellitesEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 0300 GMT Saturday (10:00 p.m. Friday) with confirmation of a successful launch. A Japanese H-2A…
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Live coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket makes its final launch of the year
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket makes its final launch of the yearLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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Alcomsat-1 Successfully Positioned in Geostationary Orbit
Read more →: Alcomsat-1 Successfully Positioned in Geostationary OrbitBEIJING, Dec. 22 (China Space News) — Alcomsat-1, Algeria’s first communications satellite, was successfully positioned at 24.8 degrees…