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Timeline for Falcon 9’s third launch of Iridium satellites
Read more →: Timeline for Falcon 9’s third launch of Iridium satellitesFollow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with the third set of 10…
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Photos: SpaceX preps Falcon 9 rocket for launch from Vandenberg
Read more →: Photos: SpaceX preps Falcon 9 rocket for launch from VandenbergSpaceX aims to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10…
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Iridium’s third batch of new satellites set for Monday launch
Read more →: Iridium’s third batch of new satellites set for Monday launchThe third set of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites were prepared for launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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Video: Weather causes Atlas 5 countdown hold
Read more →: Video: Weather causes Atlas 5 countdown holdFor the second day running, bad weather at Cape Canaveral forced the postponement of the NROL-52 satellite launch.…
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SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch of TV broadcast satellite
Read more →: SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch of TV broadcast satelliteStory updated at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) with SpaceX statement. File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket…
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Spacewalk concludes with successful robot arm repair
Read more →: Spacewalk concludes with successful robot arm repairSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei worked on the space…
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Station astronauts prep for spacewalk to repair robotic arm
Read more →: Station astronauts prep for spacewalk to repair robotic armAstronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei are pictured inside their spacesuits during a recent rehearsal for Thursday’s…
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Pence calls for a return to the moon as a stepping stone to Mars
Read more →: Pence calls for a return to the moon as a stepping stone to MarsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Vice President Mike Pence speaks Thursday at the first meeting of…
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JWST launch slips to early 2019
Read more →: JWST launch slips to early 2019Artist’s concept of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: Northrop Grumman Extra testing of the James Webb Space…
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China resumes launch campaigns after string of failures, delays lunar mission
Read more →: China resumes launch campaigns after string of failures, delays lunar missionA Long March 2C rocket launched Sept. 29 from the Xichang space center in southwest China, the first…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket rolls out for NROL-52 flight
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket rolls out for NROL-52 flightCAPE CANAVERAL — Riding the rails between its assembly building and the launch pad, an Atlas 5 rocket…
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Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster test-fired for weekend launch
Read more →: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster test-fired for weekend launchSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is test-fired Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX test-fired…