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Scientists celebrate 10th anniversary of Dawn mission’s launch
Read more →: Scientists celebrate 10th anniversary of Dawn mission’s launchArtist’s concept of the Dawn spacecraft with imagery of Ceres (left) and Vesta (right) captured during the mission.…
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SpaceX sets target launch dates for back-to-back flights next month
Read more →: SpaceX sets target launch dates for back-to-back flights next monthFile photo inside SpaceX’s hangar at pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX…
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GRACE satellites to end research mission in November, before replacements launch
Read more →: GRACE satellites to end research mission in November, before replacements launchArtist’s concept of the GRACE satellites in orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Two U.S.-German satellites launched more than 15 years…
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AsiaSat communications payload ready for Proton launch
Read more →: AsiaSat communications payload ready for Proton launchA Russian Proton rocket rolled out to its launch pad Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with…
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Suomi NPP sees Hurricane Maria’s startling effect on Puerto Rico power grid
Read more →: Suomi NPP sees Hurricane Maria’s startling effect on Puerto Rico power gridThese side-by-side, before-and-after images of Puerto Rico show the effect of Hurricane Maria on the island’s electrical grid.…
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NRO payload paired with Atlas 5 rocket for another national security launch
Read more →: NRO payload paired with Atlas 5 rocket for another national security launchThe NROL-52 mission poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A payload critical to the nation was…
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China’s Cargo Spacecraft Separates from Tiangong-2 Space Lab
Read more →: China’s Cargo Spacecraft Separates from Tiangong-2 Space LabBEIJING, Sept. 18 (China Space News) — China’s first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, separated from Tiangong-2 space lab at…
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China to Launch more BeiDou-3 Satellites in 2017
Read more →: China to Launch more BeiDou-3 Satellites in 2017BEIJING, Sept. 20 (China Space News) — More BeiDou-3 satellites will be launched in November 2017, according to…
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Video: NROL-42 launch aboard the Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Video: NROL-42 launch aboard the Atlas 5 rocketThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 197 feet tall and and weighing 1.2 million pounds, unleashes…
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Photos: News media images of Atlas 5 launch
Read more →: Photos: News media images of Atlas 5 launchThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket leaves Space Launch Complex 3-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
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Photos: Atlas 5 powers NRO payload into the night
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 powers NRO payload into the nightThe Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for its late-night ascent to…
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Signals intelligence gatherer successfully launched by powerful Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Signals intelligence gatherer successfully launched by powerful Atlas 5 rocketA signals intercepter for the U.S. spy satellite agency was successfully launched into a high orbit over the…