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Boeing identifies CST-100 prime landing sites
Read more →: Boeing identifies CST-100 prime landing sitesArtist’s concept of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner landing on airbags. Credit: Boeing The first few flights of Boeing’s CST-100…
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Orbital ATK beats out Aerojet in ULA booster selection
Read more →: Orbital ATK beats out Aerojet in ULA booster selectionFile photo of Orbital ATK’s GEM-60 solid rocket booster before attachment to a Delta 4 rocket. The Atlas…
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China aims for landing on moon’s far side by 2020
Read more →: China aims for landing on moon’s far side by 2020China’s Yutu rover is pictured in this view from the Chang’e 3 landing platform shortly after arriving on…
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China’s new carrier rocket succeeds in first trip
Read more →: China’s new carrier rocket succeeds in first tripChina successfully launched a new model of carrier rocket, Long March-6, at 7:01 a.m. Sunday from the Taiyuan…
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China to rehearse new carrier rocket for lunar mission
Read more →: China to rehearse new carrier rocket for lunar missionA Long March-5 carrier rocket on Sunday was shipped from North China’s Tianjin port for a rehearsal of…
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Debut launch of Long March 6 deploys 20 satellites
Read more →: Debut launch of Long March 6 deploys 20 satellitesThe first launch of China’s new Long March 6 rocket took off at 2301 GMT (7:01 p.m. EDT)…
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Planet Labs takes rash of launch failures in stride
Read more →: Planet Labs takes rash of launch failures in strideOne of Planet Labs’ satellites captured this shot of a fire burning near Itumbiara, Brazil. Credit: Planet Labs…
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Launch of European Mars mission delayed two months
Read more →: Launch of European Mars mission delayed two monthsArtist’s concept of the Schiaparelli lander separating from the Trace Gas Orbiter on final approach to Mars. Credit:…
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The surface of Rosetta’s comet is changing
Read more →: The surface of Rosetta’s comet is changingThis sequence of ten images showing changes in the Imhotep region on Comet 67P/Chruymov-Gerasimenko were taken with the…
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The surface of Rosetta’s comet is changing
Read more →: The surface of Rosetta’s comet is changingThis sequence of ten images showing changes in the Imhotep region on Comet 67P/Chruymov-Gerasimenko were taken with the…
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Haunting sunset vista shows foggy hazes on Pluto
Read more →: Haunting sunset vista shows foggy hazes on PlutoJust 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft looked…
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Haunting sunset vista shows foggy hazes on Pluto
Read more →: Haunting sunset vista shows foggy hazes on PlutoJust 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft looked…