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New Russian telecom satellite awaits launch Monday
Read more →: New Russian telecom satellite awaits launch MondayThe Proton rocket with Express AM8 rolled out Friday to the Complex 81 launch pad at the Baikonur…
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Photos: Soyuz blasts off from the jungle
Read more →: Photos: Soyuz blasts off from the jungleA late-night liftoff Thursday lit up the forested shoreline of South America as a Russian-made Soyuz rocket streaked…
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Launch brings Galileo navigation system into double digits
Read more →: Launch brings Galileo navigation system into double digitsA Soyuz rocket lifted off from French Guiana at 0208:10 GMT Friday (10:08:10 p.m. EDT) with Europe’s next…
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Space technology unfurled in red flag over Tian’anmen
Read more →: Space technology unfurled in red flag over Tian’anmenTwo huge red flags flying at 180 km per hour over Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square last Thursday opened China’s…
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China’s lunar orbiter gets close-up pictures of the Moon
Read more →: China’s lunar orbiter gets close-up pictures of the MoonChina obtained detailed images of a planned Moon landing site on Wednesday, where a future Chang’e-5 mission is…
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Air Force assigns new Delta 4 rocket launch
Read more →: Air Force assigns new Delta 4 rocket launchVandenberg launched the first Delta 4 Medium+ (5,2) on April 3, 2012. Credit: Ben Cooper (more launch pics)…
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Scientists revel in latest Pluto close-ups
Read more →: Scientists revel in latest Pluto close-upsThis synthetic perspective view of Pluto, based on the latest high-resolution images to be downlinked from NASA’s New…
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Live coverage: Soyuz launches to expand Europe’s navigation system
Read more →: Live coverage: Soyuz launches to expand Europe’s navigation systemVideo provided by Arianespace Mission Status Center Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket…
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Photos: Two more Galileo navigation satellites primed for flight
Read more →: Photos: Two more Galileo navigation satellites primed for flightThe next pair of spacecraft to join Europe’s Galileo navigation system are positioned for liftoff late Thursday aboard…
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Dawn gets better look at bright spots on Ceres
Read more →: Dawn gets better look at bright spots on CeresThis image taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, shows Occator crater on Ceres, home to a collection of intriguing…
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Station crew recommends “The Martian” in plug from space
Read more →: Station crew recommends “The Martian” in plug from spaceSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Space station astronaut Kjell Lindgren said Tuesday he and commander Scott…
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Decision looms on when to introduce new SLS upper stage
Read more →: Decision looms on when to introduce new SLS upper stageArtist’s concept of the Space Launch System’s upgraded upper stage with four RL10 engines. NASA officials want to…