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Russian rocket erected for this week’s Galileo launch
Read more →: Russian rocket erected for this week’s Galileo launchPhoto credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – G. Barbaste The next pair of spacecraft to…
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Kelly assumes command of space station
Read more →: Kelly assumes command of space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Nine people are temporarily staying on the International Space Station this…
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One-on-one with NASA’s chief space station builder
Read more →: One-on-one with NASA’s chief space station builderMike Suffredini leaves NASA on Sept. 9 to take a job in the private sector. Credit: NASA Mike…
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Enter the Starliner: Boeing names its commercial spaceship
Read more →: Enter the Starliner: Boeing names its commercial spaceshipBoeing’s commercial human-rated spaceship designed to ferry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station will be…
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Soyuz docks with space station, boosts crew to nine
Read more →: Soyuz docks with space station, boosts crew to nineSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking…
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Japanese X-ray observatory completes decade-long mission
Read more →: Japanese X-ray observatory completes decade-long missionArtist’s concept of the Suzaku satellite. Credit: NASA/JAXA An orbiting astronomical observatory launched 10 years ago to probe…
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Photos: More Atlas 5 launch shots
Read more →: Photos: More Atlas 5 launch shotsAnother batch of Atlas 5 rocket launch photos from Wednesday’s flight for the U.S. Navy carrying the Mobile…
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Radar on NASA’s SMAP Earth observing satellite declared lost
Read more →: Radar on NASA’s SMAP Earth observing satellite declared lostArtist’s concept of the SMAP spacecraft and its rotating antenna. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech One-half of the instrument payload aboard…
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Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket to deploy Navy’s MUOS 4 satellite
Read more →: Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket to deploy Navy’s MUOS 4 satelliteA replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System communications…
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Photos: Atlas 5 puts on predawn sky show
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 puts on predawn sky showStreaking away from Cape Canaveral less than an hour before sunrise Wednesday, an Atlas 5 launcher painted a…
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Recap story: Atlas 5 completes heavy-duty launch assignment
Read more →: Recap story: Atlas 5 completes heavy-duty launch assignmentPhoto: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — In a breath-taking display at daybreak today, an Atlas rocket powered an enormous…
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Photos: Three-man crew launched from steppes of Kazakhstan
Read more →: Photos: Three-man crew launched from steppes of KazakhstanThree space fliers rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, setting off in pursuit of…