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Live coverage: Soyuz crew back on Earth
Read more →: Live coverage: Soyuz crew back on EarthMission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 44 crew on the International Space Station. Text updates will…
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Falcon 9 rocket to be grounded longer than expected
Read more →: Falcon 9 rocket to be grounded longer than expectedFile photo of a Falcon 9 launch in February 2015. Credit: NASA/KSC The beginning of November will be…
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Distant ice ball to become farthest object ever visited
Read more →: Distant ice ball to become farthest object ever visitedArtist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft flying by a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: Alex Parker A frozen…
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Photos: Proton rocket soars from Baikonur
Read more →: Photos: Proton rocket soars from BaikonurRussia’s Proton rocket returned to flight Friday, blasting off for the first time since a May launch mishap.…
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Soyuz booster in position for crew launch
Read more →: Soyuz booster in position for crew launchA Russian Soyuz booster rolled out of a hangar at the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome and rode a rail…
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Atlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flight
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flightCAPE CANAVERAL — Delivering two-and-a-half million pounds of ground-shaking thrust at takeoff, more than any rocket flying from…
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China launches Yaogan-27 remote sensing satellite
Read more →: China launches Yaogan-27 remote sensing satelliteChina’s Yaogan-27 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on last Thursday at 10:31 a.m. Beijing Time, from Taiyuan launch site in Shanxi Province, north China.The satellite will mainly be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention.Yaogan-27 was carried by a Long March-4C rocket, the 207th mission for the Long March rocket family.China launched the first “Yaogan” series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
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Atlas/MUOS 4 launch timeline
Read more →: Atlas/MUOS 4 launch timelineThis is the ascent timeline to be followed by the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in launching…
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Proton back in action with successful launch for Inmarsat
Read more →: Proton back in action with successful launch for InmarsatThe Proton rocket with Inmarsat 5 F3 launched at 1144 GMT (7:44 a.m. EDT) Friday from the Baikonur…
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Tropical weather postpones Monday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
Read more →: Tropical weather postpones Monday’s Atlas 5 rocket launchThe Atlas 5 rocket will remain inside assembly building for now. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Plans to…
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Preview: Launch to complete Navy satellite fleet’s reach
Read more →: Preview: Launch to complete Navy satellite fleet’s reachA prior Atlas 5-551 rocket rolls out. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Likened to raising a cellular tower…
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Soyuz relocation clears way for launch of new station crew
Read more →: Soyuz relocation clears way for launch of new station crewThe Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft moved to a new docking port on the International Space Station on Friday. Credit:…