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Timeline: Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO Flight 3 ascent events
Read more →: Timeline: Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO Flight 3 ascent eventsThis is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape…
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NASA looks into buying more Russian Soyuz trips to orbit … through Boeing
Read more →: NASA looks into buying more Russian Soyuz trips to orbit … through BoeingA Russian Soyuz craft approaches the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA) NASA is considering a convoluted arrangement to…
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Falcon 9 booster, first recovered off West Coast, back in port
Read more →: Falcon 9 booster, first recovered off West Coast, back in portThe first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket launched Saturday has returned to port in Southern California after…
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SES 10 telecom satellite in Florida for launch on reused SpaceX rocket
Read more →: SES 10 telecom satellite in Florida for launch on reused SpaceX rocketA Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster descends to a propulsive landing on a platform in the Atlantic…
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Last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan, leaves behind a dying wish
Read more →: Last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan, leaves behind a dying wishApollo 17’s Gene Cernan wears a spacesuit smeared with lunar dirt in 1972. (NASA Photo) Apollo 17 commander…
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Experimental flight of Japanese sounding rocket falls short of orbit
Read more →: Experimental flight of Japanese sounding rocket falls short of orbitCredit: JAXA A small research rocket launched from Japan fell into the Pacific Ocean on Saturday after attempting…
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Astronaut Gene Cernan, last Apollo moonwalker, dies at 82
Read more →: Astronaut Gene Cernan, last Apollo moonwalker, dies at 82STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Gene Cernan on the moon in 1972. Credit: NASA Former astronaut…
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Preview: Advanced missile detection satellite for early-warning alerts awaits liftoff
Read more →: Preview: Advanced missile detection satellite for early-warning alerts awaits liftoffThe mission patch. Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — Culminating years of construction and testing, a $1.2 billion…
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Fresh views of Saturday’s Falcon 9 rocket launch
Read more →: Fresh views of Saturday’s Falcon 9 rocket launchCheck out more imagery of Saturday’s liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, including pictures from remote cameras…
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Watch as Falcon 9 launches with 10 Iridium satellites and its first stage lands
Read more →: Watch as Falcon 9 launches with 10 Iridium satellites and its first stage landsWatch the first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lift off since a catastrophic launch pad explosion at Cape Canaveral…
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Photos: Falcon 9 returns to flight with weekend launch from California
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 returns to flight with weekend launch from CaliforniaLaunching for the first time in four-and-a-half months, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Air Force…
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Weather forecast now 80 percent ‘go’ for Thursday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
Read more →: Weather forecast now 80 percent ‘go’ for Thursday’s Atlas 5 rocket launchCredit: United Launch Alliance Note: Updated Monday with improved forecast details CAPE CANAVERAL — Meteorologists are anticipating favorable…