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China lays out plans to put probe on moon’s far side in 2018 – and on Mars in 2020
Read more →: China lays out plans to put probe on moon’s far side in 2018 – and on Mars in 2020An artist’s conception shows the Chang’e 4 spacecraft landing on the moon. (CCTV via YouTube) China’s latest white…
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China’s Space Activities in 2016
Read more →: China’s Space Activities in 2016China’s Space Activities in 2016 The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China December 2016…
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Piers Sellers, shuttle astronaut and renowned climate researcher, dies at 61
Read more →: Piers Sellers, shuttle astronaut and renowned climate researcher, dies at 61Piers Sellers flew on three assembly missions to the International Space Station. He is seen here on the…
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From startups to spaceships: Ten top books for geeks to read in 2017
Read more →: From startups to spaceships: Ten top books for geeks to read in 2017What’s Bill Gates reading now? We’re taking a guess. (Gates Foundation Photo) Geeks and books go together like…
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Proton rocket’s next flight moved back to next year
Read more →: Proton rocket’s next flight moved back to next yearProton and EchoStar 21 launch team members sign the rocket’s payload fairing in this image tweeted by International…
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Spending Christmas in space
Read more →: Spending Christmas in spaceApollo 8 A Christmas Eve reading from the book of Genesis by the Apollo 8 astronauts — commander…
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Christmas in space features French cuisine
Read more →: Christmas in space features French cuisineNASA astronaut Peggy Whitson wears Christmas colors as she floats inside the International Space Station. (NASA Photo) Spacefliers…
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Photos: Arianespace caps 2016 campaign with successful Ariane 5 flight
Read more →: Photos: Arianespace caps 2016 campaign with successful Ariane 5 flightThe Ariane 5 rocket’s 90th launch Wednesday carried two communications satellites to orbit to join the fleets of…
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Hunt for water at Ceres goes underground
Read more →: Hunt for water at Ceres goes undergroundThe small, bright crater Oxo (6 miles, 10 kilometers wide) on Ceres is seen in this perspective view.…
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Virgin Galactic sneaks in just one more SpaceShipTwo glide test to cap off 2016
Read more →: Virgin Galactic sneaks in just one more SpaceShipTwo glide test to cap off 2016Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity glides through the skies over California’s Mojave Desert. (Virgin Galactic Photo) Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo…
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The Year in Aerospace and Science: Why gravitational waves wowed the world
Read more →: The Year in Aerospace and Science: Why gravitational waves wowed the worldA visualization shows gravitational waves produced by two orbiting black holes. (NASA Illustration / C. Henze) The biggest…
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China sends carbon-monitoring satellite into orbit
Read more →: China sends carbon-monitoring satellite into orbitA Long March 2D rocket lifted off Wednesday with China’s TanSat carbon-monitoring satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese satellite…