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Apollo 1 tragedy remembered 50 years later
Read more →: Apollo 1 tragedy remembered 50 years laterSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, pose in front of…
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Photos: Commercial telecom satellite mounted for launch on Soyuz rocket
Read more →: Photos: Commercial telecom satellite mounted for launch on Soyuz rocketA new satellite design will debut with Friday’s launch of a Russian-built Soyuz rocket from French Guiana on…
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China sets November launch for lunar sample return mission
Read more →: China sets November launch for lunar sample return missionFile photo of the moon seen from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA China plans to launch a…
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NASA resumes JWST vibration testing
Read more →: NASA resumes JWST vibration testingA clean tent is lowered over the James Webb Space Telescope, with its wings folded back in launch…
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Touchscreen gloves? Zippered helmets? Boeing reboots the spacesuit for Starliner
Read more →: Touchscreen gloves? Zippered helmets? Boeing reboots the spacesuit for StarlinerBoeing’s Chris Ferguson, a former astronaut, models the Starliner spacesuit. (Boeing via YouTube) The spacesuit designed for astronauts…
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Jumping Jupiter! What a view from Juno!
Read more →: Jumping Jupiter! What a view from Juno!The JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno probe snapped this shot of Jupiter’s northern latitudes on Dec. 11, 2016, as…
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Japan puts its first military communications satellite into orbit
Read more →: Japan puts its first military communications satellite into orbitThe H-2A rocket’s four solid rocket boosters and LE-7A main engine are seen firing seconds after liftoff Tuesday.…
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Google Lunar X Prize clears five teams for moon race and pays out $1 million
Read more →: Google Lunar X Prize clears five teams for moon race and pays out $1 millionAn artist’s conception shows SpaceIL’s lander on the moon. (SpaceIL Illustration) The organizers of the Google Lunar X…
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Soyuz rolled to launch pad for first geostationary launch from French Guiana
Read more →: Soyuz rolled to launch pad for first geostationary launch from French GuianaA Soyuz rocket was transferred to the launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday for a flight at…
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H-2A rocket primed for launch of Japanese military communications satellite
Read more →: H-2A rocket primed for launch of Japanese military communications satelliteFile photo of an H-2A rocket on its launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The rocket slated…
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European engineers studying string of clock failures on Galileo navigation satellites
Read more →: European engineers studying string of clock failures on Galileo navigation satellitesArtist’s concept of a Galileo satellite. Credit: OHB A wave of clock failures on Europe’s Galileo navigation satellites…
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America’s newest weather satellite sends glorious pictures of Earth (and the moon)
Read more →: America’s newest weather satellite sends glorious pictures of Earth (and the moon)This composite color full-disk image from GOES-16, focusing on North and South America, was acquired at 10:07 a.m.…