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New U.S. weather satellite with improved camera sends back first images
Read more →: New U.S. weather satellite with improved camera sends back first imagesThis full-disk image over the Americas was captured by GOES-16’s Advanced Baseline Imager at 1807 GMT (1:07 p.m.…
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Boeing hints that it’ll unveil its Starliner spacesuits – and maybe who’ll wear them
Read more →: Boeing hints that it’ll unveil its Starliner spacesuits – and maybe who’ll wear themA quick shot from a Boeing video shows a Starliner patch on a blue spacesuit. (Boeing Photo) Boeing’s…
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China’s First Cargo Spacecraft to Leave Factory
Read more →: China’s First Cargo Spacecraft to Leave FactoryBEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — China’s first cargo spacecraft will leave the factory, according to the website of…
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China Receives Imagery from High-resolution Remote Sensing Satellites
Read more →: China Receives Imagery from High-resolution Remote Sensing SatellitesBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — China has received images from a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites…
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches SBIRS GEO Flight 3
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 launches SBIRS GEO Flight 3Launching a highly sophisticated infrared surveillance satellite for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket…
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New Horizons to continue mission of discovery with Kuiper Belt encounter
Read more →: New Horizons to continue mission of discovery with Kuiper Belt encounterArtist’s impression of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Kuiper Belt object. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI/Alex Parker Scientists planning the…
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Japanese spacecraft spots planet-spanning wave on Venus
Read more →: Japanese spacecraft spots planet-spanning wave on VenusIn these images from Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft, a stationary bow wave is seen on Venus over several days…
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Atlas 5 rocket successfully delivers vital national asset into space
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket successfully delivers vital national asset into spaceCAPE CANAVERAL — A new infrared reconnaissance satellite for one of the United States’ highest priority space programs…
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Video: Missile alert satellite launches atop Atlas 5
Read more →: Video: Missile alert satellite launches atop Atlas 5The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 189 feet tall and and weighing 720,000 pounds, unleashes 860,000…
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Photos: Another SBIRS soars atop Atlas 5
Read more →: Photos: Another SBIRS soars atop Atlas 5The Atlas 5 rocket lifted the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 missile warning sentinel into orbit, advancing space technology…
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Photos: First ULA mission of the year blasts off
Read more →: Photos: First ULA mission of the year blasts offMarking United Launch Alliance’s first rocket flight in 2017, beginning its year of national security and science-enabling missions,…
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What’s next for science and tech? Key posts are in limbo as Trump takes charge
Read more →: What’s next for science and tech? Key posts are in limbo as Trump takes chargeDonald Trump met with tech industry leaders including venture capitalist Peter Thiel and Apple CEO Tim Cook last…