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China Launches Satellite to Monitor Global Carbon Emissions
Read more →: China Launches Satellite to Monitor Global Carbon EmissionsJIUQUAN, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) — China launched a carbon dioxide monitoing satellite via a Long March-2D rocket from…
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Internal debris may be causing problem with Mars rover’s drill
Read more →: Internal debris may be causing problem with Mars rover’s drillFile photo of Curiosity’s drill bit from Feb. 24, 2015. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Engineers suspect a piece of foreign…
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Chinese Earth observation satellites launched into lower-than-planned orbit
Read more →: Chinese Earth observation satellites launched into lower-than-planned orbitTwo commercial Earth-imaging satellites launched by a Chinese Long March 2D booster Wednesday are flying in lower-than-planned orbits…
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Orbital ATK has no plans to phase out seldom-used Pegasus rocket
Read more →: Orbital ATK has no plans to phase out seldom-used Pegasus rocketIn this view from an F/A-18 chase plane, Orbital ATK’s Pegasus XL rocket fires its first stage seconds…
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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…