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Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the Fourth of July with galactic fireworks
Read more →: Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the Fourth of July with galactic fireworksThe tadpole galaxy Kiso 5639, also known as LEDA 36252, sparkles in this Hubble image. (Credit: D. Elmegreen…
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It’s a blast! NASA’s booster for heavy-lift SLS rocket gets final pre-launch test firing
Read more →: It’s a blast! NASA’s booster for heavy-lift SLS rocket gets final pre-launch test firingOrbital ATK’s solid-rocket booster is in the midst of a test firing in Utah. (Credit: NASA) The solid-rocket…
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The CPC Central Committee Congratulates Long March-7 Success
Read more →: The CPC Central Committee Congratulates Long March-7 SuccessWENCHANG, Hainan, June 25 (Xinhua) — In a message congratulating on the success of the Long March-7 mission,…
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Upgraded “Space Shuttle Bus” aboard New Carrier Rocket
Read more →: Upgraded “Space Shuttle Bus” aboard New Carrier RocketWENCHANG, Hainan, June 25 (Xinhua) — Long March-7, China’s new generation carrier rocket, has carried an upper stage…
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Friday’s Atlas 5 launch as seen from the air, land and rocket
Read more →: Friday’s Atlas 5 launch as seen from the air, land and rocketCAPE CANAVERAL — Perspectives of Friday’s United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight were snapped from a commercial…
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New and improved space weather observatory goes live next month
Read more →: New and improved space weather observatory goes live next monthArtist’s concept of the Deep Space Climate Observatory. Credit: NOAA NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory, a $340 million…
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Oxygen finding strengthens case that Mars was once habitable
Read more →: Oxygen finding strengthens case that Mars was once habitableThis scene shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at a location called “Windjana,” where the rover found rocks containing…
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Huge solid rocket booster to be test-fired Tuesday
Read more →: Huge solid rocket booster to be test-fired TuesdayThe qualification motor for Tuesday’s Space Launch System booster test sits at Orbital ATK’s test site in Utah.…
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China Voice: China committed to peaceful use of outer space
Read more →: China Voice: China committed to peaceful use of outer spaceChina welcomed a newcomer to its Long March carrier rocket family June 25 as the new generation Long…
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A look into China’s latest space center
Read more →: A look into China’s latest space centerChina launched its Long March-7 carrier rocket successfully on June 25 hailed as a prelude for the country’s…
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Antares rocket’s return-to-flight slips to August
Read more →: Antares rocket’s return-to-flight slips to AugustThe Antares rocket’s two RD-181 engines fired on a launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia, on May 31.…
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Prototype for new Chinese human-rated spacecraft lands in desert
Read more →: Prototype for new Chinese human-rated spacecraft lands in desertThe sub-scale re-entry capsule for China’s next-generation human-rated spacecraft landed in the Inner Mongolia region at 0741 GMT…