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Launch of China’s New Generation Carrier Rocket Successful
Read more →: Launch of China’s New Generation Carrier Rocket SuccessfulWENCHANG, Hainan, June 25 (Xinhua) — China on Saturday launched its new generation carrier rocket Long March-7 from…
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Reentry Module Aboard Long March-7 Lands Successfully
Read more →: Reentry Module Aboard Long March-7 Lands SuccessfullyJIUQUAN, June 26 (Xinhua) — A reentry module aboard carrier rocket Long March-7 touched down successfully on Sunday…
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches MUOS 5
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 launches MUOS 5The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully flies to orbit Friday to deliver the U.S. Navy’s fifth…
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China’s new Long March 7 rocket successful on first flight
Read more →: China’s new Long March 7 rocket successful on first flightThe new kerosene-fueled Long March 7 rocket rocket, developed to become a workhorse for a planned Chinese space…
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Jupiter and its satellites seen by ‘people’s camera’ on Juno probe
Read more →: Jupiter and its satellites seen by ‘people’s camera’ on Juno probeThe JunoCam instrument on NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this picture of Jupiter and its four largest moons June…
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Navy satellite sails to orbit atop Atlas 5 rocket for communications grid
Read more →: Navy satellite sails to orbit atop Atlas 5 rocket for communications gridCAPE CANAVERAL — And then there were five. The constellation-building Atlas 5 rocket from United Launch Alliance successfully…
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NASA considers turning Curiosity rover into a scout for water on Mars mountain
Read more →: NASA considers turning Curiosity rover into a scout for water on Mars mountainThis selfie of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at a drilled sample site called “Okoruso,” on…
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Photos: Atlas 5 fulfills MUOS launch series with fifth successful launch
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 fulfills MUOS launch series with fifth successful launchLaunching the U.S. Navy’s fifth MUOS mobile communications satellite, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thundered away…
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China’s most powerful rocket set for maiden flight
Read more →: China’s most powerful rocket set for maiden flightThe Long March 7 rocket, standing 174 feet (53 meters) tall, emerged from its vertical assembly building to…
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Photos: Most powerful Atlas 5 puts 15,000-pound satellite in orbit
Read more →: Photos: Most powerful Atlas 5 puts 15,000-pound satellite in orbitWith five side-mounted solid rocket boosters for added power, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully deployed…
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Photos: Atlas 5 on the pad at sunset
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 on the pad at sunsetThe night before its planned flight coupled the photogenic United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and a gorgeous…
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China’s Long March-7 Rolled Out for Launch
Read more →: China’s Long March-7 Rolled Out for LaunchLong March-7 carrier rocket is transferred vertically to the launch pad in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province, June…