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Photos: Cygnus packed up and fueled for trip to the space station
Read more →: Photos: Cygnus packed up and fueled for trip to the space stationThe International Space Station cargo ship launching from Cape Canaveral on March 22 has been given a name…
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Assembly complete for ExoMars’ Proton launcher
Read more →: Assembly complete for ExoMars’ Proton launcherGround teams pose for a picture with the fully assembled Proton rocket with the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter…
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Second Space Lab, Manned Mission Planned
Read more →: Second Space Lab, Manned Mission PlannedBEIJING, Mar. 3 (China Space News) — China is assembling its second space laboratory and its latest manned…
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Alaska Airlines changes Anchorage-Honolulu flight to catch total solar eclipse
Read more →: Alaska Airlines changes Anchorage-Honolulu flight to catch total solar eclipseA passenger aboard a Lufthansa flight watches a solar eclipse out the window in March 2015. Passengers on…
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Watch this week’s total solar eclipse online – and get set for 2017’s big one
Read more →: Watch this week’s total solar eclipse online – and get set for 2017’s big oneThe sun’s corona gleams during a total solar eclipse seen from the northern tip of Australia in November…
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Ariane 5 moved to launch zone with powerhouse Eutelsat satellite
Read more →: Ariane 5 moved to launch zone with powerhouse Eutelsat satelliteThe Ariane 5 rocket set for liftoff Wednesday rolls out to its launch pad in French Guiana on…
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Engineers lose control of U.S. military weather satellite
Read more →: Engineers lose control of U.S. military weather satelliteArtist’s concept of a DMSP weather satellite in orbit. Credit: Lockheed Martin The U.S. Air Force has been…
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Photos: Sunset sendoff for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: Photos: Sunset sendoff for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocketA final set of photos shows Friday’s Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral with the SES 9 communications…
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ULA’s candidates to replace RD-180 engine win Air Force funding
Read more →: ULA’s candidates to replace RD-180 engine win Air Force fundingFile photo of a hotfire test using components of Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine. Credit: Blue Origin The Pentagon…
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Photos: Falcon 9 takes off at sunset
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 takes off at sunsetA Falcon 9 launcher bolted into the sky over Florida’s Space Coast on Friday, adding the brilliant orange…
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Fate of NASA’s InSight Mars mission to be decided soon
Read more →: Fate of NASA’s InSight Mars mission to be decided soonUpdated March 7. The back shell of the InSight spacecraft is lowered onto the lander in a clean…
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TV broadcasting satellite finally launched on Falcon 9
Read more →: TV broadcasting satellite finally launched on Falcon 9SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 6:35 p.m. EST (2335 GMT) Friday. Credit: SpaceX Powering off the…