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Progress failure probe points to linkage with Soyuz rocket
Read more →: Progress failure probe points to linkage with Soyuz rocketRussian technicians work on the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket and Progress M-27M spacecraft before their doomed…
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Launch of U.S.-French oceanography satellite postponed
Read more →: Launch of U.S.-French oceanography satellite postponedThe Jason 3 satellite inside a clean room at its Thales Alenia Space factory in Cannes. Credit: CNES/Thales…
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Cassini beams back last views of Saturn’s moon Hyperion
Read more →: Cassini beams back last views of Saturn’s moon HyperionCassini’s narrow-angle camera captured this view of Hyperion on May 31 at a range of 37,000 miles. Credit:…
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China Exclusive: China plans to launch dark matter probe
Read more →: China Exclusive: China plans to launch dark matter probeChinese scientists are planning to launch a dark matter probe satellite by the end of this year, researchers…
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RD-181 engines prepared for shipment to U.S.
Read more →: RD-181 engines prepared for shipment to U.S.File photo of an Antares rocket on the launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky The…
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Roscosmos: Design flaw brought down Proton rocket
Read more →: Roscosmos: Design flaw brought down Proton rocketFile photo of a Proton rocket’s third stage (left) being integrated with the second stage (right). Credit: Khrunichev…
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LightSail deployment set for this week
Read more →: LightSail deployment set for this weekUpdated June 2. Artist’s concept of the LightSail spacecraft after deployment of the solar sail. Credit: The Planetary…
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Tour comet 67P in Rosetta’s latest image release
Read more →: Tour comet 67P in Rosetta’s latest image releaseThe latest batch of images released from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission shows the brutal gray landscape…
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LightSail spacecraft reboots in orbit: ‘It’s alive!’ says Bill Nye
Read more →: LightSail spacecraft reboots in orbit: ‘It’s alive!’ says Bill NyePhoto via Kickstarter/LightSail/Bill Nye The Planetary Society’s LightSail spacecraft has rebooted and resumed communications with its team on…
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U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomes 2015 class
Read more →: U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomes 2015 classGrunsfeld, Lindsey, Rominger and Seddon. Credit: NASA CAPE CANAVERAL — A proud “Hubble Hugger,” the final commander of…
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Have you tried restarting? Bill Nye’s LightSail needs a reboot due to software glitch
Read more →: Have you tried restarting? Bill Nye’s LightSail needs a reboot due to software glitchAn artist rendition of what the LightSail will look like if it can be deployed Update, Saturday evening:…
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NASA taps Boeing for first commercial crew flight to International Space Station
Read more →: NASA taps Boeing for first commercial crew flight to International Space StationBoeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100. Photo via Boeing. Boeing will help NASA get back into the business of transporting…