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Soyuz rocket boosts Russian cargo craft to space station
Read more →: Soyuz rocket boosts Russian cargo craft to space stationThe Progress M-26M spacecraft lifted off at 1100 GMT (6 a.m. EST; 5 p.m. local time) Tuesday from…
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Arianespace edges out SpaceX to launch Korean satellites
Read more →: Arianespace edges out SpaceX to launch Korean satellitesAn Ariane 5 rocket lifts off on Dec. 6, 2014, with two commercial satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo…
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Photos from Rosetta’s Valentine’s Day comet close-up
Read more →: Photos from Rosetta’s Valentine’s Day comet close-upEurope’s Rosetta spacecraft — six months into its mission at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — made its closest flyby of…
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Progress cargo mission ready for launch to space station
Read more →: Progress cargo mission ready for launch to space stationA Russian Progress supply ship packed with 3.1 tons of cargo and propellant to refuel the International Space…
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk inks $3.5M book deal to write about Earth and Mars
Read more →: SpaceX founder Elon Musk inks $3.5M book deal to write about Earth and MarsElon Musk Like he needed the cash, Tesla and SpaceX head honcho Elon Musk just signed a $3.5…
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SES bridges the Atlantic in latest satellite purchase
Read more →: SES bridges the Atlantic in latest satellite purchaseArtist’s concept of the SES 16/GovSat satellite to be manufactured by Orbital ATK. Credit: Orbital ATK Boeing Satellite…
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Video: Time lapse of ATV’s final departure from ISS
Read more →: Video: Time lapse of ATV’s final departure from ISSThis time lapse video shows Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle backing away from the International Space Station for the…
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Video: New Horizons animation
Read more →: Video: New Horizons animationThis animation depicts NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft leaving Earth, swinging by Jupiter and making its much-anticipated flyby of…
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Europe’s ATV space freighter bids final goodbye to space station
Read more →: Europe’s ATV space freighter bids final goodbye to space stationThe fifth ATV mission — dubbed Georges Lemaitre — approaches the International Space Station before docking Aug. 12.…
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Rosetta approaches comet 67P for a closer look
Read more →: Rosetta approaches comet 67P for a closer lookA single-frame image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta’s navigation camera taken Feb. 9 at a range of 105…
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Video: Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2015
Read more →: Video: Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2015On Saturday, May 30, 2015, four space shuttle astronauts will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall…
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Europe’s last ATV set to depart from space station
Read more →: Europe’s last ATV set to depart from space stationArtist’s concept of Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle docked with the International Space Station. Credit: ESA–D. Ducros, 2014 A…