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Launch of SpaceX cargo mission slips to Dec. 19
Read more →: Launch of SpaceX cargo mission slips to Dec. 19File photo of a Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket prepared for a previous SpaceX resupply mission. Credit:…
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Rover data suggest Mars crater once contained long-lived lake
Read more →: Rover data suggest Mars crater once contained long-lived lakeThis illustration depicts a lake of water partially filling Mars’ Gale Crater, receiving runoff from snow melting on…
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Photos: Orion spaceship unloaded from USS Anchorage
Read more →: Photos: Orion spaceship unloaded from USS AnchorageFresh home from a high-flying test flight Friday that took it 3,600 miles above Earth, NASA’s Orion spacecraft…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off from California
Read more →: Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off from CaliforniaLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on the NROL-35…
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Weather not looking promising for Atlas 5 launch
Read more →: Weather not looking promising for Atlas 5 launchRainy weather at the California launch site is forecast to put a damper on plans to fly an…
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Orbital picks Atlas 5 to launch next space station cargo run
Read more →: Orbital picks Atlas 5 to launch next space station cargo runFile photo of an Atlas 5 launch in the “401” configuration, the same version that launch Orbital Sciences’…
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Orion spacecraft back on land
Read more →: Orion spacecraft back on landThe USS Anchorage arrives at Naval Base San Diego on Monday evening. Credit: NASA A U.S. Navy transport…
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Atlas 5 to sport new upper stage engine Thursday
Read more →: Atlas 5 to sport new upper stage engine ThursdayThe NROL-35 mission logo. Credit: NRO The most powerful Atlas rocket to ever fly from the West Coast…
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Photos: Orion capsule plucked from the Pacific
Read more →: Photos: Orion capsule plucked from the PacificA recovery team stationed in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California secured NASA’s Orion spacecraft and winched…
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New Horizons awake for Pluto encounter
Read more →: New Horizons awake for Pluto encounterArtist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft approaching Pluto and its moon Charon. Credit: JHUAPL/SwRI Speeding through the…
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Chinese, Brazilian presidents pledge to promote science, technology cooperation
Read more →: Chinese, Brazilian presidents pledge to promote science, technology cooperationChinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff on Sunday vowed to enhance bilateral science and…
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China launches CBERS-4 on 200th Long March mission
Read more →: China launches CBERS-4 on 200th Long March missionChina launched the CBERS-4 satellite, jointly developed with Brazil, on Sunday from the Taiyuan base by Long March-4B…