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Japan set to launch asteroid sample return mission
Read more →: Japan set to launch asteroid sample return missionThe Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is mated to the top of an H-2A launcher at the Tanegashima Space Center…
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Philae’s “little cousin” heading for asteroid touchdown
Read more →: Philae’s “little cousin” heading for asteroid touchdownA technician installs the MASCOT lander into the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft before launching to an asteroid. Credit: DLR…
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Video: Orion countdown status briefing
Read more →: Video: Orion countdown status briefingNASA, Lockheed Martin and United Launch Alliance officials hold the L-2 day countdown status briefing following the launch…
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Isolated showers, gusty winds expected for Thursday’s Delta 4 launch
Read more →: Isolated showers, gusty winds expected for Thursday’s Delta 4 launchArtist’s concept of the Orion spacecraft mounted atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket. Credit: NASA Weather…
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Soyuz rocket deploys upgraded Russian navigation craft
Read more →: Soyuz rocket deploys upgraded Russian navigation craftA new navigation satellite lifted off aboard a Soyuz rocket Sunday and reached an orbital perch 12,000 miles…
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China’s homegrown GPS ready to be used for smartphones
Read more →: China’s homegrown GPS ready to be used for smartphonesA Chinese company has rolled out a chip that can help smartphones get easy access to the country’s…
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Service module of China’s returned lunar orbiter reaches L2 point
Read more →: Service module of China’s returned lunar orbiter reaches L2 pointThe service module belonging to China’s unmanned lunar orbiter has reached the Earth-Moon second Lagrange Point (L2), the…
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Ground team ready to rouse Pluto probe for historic flyby
Read more →: Ground team ready to rouse Pluto probe for historic flybyArtist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto. Credit: NASA On the final stretch of a speedy…
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Launch of Japanese asteroid probe delayed
Read more →: Launch of Japanese asteroid probe delayedJapanese technicians attach the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft on top of its H-2A launcher. Credit: JAXA Poor weather at…
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Proton liftoff delayed by upper stage problem
Read more →: Proton liftoff delayed by upper stage problemThe Proton rocket with Astra 2G rolled to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome earlier this week.…
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Thanksgiving in space
Read more →: Thanksgiving in spaceSix people living on the International Space Station shared an out-of-this-world Thanksgiving dinner in orbit. The half-dozen crew…
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Previous flights of the Delta 4-Heavy
Read more →: Previous flights of the Delta 4-HeavyAs a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket prepares to carry NASA’s Orion spaceship on its first orbital…