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Mexico plots way forward after loss of satellite
Read more →: Mexico plots way forward after loss of satelliteGerardo Ruiz Esparza, Mexico’s minister of communications and transportation, speaks at a press conference after Saturday’s launch failure.…
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Videos: Launch and landing archive of X-37B mini space shuttle
Read more →: Videos: Launch and landing archive of X-37B mini space shuttleThe fourth flight of the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is scheduled for launch atop an Atlas…
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Proton crash deals another blow to Russian space sector
Read more →: Proton crash deals another blow to Russian space sectorThe Proton rocket lifted off at 0547 GMT (1:47 a.m. EDT; 11:47 a.m. local time) from the Baikonur…
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Proton rocket ready to loft Mexican telecom satellite
Read more →: Proton rocket ready to loft Mexican telecom satelliteA Russian Proton rocket is ready for launch at 0547 GMT (1:47 a.m. EDT) Saturday. Credit: Khrunichev A…
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Live coverage: Proton launch runs into trouble
Read more →: Live coverage: Proton launch runs into troubleLive coverage of the countdown and launch of the Mexsat 1 communications satellite aboard an International Launch Services…
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SpaceX gets certified to launch NASA science missions
Read more →: SpaceX gets certified to launch NASA science missionsFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX NASA has…
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DMSP satellite debris expected to remain in orbit for decades
Read more →: DMSP satellite debris expected to remain in orbit for decadesThis rendering shows the spreading of the DMSP F13 fragmentation cloud to form a band of debris. The…
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ULA, SpaceX face off in landmark Air Force launch competition
Read more →: ULA, SpaceX face off in landmark Air Force launch competitionArtist’s concept of a GPS 3 satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin The U.S. Air Force has identified the launch…
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Brightman steps down from station flight
Read more →: Brightman steps down from station flightSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Sarah Brightman is pictured during training for a planned flight to…
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Russia delays ISS crew rotation flights
Read more →: Russia delays ISS crew rotation flightsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Japanese astronaut…
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Japanese scientists abandon plan for asteroid flyby
Read more →: Japanese scientists abandon plan for asteroid flybyArtist’s concept of the Procyon spacecraft. Credit: JAXA An experimental suitcase-sized space probe launched as a secondary payload…
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Air Force weather satellite remains in launch limbo
Read more →: Air Force weather satellite remains in launch limboAn artist’s concept of DMSP. Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — The U.S. military wants to launch the…