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Lander manager says Philae is doing well but battery life is low
Read more →: Lander manager says Philae is doing well but battery life is lowThe lander project manager Stephan Ulamec says tremendous science has been collected during Philae’s short time on the…
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China Plans to Launch about 120 Applied Satellites
Read more →: China Plans to Launch about 120 Applied SatellitesZHUHAI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — China will launch around 120 more applied satellites to accommodate economic and social…
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China vows more global cooperation in aviation & aerospace
Read more →: China vows more global cooperation in aviation & aerospaceVice President Li Yuanchao said in Zhuhai on Monday that China will cooperate with other countries to jointly…
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Researchers race to collect comet data from Philae
Read more →: Researchers race to collect comet data from PhilaeArtist’s concept of the Philae lander. Credit: ESA DARMSTADT, Germany — Comet scientists planned to send up new orders…
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Photos: Orion’s rollout to the pad
Read more →: Photos: Orion’s rollout to the padOn Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, NASA’s next-generation Orion crew capsule made a six-hour trek from a processing…
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Mission scientist reacts to historic first images from the surface of a comet
Read more →: Mission scientist reacts to historic first images from the surface of a cometRosetta mission scientist Matt Taylor says the science team is jubilant after the Philae lander captured the historic,…
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Philae sends first image from comet
Read more →: Philae sends first image from cometThe first image from the surface of a comet! This picture from the Philae lander’s CIVA camera system…
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Rosetta camera captures Philae’s descent to the comet
Read more →: Rosetta camera captures Philae’s descent to the cometImage: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA. Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera witnessed Philae’s descent to the surface of Comet…
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European space probe makes first landing on a comet
Read more →: European space probe makes first landing on a cometPhilae’s descent imaging camera took this picture of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at a distance of 3 kilometers about one…
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NASA’s first Orion capsule delivered to launch pad
Read more →: NASA’s first Orion capsule delivered to launch padOrion passes the VAB. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA’s Orion spacecraft took a road trip…
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Comet landing is a “go” despite thruster problem
Read more →: Comet landing is a “go” despite thruster problemAt the moment of touchdown on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the landing gear will absorb the forces of landing while…
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Historic touchdown: European Space Agency lands probe on comet
Read more →: Historic touchdown: European Space Agency lands probe on cometThe European Space Agency made history on Wednesday morning after it successfully landed a probe on a comet.…