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PAKSAT-1R Starts Commercial Operations
Read more →: PAKSAT-1R Starts Commercial OperationsBEIJING, Nov. 9 (China Space News) — Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Nov. 5 announced that…
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China Accomplishes First Space Docking
Read more →: China Accomplishes First Space DockingBEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — Two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country’s first space docking procedure early Thursday, silently…
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Boeing spaceship emerging from Space Shuttle’s shadow
Read more →: Boeing spaceship emerging from Space Shuttle’s shadowRendering of Boeing’s CST-100 approaching International Space Station. (Boeing image.) Boeing is showing that it’s serious about developing…
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China’s Unmanned Spacecraft Shenzhou-8 Blasts off
Read more →: China’s Unmanned Spacecraft Shenzhou-8 Blasts offJIUQUAN, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — China’s unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 blasted off at 5:58 a.m. Beijing Time Tuesday from…
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Shenzhou-8 Spacecraft, Carrier Rocket being Vertically Transferred to Launch Pad
Read more →: Shenzhou-8 Spacecraft, Carrier Rocket being Vertically Transferred to Launch PadBEIJING, Oct. 28 (China Space News) — The Shenzhou-8 spacecraft that will perform China’s first space docking with…
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Bezos’ Blue Origin declines to testify at U.S. House hearing
Read more →: Bezos’ Blue Origin declines to testify at U.S. House hearingA Blue Origin spacecraft. Participants in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program — private companies working on spacecraft to take…
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Wash. governor to NASA: We’re ready for Space Shuttle, while L.A. and NYC futz around
Read more →: Wash. governor to NASA: We’re ready for Space Shuttle, while L.A. and NYC futz aroundNASA’s selection of new homes for the retired Space Shuttles has been more than a little messy. The…
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Thousands of Dreams to Fly on Shenzhou VIII
Read more →: Thousands of Dreams to Fly on Shenzhou VIIIBEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhuanet) –The dreams of more than 40,000 people will be stored as text and video…
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Chinese Space Experts Awarded with Honors at IAC
Read more →: Chinese Space Experts Awarded with Honors at IACBEIJING, Oct. 12 (China Space News) — Chinese aerospace expert Liu Jiyuan was given the Von Karman Award,…
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Tiangong-1 to be Prepared for Space Docking
Read more →: Tiangong-1 to be Prepared for Space DockingBEIJING, Oct. 12 (China Space News) — Tiangong-1 space module has finished its 118 circles around the Earth…
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Chinese Rocket Sends French Telecom Satellite into Space
Read more →: Chinese Rocket Sends French Telecom Satellite into SpaceXICHANG, Sichuan, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — China’s Long March-3B rocket carrier sent a French-made telecom satellite into orbit…
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Seattle’s Museum of Flight questions data used by NASA to pick homes for retired shuttles
Read more →: Seattle’s Museum of Flight questions data used by NASA to pick homes for retired shuttlesAtlantis lifts off. (NASA photo) NASA staffers understated attendance for Seattle’s Museum of Flight and didn’t count Canadian…