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China to launch more Beidou navigation satellites by 2012
Read more →: China to launch more Beidou navigation satellites by 2012China will launch some eight Beidou navigation satellites by 2012, a leading navigation satellite expert said here on…
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China launches rocket to monitor space environment
Read more →: China launches rocket to monitor space environmentChina successfully launched a space environment-monitoring rocket Saturday morning from the southern island province of Hainan as part…
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HY-1B Satellite Successfully Operating in Orbit for Four Years
Read more →: HY-1B Satellite Successfully Operating in Orbit for Four YearsBEIJING, May 16 (China Space News) — China’s second ocean satellite HY-1B, launched on April 11, 2007, has…
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China’s Meridian Project Launches its 1st Sounding Rocket
Read more →: China’s Meridian Project Launches its 1st Sounding RocketBEIJING, May 9 (China Space News) — China launched a sounding rocket from Hainan Island on May 7…
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Chinese Society of Astronautics Re-elects Council Members
Read more →: Chinese Society of Astronautics Re-elects Council MembersBEIJING, May 4 (China Space News) — The 6th National Congress of the Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA)…
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China Looking to Public to Name Space Station
Read more →: China Looking to Public to Name Space StationBEIJING, Apr. 26 (China Space News) — A launching ceremony for soliciting names of China’s manned space station…
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SETI off the hook: What if we miss the call from the aliens?
Read more →: SETI off the hook: What if we miss the call from the aliens?The Paul Allen-backed effort to communicate with alien life has hit a serious financial snag. The SETI Institute,…
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Naveen Jain’s next big thing: Own a piece of the moon?
Read more →: Naveen Jain’s next big thing: Own a piece of the moon?Naveen Jain Naveen Jain is looking to save planet Earth by reaching for the moon. The Seattle Internet…
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Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin, Boeing get NASA cash to build new spaceships
Read more →: Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin, Boeing get NASA cash to build new spaceshipsBoeing’s CST-100 Seattle may have lost a bid to house one of the retired Space Shuttles. But, who…
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China’s largest rocket, satellite launch base plans tourism boost
Read more →: China’s largest rocket, satellite launch base plans tourism boostChina’s first and largest rocket and satellite launch base, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, aims to boost tourism…
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Bad news, space fans: Seattle loses bid for Space Shuttle
Read more →: Bad news, space fans: Seattle loses bid for Space ShuttleWe’ve been watching with eager anticipation for today’s announcement on where the retired Space Shuttles will land. But…
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Where will all the shuttles land? Seattle’s Museum of Flight among top bidders
Read more →: Where will all the shuttles land? Seattle’s Museum of Flight among top bidders[Update, Tuesday morning: Bad news, space fans: Seattle loses bid for Space Shuttle] Tomorrow marks the 30 year…