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Explained: Why Atlas 5 will have longer windows for station flights
Read more →: Explained: Why Atlas 5 will have longer windows for station flightsAtlas 5 launch. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Expanding a single instant in time to 30 minutes, the…
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Tiny thrusters to do heavy lifting as Japanese probe approaches Venus
Read more →: Tiny thrusters to do heavy lifting as Japanese probe approaches VenusArtist’s concept of Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft at Venus. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita Inside a month until its next chance…
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Work continues on Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch plane, but rocket plans are still under wraps
Read more →: Work continues on Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch plane, but rocket plans are still under wrapsStratolaunch Systems’ twin-fuselage jet is shown under construction inside a hangar in Mojave, Calif. Vulcan Aerospace released the…
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Mars rover steers toward active sand dunes
Read more →: Mars rover steers toward active sand dunesThe dark band near the top of this Nov. 18 image from Curiosity’s navigation camera is part of…
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SpaceX trumps United Launch Alliance in bid for Air Force GPS-3 launch contract
Read more →: SpaceX trumps United Launch Alliance in bid for Air Force GPS-3 launch contractA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the DSCOVR satellite in February. (Credit: SpaceX) SpaceX is poised to win an…
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CGN wins $7.7 bln Romanian nuclear deal
Read more →: CGN wins $7.7 bln Romanian nuclear dealChina General Nuclear Power Group, the country’s biggest nuclear power reactor operator, has signed a $7.7 billion agreement…
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First satellite launched for Russia’s new missile warning network
Read more →: First satellite launched for Russia’s new missile warning networkRussia launched an early warning satellite Tuesday, deploying the first in a new fleet of military satellites to…
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China’s Self-developed Mars Probe Put on Show
Read more →: China’s Self-developed Mars Probe Put on ShowBEIJING, Nov. 13 (China Space News) — The 17th China International Industry Fair opened on Nov. 3 in…
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Spacewalk snapshots show recent station EVAs
Read more →: Spacewalk snapshots show recent station EVAsClad in white spacesuits, astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren recently floated outside the International Space Station on…
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ULA sits out Air Force launch competition
Read more →: ULA sits out Air Force launch competitionFile photo of an Atlas 5 rocket launch. Credit: ULA United Launch Alliance said Monday it did not…
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Airborne researchers catch up with falling space debris
Read more →: Airborne researchers catch up with falling space debrisStationed aboard a Gulfstream business jet over the Indian Ocean, an international team of scientists observed a mysterious…
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Station-bound cargo ship shown to press before launch
Read more →: Station-bound cargo ship shown to press before launchThe Orbital ATK’s Cygnus commercial resupply spacecraft, named the SS Deke Slayton II, is packed up and poised…