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Eutelsat goes for rare dedicated Ariane 5 launch
Read more →: Eutelsat goes for rare dedicated Ariane 5 launchUpdated with details. Artist’s concept of the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite. Credit: Eutelsat/SSL Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat…
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Photos: GPS 2F-11 readied for launch
Read more →: Photos: GPS 2F-11 readied for launchThis collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the…
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Photos: Thursday’s Atlas 5 rollout to launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Thursday’s Atlas 5 rollout to launch padThe Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral…
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One year after Antares failure, Orbital ATK nears return to flight
Read more →: One year after Antares failure, Orbital ATK nears return to flightOrbital’s Antares rocket suffers a failure moments after liftoff Oct. 28, 2014, from Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: NASA/Joel…
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Station astronauts complete tedious spacewalk
Read more →: Station astronauts complete tedious spacewalkSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov took this photo of Scott Kelly exiting…
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Cassini survives daring flight through plumes of Enceladus
Read more →: Cassini survives daring flight through plumes of EnceladusUpdated after confirmation of Wednesday’s flyby. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft radioed home Wednesday after a high-speed dash through the wispy…
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China Launches Mapping Satellite
Read more →: China Launches Mapping SatelliteJIUQUAN, Gansu, Oct. 26 (China Space News) — China successfully sent the Tianhui-1C mapping satellite into orbit at…
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Station astronauts gearing up for spacewalk Wednesday
Read more →: Station astronauts gearing up for spacewalk WednesdaySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Scott Kelly tries on his spacesuit during preparations for Wednesday’s spacewalk.…
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SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell signals go-slow approach for Seattle satellite plan
Read more →: SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell signals go-slow approach for Seattle satellite planDuring SpaceX’s Seattle announcement about an Internet satellite network, the company’s logo lit up Fisher Pavilion at Seattle…
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Dawn spacecraft moves in for a close-up of Ceres
Read more →: Dawn spacecraft moves in for a close-up of CeresThis mosaic shows Ceres’ Occator crater and surrounding terrain from an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers), as…
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Preview: Atlas 5 rocket goes for its third launch of October
Read more →: Preview: Atlas 5 rocket goes for its third launch of OctoberCredit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The penultimate satellite in the current generation of Global Positioning System spacecraft will…
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NASA turning to U.S. industry to build asteroid redirect craft
Read more →: NASA turning to U.S. industry to build asteroid redirect craftArtist’s concept of the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission spacecraft with a captured boulder from an asteroid. Credit: NASA…