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China Successfully Launched First Solid-Fuel Carrier Rocket LM-11
Read more →: China Successfully Launched First Solid-Fuel Carrier Rocket LM-11China successfully launched its first China-made, solid-fuel carrier rocket LM-11 in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Friday morning.…
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Communications Technology Experimental Satellite-1 Successfully Launched
Read more →: Communications Technology Experimental Satellite-1 Successfully LaunchedAt 23:42 on September 12,2015, with a deafening roar of sound in Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the LM-3B…
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NASA study: Flying air taxis could be as cheap as an Uber ride, and faster
Read more →: NASA study: Flying air taxis could be as cheap as an Uber ride, and fasterAn artist’s conception shows a vertical-takeoff craft rising from an urban helipad, using a distributed electric propulsion system.…
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Secrets behind Pluto’s pastels far from being answered
Read more →: Secrets behind Pluto’s pastels far from being answeredIn this extended color image of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, rounded and bizarrely textured mountains,…
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GeekWire Summit is one week away! Check out the agenda for our biggest event ever
Read more →: GeekWire Summit is one week away! Check out the agenda for our biggest event everWe’re one week away from the GeekWire Summit, our biggest event ever and a must-attend conference for anyone…
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Modified missile launches three Russian satellites
Read more →: Modified missile launches three Russian satellitesThree Russian military satellites arrived in orbit Wednesday after taking off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Rockot…
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Reality check on ‘The Martian’ movie from a real astronaut: ‘Nerds rock’
Read more →: Reality check on ‘The Martian’ movie from a real astronaut: ‘Nerds rock’Matt Damon stars as a stranded astronaut in “The Martian.” (Credit: Twentieth Century Fox) “The Martian” isn’t due…
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Boeing’s new CEO sees Amazon and Facebook as competitors (and potential partners)
Read more →: Boeing’s new CEO sees Amazon and Facebook as competitors (and potential partners)Boeing President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg addresses the SAE 2015 AeroTech Congress in Seattle on Tuesday. (Credit: Alan…
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Boeing identifies CST-100 prime landing sites
Read more →: Boeing identifies CST-100 prime landing sitesArtist’s concept of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner landing on airbags. Credit: Boeing The first few flights of Boeing’s CST-100…
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Orbital ATK beats out Aerojet in ULA booster selection
Read more →: Orbital ATK beats out Aerojet in ULA booster selectionFile photo of Orbital ATK’s GEM-60 solid rocket booster before attachment to a Delta 4 rocket. The Atlas…
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China aims for landing on moon’s far side by 2020
Read more →: China aims for landing on moon’s far side by 2020China’s Yutu rover is pictured in this view from the Chang’e 3 landing platform shortly after arriving on…
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China’s new carrier rocket succeeds in first trip
Read more →: China’s new carrier rocket succeeds in first tripChina successfully launched a new model of carrier rocket, Long March-6, at 7:01 a.m. Sunday from the Taiyuan…