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Two navigation satellites launched by China
Read more →: Two navigation satellites launched by ChinaA Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang space center at 1229 GMT (8:29 a.m. EDT)…
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DMSP satellite’s break-up linked to battery failure
Read more →: DMSP satellite’s break-up linked to battery failureArtist’s concept of a DMSP satellite in orbit. Credit: U.S. Air Force Investigators have traced the cause of…
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Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 with WGS 7
Read more →: Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 with WGS 7A replay of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launching the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM communications…
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Seventh satellite in Air Force’s WGS series launched
Read more →: Seventh satellite in Air Force’s WGS series launchedCAPE CANAVERAL — A U.S. military satellite that will fortify the “anytime, anywhere” communications infrastructure used by soldiers,…
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Photos: Delta 4 rocket fires off the pad before sunset
Read more →: Photos: Delta 4 rocket fires off the pad before sunsetThe United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket was launched Thursday at 8:07 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s Complex…
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Photos: Soyuz crew craft treks from Kazakhstan to space station
Read more →: Photos: Soyuz crew craft treks from Kazakhstan to space stationTwo spaceflight rookies and a veteran Russian cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan and flew to the International Space…
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Kepler telescope spots Earth-like ‘cousin’
Read more →: Kepler telescope spots Earth-like ‘cousin’STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found…
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Space station crew restored to six with Soyuz docking
Read more →: Space station crew restored to six with Soyuz dockingSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station with only…
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Photos: Delta 4 rocket waits out Wednesday’s weather scrub
Read more →: Photos: Delta 4 rocket waits out Wednesday’s weather scrubThe forecast of stormy weather prevented rollback of the mobile service gantry and the continuation of the countdown…
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Live coverage: Three-man crew arrives at space station
Read more →: Live coverage: Three-man crew arrives at space stationMission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 44 crew on the International Space Station. Text updates will…
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Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra resolved
Read more →: Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra resolvedNew views of Nix and Hydra, two of Pluto’s four smallest moons, show the tiny worlds in detail…
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Pluto probe’s camera sees striking geologic boundary
Read more →: Pluto probe’s camera sees striking geologic boundaryA newly discovered mountain range lies near the southwestern margin of Pluto’s Tombaugh Regio (Tombaugh Region), situated between…