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Comet lander wakes up!
Read more →: Comet lander wakes up!STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the Philae lander. Credit: DLR The European Space…
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Photos: Space crew welcomed home after 199-day mission
Read more →: Photos: Space crew welcomed home after 199-day missionThree space station residents crammed inside a capsule smaller than a compact car landed on the austere plans…
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France to privatize its Arianespace shares
Read more →: France to privatize its Arianespace sharesArtist’s concept of the Ariane 6 rocket with four solid rocket boosters. Credit: ESA–D. Ducros, 2014 The French…
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U.S.-Russian-Italian crew returns to Earth
Read more →: U.S.-Russian-Italian crew returns to EarthSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-15M landing capsule’s braking rockets fire moments before touchdown…
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Commercial crew spaceships face likely delays
Read more →: Commercial crew spaceships face likely delaysUpdated at 5 p.m. EDT Artist’s concepts of Boeing’s CST-100 crew capsule and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit:…
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Live coverage: Station crew safely lands in Kazakhstan
Read more →: Live coverage: Station crew safely lands in KazakhstanMission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 43 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will…
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Jack King, ‘Voice of NASA,’ dies at 84
Read more →: Jack King, ‘Voice of NASA,’ dies at 84STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Jack King provided launch countdown commentary for every U.S. human spaceflight…
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Three station fliers set for return to Earth
Read more →: Three station fliers set for return to EarthSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Russian Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov and Italian…
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LightSail hailed as precursor for low-cost planetary missions
Read more →: LightSail hailed as precursor for low-cost planetary missionsA camera aboard LightSail took this picture of the deployed solar sail. Credit: The Planetary Society Managers in…
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Bright blobs on Ceres ready for their close-up
Read more →: Bright blobs on Ceres ready for their close-upDawn’s framing camera captured this image of the brightest spots on Ceres on June 6. The resolution is…
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CASC Tianjin Large Spacecraft AIT Center Starting Operation
Read more →: CASC Tianjin Large Spacecraft AIT Center Starting OperationRecently a large spacecraft AIT Center built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation at Tianjin had greeted…
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NASA confident in finding fix for test parachute failure
Read more →: NASA confident in finding fix for test parachute failureTwo frames from a video camera on-board NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator test vehicle show the craft’s supersonic parachute…