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In an eerie scene, Chinese villagers visit rocket crash site
Read more →: In an eerie scene, Chinese villagers visit rocket crash sitePhoto credit: China News Service The expended first stage of a Long March rocket tumbled into a forested…
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Rain and clouds in the forecast for Tuesday’s SpaceX launch
Read more →: Rain and clouds in the forecast for Tuesday’s SpaceX launchFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad before a previous mission.…
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NASA ready to power up the RS-25 engines for SLS
Read more →: NASA ready to power up the RS-25 engines for SLSNASA is finally ready to begin the test fire and development program for the engines that will push…
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Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vault
Read more →: Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vaultStorage shelves inside the EMP Museum vault I have seen the future. And it looks a bit ratty.…
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China Completes High Definition Map of Entire Country
Read more →: China Completes High Definition Map of Entire Country[Via Satellite 12-31-2014] The country of China has been entirely mapped in High Definition (HD) by satellite, according…
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China sends new weather satellite into orbit
Read more →: China sends new weather satellite into orbitA Long March 3A rocket launched at 0102 GMT Wednesday (8:02 p.m. EST Tuesday) with the Fengyun 2G…
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International Customer Orders $30 Million of Exelis Radios and Installation Kits
Read more →: International Customer Orders $30 Million of Exelis Radios and Installation Kits[Via Satellite 12-31-2014] Exelis has received an order worth $30 million from a long term international customer for…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Hands OG2 Operations to Orbcomm
Read more →: Sierra Nevada Corporation Hands OG2 Operations to Orbcomm[Via Satellite 12-31-2014] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), prime contractor for the Orbcomm Second Generation (OG2) satellites transferred…
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Huawei, China Telecom Sichuan Launch Terrestrial 4K Ultra-HD Network
Read more →: Huawei, China Telecom Sichuan Launch Terrestrial 4K Ultra-HD Network[Via Satellite 12-31-2014] Huawei and China Telecom Sichuan have developed a commercial 4K Ultra-HD iTV network service in…
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China Launches Meteorological Satellite Fengyun-II 08
Read more →: China Launches Meteorological Satellite Fengyun-II 08XICHANG, Sichuan, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — China successfully launched Fengyun-II 08, its meteorological satellite, at 9:02 a.m. on…
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2014’s top stories in spaceflight
Read more →: 2014’s top stories in spaceflightThe year ended with a deluge of big news, reminding us of the risks of spaceflight and the…
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Dawn begins final approach to dwarf planet Ceres
Read more →: Dawn begins final approach to dwarf planet CeresArtist’s concept of the Dawn spacecraft firing its ion propulsion system on approach to Ceres. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s…