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President Xi Talks with Astronauts in Space Lab
Read more →: President Xi Talks with Astronauts in Space LabBEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday talked with the two astronauts in the…
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China Pulsar Test Satellite Enters Designated Orbit
Read more →: China Pulsar Test Satellite Enters Designated OrbitBEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — China’s pulsar test satellite entered its designated orbit following its launch at 7:42…
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U.S. military communications satellite moved to pad for Dec. 7 launch into space
Read more →: U.S. military communications satellite moved to pad for Dec. 7 launch into spaceThe eight WGS mission patches. Credit: Air Force logos; Spaceflight Now graphic CAPE CANAVERAL — The next satellite…
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Cygnus cargo freighter leaves station, but its mission is not over
Read more →: Cygnus cargo freighter leaves station, but its mission is not overA commercial Cygnus supply ship left the International Space Station on Monday after delivering more than 5,000 pounds…
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Slow-motion replays and dramatic images from Thursday’s Ariane 5 flight
Read more →: Slow-motion replays and dramatic images from Thursday’s Ariane 5 flightDon’t miss riveting slow-motion video of Thursday’s blastoff of four European navigation satellite satellites captured by high-speed cameras…
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Video: GOES-R departs Earth atop Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Video: GOES-R departs Earth atop Atlas 5 rocketThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 197 feet tall and and weighing 1.2 million pounds, unleashes…
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Atlas 5 launches the most advanced U.S. weather satellite in history
Read more →: Atlas 5 launches the most advanced U.S. weather satellite in historyCAPE CANAVERAL — Revolutionizing the way American meteorologists see the weather, likened to the advancement from black and…
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Soyuz docking boosts station crew size back to six
Read more →: Soyuz docking boosts station crew size back to sixSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Two days after launch from Kazakhstan, a Russian Soyuz ferry ship…
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches new weather observer
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 launches new weather observerLaunching the high-tech GOES-R satellite to revolutionize U.S. weather forecasting, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders…
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Video: Soyuz launches three-person international crew
Read more →: Video: Soyuz launches three-person international crewThe Russian Soyuz MS-03 crew transport spacecraft is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with three passengers on a…
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Europe’s satellite navigation fleet gets big boost from Ariane 5 rocket
Read more →: Europe’s satellite navigation fleet gets big boost from Ariane 5 rocketEurope’s Galileo navigation program turned to the workhorse Ariane 5 rocket for a heavy lift Thursday, delivering four…
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Photos: Station crew suits up, blasts off on Soyuz rocket
Read more →: Photos: Station crew suits up, blasts off on Soyuz rocketRussian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, French-born European Space Agency flight engineer Thomas Pesquet and veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson…