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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off with two Intelsat satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off with two Intelsat satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Intelsat 33e and Intelsat…
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NASA astronaut Jeff Williams sets new U.S. space endurance record
Read more →: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams sets new U.S. space endurance recordSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA International Space Station commander Jeff Williams set a new…
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Potentially-habitable planet discovered around nearest star Proxima Centauri
Read more →: Potentially-habitable planet discovered around nearest star Proxima CentauriAn artist’s impression of what the surface of Proxima b might look like. Notice the red sky around…
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Intelsat celebrates double success with Ariane 5 launch
Read more →: Intelsat celebrates double success with Ariane 5 launchThe Ariane 5 rocket ignited its Vulcain 2 main engine at 2216:01 GMT (6:16:01 p.m. EDT), then fired…
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Ariane 5 go for launch with all-American payload
Read more →: Ariane 5 go for launch with all-American payloadThe Intelsat 33e satellite is seen during launch preparations in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video…
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One of NASA’s cleanest spacecraft ever is ready to fly
Read more →: One of NASA’s cleanest spacecraft ever is ready to flyA member of the OSIRIS-REx team prepares the spacecraft for launch Sept. 8. The Atlas 5 rocket’s payload…
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Photos: OSIRIS-REx prepped for encapsulation
Read more →: Photos: OSIRIS-REx prepped for encapsulationNASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to be sealed inside the nose fairing of its Atlas 5 rocket booster…
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NASA ‘hears’ from lost spacecraft after nearly two years
Read more →: NASA ‘hears’ from lost spacecraft after nearly two yearsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA NASA re-established contact with a wayward sun-watching science satellite…
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Photos: A drive around the Ariane 5 launch pad
Read more →: Photos: A drive around the Ariane 5 launch padTake a trip around the perimeter of the Ariane 5 rocket’s launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, where…
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Video: Walk around NASA’s new asteroid sample probe
Read more →: Video: Walk around NASA’s new asteroid sample probeTake a walk around NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft less than three weeks before its Sept. 8 launch on top…
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Photos: Ariane 5 hitched to tug for rollout to the launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Ariane 5 hitched to tug for rollout to the launch padA day before blastoff with two Intelsat communications satellites, an Ariane 5 rocket rolled into position on its…
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Photos: European rocket treks to launch pad with U.S. satellites
Read more →: Photos: European rocket treks to launch pad with U.S. satellitesTwo U.S.-built commercial communications satellites moved to their last stop on Earth on Tuesday, when an Ariane 5…