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Photos: More shots of Thursday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
Read more →: Photos: More shots of Thursday’s Atlas 5 rocket launchDeparting Cape Canaveral at 8:37 a.m. EDT Thursday, the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted a classified…
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Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 on NROL-61 satellite deployment
Read more →: Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 on NROL-61 satellite deploymentThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall and and weighing 950,000 pounds, unleashes 1.5…
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Wideband Satellite Communication System Launched
Read more →: Wideband Satellite Communication System LaunchedBEIJING, July 28 (China Space News) — China launched the project of building its first Wideband Global Satellite…
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China to expand int’l astronauts exchange
Read more →: China to expand int’l astronauts exchangeChina will expand international exchange in the training of astronauts in a bid to push it closer to…
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Japan’s sixth HTV cargo mission slated for Sept. 30 launch
Read more →: Japan’s sixth HTV cargo mission slated for Sept. 30 launchTwo of the six lithium-ion batteries set for launch on Japan’s sixth HTV cargo mission are seen in…
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NASA developing plans for commercially-built Mars orbiter
Read more →: NASA developing plans for commercially-built Mars orbiterAn artist’s illustration of one potential design for NASA’s new Mars orbiter, which could launch as soon as…
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Atlas 5/NROL-61 launch timeline
Read more →: Atlas 5/NROL-61 launch timelineFollow the unclassified portion of the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent to space from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch…
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Photos: Payload with whimsical logo painted on nose cone lifted atop Atlas
Read more →: Photos: Payload with whimsical logo painted on nose cone lifted atop AtlasAlready shrouded in the Atlas 5 rocket’s Extra Extended Payload Fairing (XEPF) aluminum nose cone, the National Reconnaissance…
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Preview: New satellite for spy agency awaits launch into space Thursday
Read more →: Preview: New satellite for spy agency awaits launch into space ThursdayFile photo of Atlas 5-421 rollout. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — An Atlas 5 rocket carrying a classified…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket moved to launch pad for Thursday takeoff
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket moved to launch pad for Thursday takeoffReady to deliver 1.5 million pounds of thrust Thursday morning, an Atlas 5 rocket was rolled from its…
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NASA books nuclear-certified Atlas 5 rocket for Mars 2020 rover launch
Read more →: NASA books nuclear-certified Atlas 5 rocket for Mars 2020 rover launchAn Atlas 5-541 rocket, like this one, will launch the Mars 2020 rover. Credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance…
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40 years since Viking, scientists still on the hunt for life on Mars
Read more →: 40 years since Viking, scientists still on the hunt for life on MarsNASA’s Viking 1 lander captured this image of its landing site at Chryse Planitia at sunset in August…