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Navy’s new MUOS 5 communications satellite experiences snag in space
Read more →: Navy’s new MUOS 5 communications satellite experiences snag in spaceMUOS 5 in the factory. Credit: Lockheed Martin CAPE CANAVERAL — Trouble has befallen the U.S. Navy’s new…
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On this date in history: The final space shuttle launch
Read more →: On this date in history: The final space shuttle launchFIVE YEARS ago today — July 8, 2011 — Atlantis launched on the final space shuttle mission after…
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Photos: Crew of three rides Soyuz into orbit
Read more →: Photos: Crew of three rides Soyuz into orbitA veteran Russian cosmonaut and two spaceflight rookies rocketed into orbit from a Kazakh launch base Wednesday on…
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Japan’s Hitomi observatory made cosmic discovery before failing
Read more →: Japan’s Hitomi observatory made cosmic discovery before failingThe Perseus galaxy cluster is filled with hot X-ray-emitting gas, as seen in this image from NASA’s Chandra…
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Upgraded Soyuz crew ferry ships streaks into space
Read more →: Upgraded Soyuz crew ferry ships streaks into spaceSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 7:36 a.m. local time at…
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LM-4B Launches New Shijian Satellite
Read more →: LM-4B Launches New Shijian SatelliteA Long March-4B rocket carrying China’s Shijian-16-02 satellite blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan,…
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Soyuz MS-01 launch-to-docking timeline
Read more →: Soyuz MS-01 launch-to-docking timelineSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Based upon an on-time launch at 9:36:41 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0136:41…
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Delta 4 rolls out for second launch in ‘neighborhood watch’ effort
Read more →: Delta 4 rolls out for second launch in ‘neighborhood watch’ effortFile video of Delta 4 rollout. Courtesy of NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — Just three weeks after the Delta…
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Live coverage: New crew arrives at International Space Station
Read more →: Live coverage: New crew arrives at International Space StationLive coverage of the Expedition 48 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there…
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China Launches Shijian-16-02 Satellite
Read more →: China Launches Shijian-16-02 SatelliteBEIJING, July 1 (China Space News) — China launched the Shijian-16-02 satellite on Wednesday. The satellite was carried…
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Photos: Soyuz rocket goes vertical for launch of next station crew
Read more →: Photos: Soyuz rocket goes vertical for launch of next station crewA Soyuz rocket is standing on the launch pad in Kazakhstan used on Yuri Gagarin’s historic first human…
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Juno spacecraft braves the unknown at Jupiter to enter orbit
Read more →: Juno spacecraft braves the unknown at Jupiter to enter orbitNASA’s Juno spacecraft, spinning once every 12 seconds for stability, fired its main engine for more than 35…