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China’s Space Activities in 2016
Read more →: China’s Space Activities in 2016China’s Space Activities in 2016 The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China December 2016…
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Piers Sellers, shuttle astronaut and renowned climate researcher, dies at 61
Read more →: Piers Sellers, shuttle astronaut and renowned climate researcher, dies at 61Piers Sellers flew on three assembly missions to the International Space Station. He is seen here on the…
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Proton rocket’s next flight moved back to next year
Read more →: Proton rocket’s next flight moved back to next yearProton and EchoStar 21 launch team members sign the rocket’s payload fairing in this image tweeted by International…
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Spending Christmas in space
Read more →: Spending Christmas in spaceApollo 8 A Christmas Eve reading from the book of Genesis by the Apollo 8 astronauts — commander…
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Photos: Arianespace caps 2016 campaign with successful Ariane 5 flight
Read more →: Photos: Arianespace caps 2016 campaign with successful Ariane 5 flightThe Ariane 5 rocket’s 90th launch Wednesday carried two communications satellites to orbit to join the fleets of…
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Hunt for water at Ceres goes underground
Read more →: Hunt for water at Ceres goes undergroundThe small, bright crater Oxo (6 miles, 10 kilometers wide) on Ceres is seen in this perspective view.…
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China sends carbon-monitoring satellite into orbit
Read more →: China sends carbon-monitoring satellite into orbitA Long March 2D rocket lifted off Wednesday with China’s TanSat carbon-monitoring satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese satellite…
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Watch Ariane 5 launch with Star One D1 and JCSAT 15
Read more →: Watch Ariane 5 launch with Star One D1 and JCSAT 15Watch a replay of the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana carrying the Star One…
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Brazilian and Japanese communications satellites launched by Ariane 5 rocket
Read more →: Brazilian and Japanese communications satellites launched by Ariane 5 rocketClosing out a banner year of launches, an Ariane 5 rocket thundered into space Wednesday from French Guiana…
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Photos: Final batch of EchoStar 19 launch shots
Read more →: Photos: Final batch of EchoStar 19 launch shotsWith a 2-to-1 thrust-to-weight ratio, the million-pound United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket unleashed two-million pounds of ground-shaking…
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Photos: Ariane 5’s journey to the launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Ariane 5’s journey to the launch padTopped with Brazilian and Japanese television broadcasting satellites, an Ariane 5 rocket rolled out to its launch pad…
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Live coverage: Japan’s enhanced Epsilon booster blasts off
Read more →: Live coverage: Japan’s enhanced Epsilon booster blasts offLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Epsilon rocket rocket with Japan’s Exploration of Energization and…