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SpaceX eyes Dec. 19 for first launch since June
Read more →: SpaceX eyes Dec. 19 for first launch since JuneFile photo of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is targeting Dec. 19 for a critical commercial…
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With widespread salts and ices, Ceres in a class of its own
Read more →: With widespread salts and ices, Ceres in a class of its ownThe dwarf planet Ceres turns out to be a world with untold wonders, with vivid bright spots likely…
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Three space station fliers set for landing Friday
Read more →: Three space station fliers set for landing FridaySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko and Japanese…
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Rugged swath of Pluto now resolved in color
Read more →: Rugged swath of Pluto now resolved in colorA cosmic shoreline is pictured here, where the vast icy plain informally named Sputnik Planum borders rugged mountains…
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U.S. resupply of space station successfully resumes
Read more →: U.S. resupply of space station successfully resumesCredit: Roscosmos CAPE CANAVERAL — The astronauts living aboard the International Space Station snagged a free-flying commercial cargo…
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Latest Global Positioning System satellite goes live
Read more →: Latest Global Positioning System satellite goes liveCredit: Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — The newest Global Positioning System replenishment satellite went into operation Tuesday night, five…
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Russian reconnaissance satellite re-enters atmosphere
Read more →: Russian reconnaissance satellite re-enters atmosphereRussia’s Soyuz 2-1v rocket blasted off at 1409 GMT (9:09 a.m. EST) Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in…
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Akatsuki probe relays its first images from Venus orbit
Read more →: Akatsuki probe relays its first images from Venus orbitThe Akatsuki spacecraft’s ultraviolet camera took this image of Venus at 0519 GMT (12:19 a.m. EST) on Dec.…
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Zenit rocket raised on launch pad for possible final flight
Read more →: Zenit rocket raised on launch pad for possible final flightIn the run up to what may be the final flight of a Zenit launcher, a Russian-Ukrainian creation…
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Long March lofts communications craft for Chinese government
Read more →: Long March lofts communications craft for Chinese governmentA Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 1646 GMT (11:46 a.m. EST) Wednesday with the Chinasat 1C…
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Photos: Cygnus up, up and away aboard Atlas 5
Read more →: Photos: Cygnus up, up and away aboard Atlas 5More photos show the successful liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the Cygnus…
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New Russian military satellite declared lost
Read more →: New Russian military satellite declared lostRussia’s Soyuz 2-1v rocket blasted off at 1409 GMT (9:09 a.m. EST) Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in…