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Video shows SpaceShipTwo just before fatal crash
Read more →: Video shows SpaceShipTwo just before fatal crashA video released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane drop from its carrier…
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SpaceShipTwo mishap due to pilot error and company training oversight
Read more →: SpaceShipTwo mishap due to pilot error and company training oversightSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NTSB investigators survey wreckage from SpaceShipTwo following the crash in October…
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The heart of Pluto in high-resolution
Read more →: The heart of Pluto in high-resolutionThe icy plains of Pluto resolved by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft stretch as wide as Texas, enveloping mountain…
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China launches 2 satellites for independent navigation system
Read more →: China launches 2 satellites for independent navigation systemChina successfully launched two satellites for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network at 8:29 p.m. Beijing Time…
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NASA probe finds intriguing ice flows under hazy skies on Pluto
Read more →: NASA probe finds intriguing ice flows under hazy skies on PlutoThis new global mosaic of Pluto was created by combining four black-and-white images from New Horizons’ Long Range…
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Video: Delta 4 launch highlights
Read more →: Video: Delta 4 launch highlightsThis is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Delta 4 rocket carrying the seventh…
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Two navigation satellites launched by China
Read more →: Two navigation satellites launched by ChinaA Long March 3B rocket lifted off from the Xichang space center at 1229 GMT (8:29 a.m. EDT)…
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DMSP satellite’s break-up linked to battery failure
Read more →: DMSP satellite’s break-up linked to battery failureArtist’s concept of a DMSP satellite in orbit. Credit: U.S. Air Force Investigators have traced the cause of…
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Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 with WGS 7
Read more →: Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 with WGS 7A replay of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launching the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM communications…
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Seventh satellite in Air Force’s WGS series launched
Read more →: Seventh satellite in Air Force’s WGS series launchedCAPE CANAVERAL — A U.S. military satellite that will fortify the “anytime, anywhere” communications infrastructure used by soldiers,…
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Photos: Delta 4 rocket fires off the pad before sunset
Read more →: Photos: Delta 4 rocket fires off the pad before sunsetThe United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket was launched Thursday at 8:07 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s Complex…
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Photos: Soyuz crew craft treks from Kazakhstan to space station
Read more →: Photos: Soyuz crew craft treks from Kazakhstan to space stationTwo spaceflight rookies and a veteran Russian cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan and flew to the International Space…