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Long-lived tropical weather satellite re-enters
Read more →: Long-lived tropical weather satellite re-entersArtist’s concept of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Credit: NASA A 2.9-ton rainfall research satellite fell into Earth’s…
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OneWeb selects Airbus to build 900 Internet satellites
Read more →: OneWeb selects Airbus to build 900 Internet satellitesArtist’s concept of a OneWeb satellite. Credit: OneWeb Airbus Defense and Space and OneWeb, a startup backed by…
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Engineers seek to stabilize radio link with comet lander
Read more →: Engineers seek to stabilize radio link with comet landerRosetta’s navigation camera captured this view of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko awakened by the sun June 5. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam Emboldened…
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Space Florida to take over KSC’s shuttle runway
Read more →: Space Florida to take over KSC’s shuttle runwayFile photo of Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway. Credit: NASA/KSC NASA will hand over control of…
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China using indigenous Beidou system to detect gas leaks
Read more →: China using indigenous Beidou system to detect gas leaksChina is planning to use its domestically-operated satellite navigation system to help log and detect possible leaks in…
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Two ‘microprobes’ to accompany InSight lander to Mars
Read more →: Two ‘microprobes’ to accompany InSight lander to MarsMechanical engineer Joel Steinkraus and systems engineer Farah Alibay hold a full-scale mechanical mock-up of a MarCO CubeSat.…
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Comet lander wakes up!
Read more →: Comet lander wakes up!STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the Philae lander. Credit: DLR The European Space…
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Photos: Space crew welcomed home after 199-day mission
Read more →: Photos: Space crew welcomed home after 199-day missionThree space station residents crammed inside a capsule smaller than a compact car landed on the austere plans…
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France to privatize its Arianespace shares
Read more →: France to privatize its Arianespace sharesArtist’s concept of the Ariane 6 rocket with four solid rocket boosters. Credit: ESA–D. Ducros, 2014 The French…
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U.S.-Russian-Italian crew returns to Earth
Read more →: U.S.-Russian-Italian crew returns to EarthSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-15M landing capsule’s braking rockets fire moments before touchdown…
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Commercial crew spaceships face likely delays
Read more →: Commercial crew spaceships face likely delaysUpdated at 5 p.m. EDT Artist’s concepts of Boeing’s CST-100 crew capsule and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit:…
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Live coverage: Station crew safely lands in Kazakhstan
Read more →: Live coverage: Station crew safely lands in KazakhstanMission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 43 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will…