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Jack King, ‘Voice of NASA,’ dies at 84
Read more →: Jack King, ‘Voice of NASA,’ dies at 84STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Jack King provided launch countdown commentary for every U.S. human spaceflight…
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Three station fliers set for return to Earth
Read more →: Three station fliers set for return to EarthSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Russian Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov and Italian…
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LightSail hailed as precursor for low-cost planetary missions
Read more →: LightSail hailed as precursor for low-cost planetary missionsA camera aboard LightSail took this picture of the deployed solar sail. Credit: The Planetary Society Managers in…
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Bright blobs on Ceres ready for their close-up
Read more →: Bright blobs on Ceres ready for their close-upDawn’s framing camera captured this image of the brightest spots on Ceres on June 6. The resolution is…
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CASC Tianjin Large Spacecraft AIT Center Starting Operation
Read more →: CASC Tianjin Large Spacecraft AIT Center Starting OperationRecently a large spacecraft AIT Center built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation at Tianjin had greeted…
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NASA confident in finding fix for test parachute failure
Read more →: NASA confident in finding fix for test parachute failureTwo frames from a video camera on-board NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator test vehicle show the craft’s supersonic parachute…
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Russia updates launch schedule for ISS crews, cargo
Read more →: Russia updates launch schedule for ISS crews, cargoUpdated at 11 p.m. EDT NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Japanese flight engineer Kimiya…
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China launches space junk monitoring center
Read more →: China launches space junk monitoring centerChina on Monday launched a space junk monitoring center to protect its spacecraft in orbit. The new center, to…
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Huge parachute shredded during Mars entry experiment
Read more →: Huge parachute shredded during Mars entry experimentSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION After dropping from a high-altitude ballon, the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator’s Star…
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DSCOVR space weather sentinel reaches finish line
Read more →: DSCOVR space weather sentinel reaches finish lineThe Deep Space Climate Observatory is operating at the L1 Lagrange point a million miles from Earth in…
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Satellite comes back to life, deploys solar sail on second try
Read more →: Satellite comes back to life, deploys solar sail on second tryArtist’s concept of LightSail backdropped by the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: The Planetary Society Mission managers say the…
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Dawn enters new orbit closer to Ceres
Read more →: Dawn enters new orbit closer to CeresDawn captured this view of Ceres on May 7 from a distance of 8,400 miles, or 13,600 kilometers.…