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SpaceX gets certified to launch NASA science missions
Read more →: SpaceX gets certified to launch NASA science missionsFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX NASA has…
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DMSP satellite debris expected to remain in orbit for decades
Read more →: DMSP satellite debris expected to remain in orbit for decadesThis rendering shows the spreading of the DMSP F13 fragmentation cloud to form a band of debris. The…
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ULA, SpaceX face off in landmark Air Force launch competition
Read more →: ULA, SpaceX face off in landmark Air Force launch competitionArtist’s concept of a GPS 3 satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin The U.S. Air Force has identified the launch…
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Brightman steps down from station flight
Read more →: Brightman steps down from station flightSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Sarah Brightman is pictured during training for a planned flight to…
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Russia delays ISS crew rotation flights
Read more →: Russia delays ISS crew rotation flightsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Japanese astronaut…
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Japanese scientists abandon plan for asteroid flyby
Read more →: Japanese scientists abandon plan for asteroid flybyArtist’s concept of the Procyon spacecraft. Credit: JAXA An experimental suitcase-sized space probe launched as a secondary payload…
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Air Force weather satellite remains in launch limbo
Read more →: Air Force weather satellite remains in launch limboAn artist’s concept of DMSP. Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — The U.S. military wants to launch the…
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Skating rinks on Ceres? Ice could be source of bright spots
Read more →: Skating rinks on Ceres? Ice could be source of bright spotsThis animation shows a sequence of images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on May 4, 2015, from a…
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Curiosity rover sees blue on the red planet
Read more →: Curiosity rover sees blue on the red planetNASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recorded this view of the sun setting at the close of the mission’s 956th…
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Stricken space freighter re-enters atmosphere
Read more →: Stricken space freighter re-enters atmosphereFile photo of a Russian Progress supply ship. Credit: NASA A Russian Progress cargo craft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere…
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UAE details ambitious plan for Martian weather satellite
Read more →: UAE details ambitious plan for Martian weather satelliteArtist’s concept of the Emirates Mars Mission. Credit: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center Scientists from the United Arab…
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Photos: Atlas 5 and X-37B mated together for upcoming launch
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 and X-37B mated together for upcoming launchCAPE CANAVERAL — The Air Force’s miniature space shuttle and its ride to orbit have been joined together…