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Blue Origin’s sub-orbital ‘New Shepard’ poised for test flights
Read more →: Blue Origin’s sub-orbital ‘New Shepard’ poised for test flightsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Blue Origin’s BE-3 engine on a test stand at…
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Diverse destinations considered for new interplanetary probe
Read more →: Diverse destinations considered for new interplanetary probeNASA’s Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft collected images for this montage of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io in…
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Rosetta probe disoriented by comet dust
Read more →: Rosetta probe disoriented by comet dustThis view of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta’s navigation camera on March 22, showing a cloud of…
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Launch of BepiColombo mission to Mercury slips to 2017
Read more →: Launch of BepiColombo mission to Mercury slips to 2017Artist’s concept of the BepiColombo mission, showing the European-built Mercury Planetary Orbiter (top) and the Japanese Mercury Magnetospheric…
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SpaceX, Sierra Nevada get more time to finish flight tests
Read more →: SpaceX, Sierra Nevada get more time to finish flight testsThe Dragon capsule for SpaceX’s pad abort test seen inside a test chamber. Credit: SpaceX NASA has extended…
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China Launches Upgraded Satellite for SatNav System
Read more →: China Launches Upgraded Satellite for SatNav SystemBEIJING, April 1 (China Space News) — China launched a new-generation satellite into space for its indigenous global…
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Same day rollouts and launches could return to Atlas 5 program
Read more →: Same day rollouts and launches could return to Atlas 5 programCredit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services CAPE CANAVERAL — Returning to the days of rollouts and launches in a…
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Rockot launcher deploys Russian data relay satellites
Read more →: Rockot launcher deploys Russian data relay satellitesThree small satellites launched from Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmdorome into a 930-mile-high orbit Tuesday, flying into space aboard a…
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SpaceX cargo launch now set for April 13
Read more →: SpaceX cargo launch now set for April 13File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo carrier prepared for launch on a previous mission.…
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China launches upgraded satellite for independent SatNav system
Read more →: China launches upgraded satellite for independent SatNav systemChina launched a new-generation satellite into space for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network at 9:52 p.m.…
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Kelly settling in aboard space station
Read more →: Kelly settling in aboard space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The six-person Expedition 43 crew settles in after the…
