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Mysterious mini spaceplane the next Atlas 5 payload
Read more →: Mysterious mini spaceplane the next Atlas 5 payloadCredit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — With its new homeport in renovated NASA space shuttle hangars off in the…
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Chinese navigation system enters new phase with successful launch
Read more →: Chinese navigation system enters new phase with successful launchA Long March 3C rocket lifted off at 1352 GMT (9:52 a.m. EDT; 9:52 p.m. Beijing time) Monday.…
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Photos: Fiery start to marathon space mission
Read more →: Photos: Fiery start to marathon space missionA three-man crew donned pressure suits, strapped into a Russian Soyuz space capsule and rode a rocket into…
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Look back at Friday’s Soyuz launch from the Amazon
Read more →: Look back at Friday’s Soyuz launch from the AmazonTwo satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation network lifted off at sunset Friday aboard a Soyuz rocket from a…
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Indian navigation system gets expansion with PSLV launch
Read more →: Indian navigation system gets expansion with PSLV launchIndia’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched at 1149 GMT (7:49 a.m. EDT) Saturday. Credit: ISRO India’s indigenous space-based…
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Space station crewmen head off on 342-day mission
Read more →: Space station crewmen head off on 342-day missionSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz spacecraft on final approach to the International…
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Two new satellites join Europe’s fledgling navigation network
Read more →: Two new satellites join Europe’s fledgling navigation networkA Soyuz rocket lifts off from French Guiana at 2146 GMT (5:46 p.m. EDT; 6:46 p.m. local time)…
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Managers confident ahead of critical launch for Galileo navigation system
Read more →: Managers confident ahead of critical launch for Galileo navigation systemArtist’s concept of two Galileo satellites launching aboard a Soyuz rocket. Credit: ESA–J. Huart, 2014 Confident in technical…
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One-year space expedition starts with 18-hour workday
Read more →: One-year space expedition starts with 18-hour workdayNASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko will blast off Friday. Credit: NASA/Bill…
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Delta 4 rocket evolving to upgraded main engine
Read more →: Delta 4 rocket evolving to upgraded main engineCredit: Carleton Bailie/Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — When the next Delta 4 rocket flies in July, as well as…
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Live coverage: Crew blasts off on record-setting space mission
Read more →: Live coverage: Crew blasts off on record-setting space missionMission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 43 crew on the International Space Station. Text updates will…
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Vega wins contract to launch Peruvian military satellite
Read more →: Vega wins contract to launch Peruvian military satelliteArianespace chairman and CEO Stephane Israel (left) and Airbus Defense and Space head of space programs Eric Beranger…