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Glitch on Curiosity rover traced to drill mechanism
Read more →: Glitch on Curiosity rover traced to drill mechanismThe mast camera on the Curiosity Mars rover captured this raw color view of the craft’s drill after…
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SES completes three-satellite procurement with Ariane 5 contract
Read more →: SES completes three-satellite procurement with Ariane 5 contractFile photo of an Ariane 5 launch. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG SES has selected…
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Flight Readiness Review passed for next week’s Atlas 5 launch
Read more →: Flight Readiness Review passed for next week’s Atlas 5 launchCAPE CANAVERAL — The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and NASA’s four MMS satellite probes passed their…
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Engineers analyzing short circuit on Mars rover
Read more →: Engineers analyzing short circuit on Mars roverImage analysts used dozens of images from Curiosity’s arm-mounted camera to create this “selfie” at the base of…
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Photos: Shroud installed around satellite quartet, connected to Atlas 5
Read more →: Photos: Shroud installed around satellite quartet, connected to Atlas 5NASA’s four Magnetospheric Multiscale mission spacecraft were encapsulated Monday, Feb. 23 in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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Photos: Last look at Sunday’s launch by SpaceX
Read more →: Photos: Last look at Sunday’s launch by SpaceXSunday’s liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket marked the 16th flight of SpaceX’s workhorse launcher, and its third…
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Could Delta rockets soon be a thing of the past?
Read more →: Could Delta rockets soon be a thing of the past?File photo of a Delta 4 launch from July 2014. Credit: United Launch Alliance With as few as…
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Crunch time: Next Mars lander enters final year before launch
Read more →: Crunch time: Next Mars lander enters final year before launchArtist’s concept of the InSight lander on Mars. Credit: NASA Wednesday marked one year until the launch of…
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Liftoff of Indian navigation satellite postponed
Read more →: Liftoff of Indian navigation satellite postponedFile photo of an Indian navigation satellite attached to the fourth stage of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle…
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Power system failure likely cause of military satellite explosion
Read more →: Power system failure likely cause of military satellite explosionArtist’s concept of a DMSP weather satellite in orbit. Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force says…
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Rosetta glimpses its own shadow on comet 67P
Read more →: Rosetta glimpses its own shadow on comet 67PClose view of a 228 x 228 m region on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as seen by the OSIRIS narrow-angle…
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NASA eyes ion engines for Mars orbiter launching in 2022
Read more →: NASA eyes ion engines for Mars orbiter launching in 2022India’s Mars Orbiter Mission captured this image of the red planet soon after arriving in September 2014. Credit:…