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Readers share their views of Tuesday’s Atlas 5 launch
Read more →: Readers share their views of Tuesday’s Atlas 5 launchA powerful Atlas 5 rocket fitted with a kerosene-burning main engine and five solid-fueled boosters lit up Florida’s…
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Payload shroud installed on Delta 2 rocket for next week’s launch
Read more →: Payload shroud installed on Delta 2 rocket for next week’s launchInstallation of the Delta 2 rocket’s nose cone was completed Tuesday in the cleanroom of Vandenberg’s Space Launch…
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Video: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off
Read more →: Video: Atlas 5 rocket blasts offThe Range problem gets resolved and the countdown resumes for liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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Recap story: 200th Atlas-Centaur launching delivers Navy satellite
Read more →: Recap story: 200th Atlas-Centaur launching delivers Navy satelliteCredit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Launching for the 200th time and loaded with one of its heaviest cargoes…
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Service Module of China’s Lunar Orbiter Enters 127-minute Orbit
Read more →: Service Module of China’s Lunar Orbiter Enters 127-minute OrbitBEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — The service module of China’s unmanned test lunar orbiter entered a 127-minute orbit…
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Dawn’s camera resolves fuzzy features on Ceres
Read more →: Dawn’s camera resolves fuzzy features on CeresCeres is seen by Dawn’s framing camera at a range of 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers). Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA…
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NASA outlines why it passed over Sierra Nevada
Read more →: NASA outlines why it passed over Sierra NevadaA prototype of Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser space plane conducted a taxi and approach and landing test campaign…
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Photos: Atlas in the roll
Read more →: Photos: Atlas in the rollThe Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral…
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Redesign likely needed for Orion airbag system
Read more →: Redesign likely needed for Orion airbag systemU.S. Navy divers approach the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean. Two of the capsule’s five self-righting airbags…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with Navy satellite
Read more →: Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with Navy satelliteLive coverage of the countdown and launch of the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications…
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Photos: Lightning shines in the eye of a cyclone
Read more →: Photos: Lightning shines in the eye of a cycloneElectrifying photos taken from the International Space Station show flashes of lightning glowing like spotlights in the eye of…
