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NASA spacecraft to get bonus time studying Mercury
Read more →: NASA spacecraft to get bonus time studying MercuryA depiction of the MESSENGER spacecraft is shown passing near the crater Hokusai and its extensive system of…
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Soyuz rocket lifts off with Russian eavesdropping satellite
Read more →: Soyuz rocket lifts off with Russian eavesdropping satelliteA satellite to collect intelligence for the Russian government launched Thursday on top of a Soyuz rocket and…
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Russian Earth observing satellite ready for launch
Read more →: Russian Earth observing satellite ready for launchA Soyuz rocket is scheduled for launch Friday with Russia’s Resurs P2 satellite, a civilian-operated spacecraft with a…
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Photos: Navy satellite shrouded for launch
Read more →: Photos: Navy satellite shrouded for launchThe sophisticated U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite to launch Jan. 20 has been wrapped up in the Atlas…
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Russia’s Angara 5 rocket launched on successful maiden flight
Read more →: Russia’s Angara 5 rocket launched on successful maiden flightThe first Angara 5 rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 0557 GMT (12:57 a.m. EST; 8:57…
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Video: Orion launch replays
Read more →: Video: Orion launch replaysMultiple different camera angles of the Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasting off with NASA’s Orion capsule for Exploration Flight…
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Scientific riches await Philae comet lander, if it wakes up
Read more →: Scientific riches await Philae comet lander, if it wakes upThis four-image mosaic comprises images taken from a distance of 20.1 kilometers (12.5 miles) from the center of…
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Photos and video: Angara 5’s thunderous liftoff
Read more →: Photos and video: Angara 5’s thunderous liftoffRussia’s new Angara 5 rocket, the biggest Russian launcher since the end of the Cold War, made a…
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Ratchet wrench ’emailed’ to space station
Read more →: Ratchet wrench ’emailed’ to space stationAstronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore shows off the 3D printed ratchet wrench on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA…
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Russia set for debut launch of Angara 5 rocket
Read more →: Russia set for debut launch of Angara 5 rocketThe first Angara 5 rocket sits on its launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Credit:…
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Video: Orion flight preps
Read more →: Video: Orion flight prepsThis video recaps the Orion spacecraft and its Delta 4-Heavy rocket preparations for launch on the Exploration Flight…
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Woerner tapped as next ESA director general
Read more →: Woerner tapped as next ESA director generalDLR chairman Johann-Dietrich Woerner will take over as ESA’s director general on July 1, 2015. Credit: ESA–P. Sebirot,…