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China Launches Test Return Orbiter for Lunar Mission
Read more →: China Launches Test Return Orbiter for Lunar MissionXICHANG, Sichuan, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — China launched an unmanned spacecraft early Friday to test technologies to be…
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Chinese probe launched on round-trip flight to the moon
Read more →: Chinese probe launched on round-trip flight to the moonA Chinese Long March 3C rocket lifted off at 1800 GMT (2 p.m. EDT; 2 a.m. Beijing time).…
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New Lunar Mission to Test Chang’e-5 Technology
Read more →: New Lunar Mission to Test Chang’e-5 TechnologyBEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — China will launch a new lunar mission this week to test technology likely…
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Russian cosmonauts wrap up successful spacewalk
Read more →: Russian cosmonauts wrap up successful spacewalkSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev inside his Orlan spacesuit before the…
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Orbital Sciences cleared for final Antares launch preps
Read more →: Orbital Sciences cleared for final Antares launch prepsThe Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft inside an integration hangar at Wallops Island, Va. Credit: Orbital Sciences Corp.…
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Return of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft delayed
Read more →: Return of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft delayedSpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft is attached to the International Space Station’s Harmony module. Credit: NASA Rough seas in the…
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Proton rocket blasts off with Russian telecom satellite
Read more →: Proton rocket blasts off with Russian telecom satelliteFile photo of a Proton rocket launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos Russia’s Express AM6…
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China puts government surveillance satellite in orbit
Read more →: China puts government surveillance satellite in orbitThe Yaogan 22 satellite lifted off on a Long March 4C rocket at 2:31 p.m. Beijing time Monday.…
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Mars spacecraft safe after fortuitous comet encounter
Read more →: Mars spacecraft safe after fortuitous comet encounterThe HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took these images of comet Siding Spring, the first resolved…
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CASC and Rostec Sign Cooperation Agreement
Read more →: CASC and Rostec Sign Cooperation AgreementBEIJING, Oct. 15. (China Space News) — A strategic cooperation agreement was signed by the Chairman of the…
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China launches remote sensing satellite-22
Read more →: China launches remote sensing satellite-22China launched the Yaogan-22 remote sensing satellite into scheduled orbit at 2:31 p.m. on Monday Beijing Time from…
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Comet’s flyby of Mars a boon for scientists
Read more →: Comet’s flyby of Mars a boon for scientistsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of comet Siding Spring buzzing Mars. Credit:…