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Launch of next space station crew moved to July
Read more →: Launch of next space station crew moved to JulyJapanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi, Russian Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins pause during their final…
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Surveillance satellite launching Thursday atop Delta 4-Heavy rocket
Read more →: Surveillance satellite launching Thursday atop Delta 4-Heavy rocketNational Reconnaissance Office mission logo for this launch. Credit: NRO CAPE CANAVERAL — One of the largest satellites…
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Maybe black holes (and wormholes) aren’t as monstrous as we thought
Read more →: Maybe black holes (and wormholes) aren’t as monstrous as we thoughtHere’s one concept for the look of a black hole. Image: Ute Kraus, [CC BY-SA 2.5] via Wikimedia…
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Videos: Delta 4-Heavy launch flashback
Read more →: Videos: Delta 4-Heavy launch flashbackGet a preview of Thursday’s United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket flight in these video highlights packages from…
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Ariane 5 launch delayed to replace cryogenic fluid connector
Read more →: Ariane 5 launch delayed to replace cryogenic fluid connectorFile photo of the cryogenic fueling arms attached to an Ariane 5 rocket before a launch earlier this…
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New Satellite Beams Back First Batch of Images
Read more →: New Satellite Beams Back First Batch of ImagesBEIJING, June 3 (China Space News) — China’s newly launched high-resolution mapping satellite Ziyuan III 02 has delivered…
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Astronauts get their first look inside BEAM, the first expandable space habitat
Read more →: Astronauts get their first look inside BEAM, the first expandable space habitatNASA astronaut Jeff Williams works inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, the newest addition to the…
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White House works out a process to clear commercial missions to moon and Mars
Read more →: White House works out a process to clear commercial missions to moon and MarsAn artist’s conception shows Moon Express’ MX-1 lander extending its robotic arm to take a “selfie” of the…
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Weather 40 percent ‘go’ for Delta 4-Heavy
Read more →: Weather 40 percent ‘go’ for Delta 4-HeavyThe sun rises on Delta 4-Heavy for NROL-15 launch in 2012. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images…
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Video: BEAM welcomes first astronaut
Read more →: Video: BEAM welcomes first astronautInternational Space Station astronaut Jeff Williams opened the hatch and floated into the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or…
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Proton rocket transferred to launch pad with TV broadcasting satellite
Read more →: Proton rocket transferred to launch pad with TV broadcasting satelliteA Russian Proton rocket rolled out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday with a…
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Russian satellite launched to measure Earth’s size and shape
Read more →: Russian satellite launched to measure Earth’s size and shapeThe Rockot launcher with the GEO-IK 2 geodesy satellite blasted off at 1400 GMT (10 a.m. EDT; 5…