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Asteroid probe confirmed on good trajectory after Earth flyby
Read more →: Asteroid probe confirmed on good trajectory after Earth flybyArtist’s concept of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft near Earth. Credit: JAXA A Japanese space probe picked up just…
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Photos: Crew transport rolled out at Baikonur
Read more →: Photos: Crew transport rolled out at BaikonurTugged along a historic route leading to the launch pad where Yuri Gagarin took off 1961 to become…
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Get an inside look at Planetary Resources’ asteroid mining HQ in Redmond from the Weather Channel
Read more →: Get an inside look at Planetary Resources’ asteroid mining HQ in Redmond from the Weather ChannelPlanetary Resources is known to show visitors around its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., but it’s not too often that an…
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Soyuz booster pointed skyward for Galileo launch
Read more →: Soyuz booster pointed skyward for Galileo launchOne day after a Soyuz crew transport rolled out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…
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Photos: Zenit rocket soars on perhaps its last launch
Read more →: Photos: Zenit rocket soars on perhaps its last launchA Zenit rocket fired away from a Kazakh launch pad Friday with a Russian weather satellite, and the…
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Soyuz TMA-19M launch-to-docking timeline
Read more →: Soyuz TMA-19M launch-to-docking timelineSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Based upon an on-time launch at 1103:10 GMT (6:03:10 a.m. EST)…
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ChinaSat 1C Satellite Successfully Lanuched
Read more →: ChinaSat 1C Satellite Successfully LanuchedThe Long March-3B carrier rocket carries communications satellite “China 1C” into the sky at Xichang Satellite Launch Center…
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Falcon 9’s near-term manifest coming into focus
Read more →: Falcon 9’s near-term manifest coming into focusFile photo of a Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s launch of a cluster of communications…
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Curiosity rover reaches Martian sand dunes
Read more →: Curiosity rover reaches Martian sand dunesThe rippled surface of the first Martian sand dune ever studied up close fills this Nov. 27, 2015,…
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Geminid meteors bring holiday cheer – but only upon a midnight clear
Read more →: Geminid meteors bring holiday cheer – but only upon a midnight clearA streaking Geminid meteor makes an impression in an all-sky photo captured in 2011. (Credit: NASA) The most…
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Russian data relay satellite launched by Proton rocket
Read more →: Russian data relay satellite launched by Proton rocketFile photo of a Proton rocket launch. Credit: Roscosmos A secretive Russian military communications satellite arrived in geostationary…
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Russian weather satellite lifts off aboard Zenit rocket
Read more →: Russian weather satellite lifts off aboard Zenit rocketA weather satellite to help civilian and military forecasters track storm systems over Russia’s vast territory launched from…