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Antares rocket moved to launch pad in Virginia
Read more →: Antares rocket moved to launch pad in VirginiaAn Antares rocket rides a self-propelled mobile transporter Friday to launch pad 0A at Wallops Island, Va. Credit:…
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First commercial mission to the moon launched from China
Read more →: First commercial mission to the moon launched from ChinaArtist’s concept of the Manfred Memorial Moon Mission, which remains attached to the upper stage of a Long…
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ILS plans to return Proton to commercial service next month
Read more →: ILS plans to return Proton to commercial service next monthFile photo of a Proton rocket being lifted on top of a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship returns to Earth
Read more →: SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship returns to EarthThe SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule descends to the Pacific Ocean on Saturday. Credit: SpaceX Wrapping up SpaceX’s fourth…
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Atlas 5 to fly Wednesday, continuing rapid deployment of GPS satellites
Read more →: Atlas 5 to fly Wednesday, continuing rapid deployment of GPS satellitesFile photo of Atlas 5 in the 401 configuration. Image: ULA. Launching new Global Positioning System navigation satellites…
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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…