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China to Help Venezuela Launch Third Satellite
Read more →: China to Help Venezuela Launch Third SatelliteCARACAS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — Venezuela signed Sunday an agreement with a Chinese state-owned company to build and…
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Endeavour reunited with Spacehab payload in museum
Read more →: Endeavour reunited with Spacehab payload in museumThe Spacehab module is lifted into Endeavour’s payload bay Thursday. Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Two years after…
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NuSTAR discovers brilliant ‘mighty mouse’ pulsar
Read more →: NuSTAR discovers brilliant ‘mighty mouse’ pulsarSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION A rare and mighty pulsar (pink) can be seen…
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NASA clears commercial crew contractors to resume work
Read more →: NASA clears commercial crew contractors to resume workArtist’s concept of Boeing’s CST-100 crew capsule approaching the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Boeing Boeing Co. and SpaceX,…
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Fleet of Mars probes set to observe comet flyby
Read more →: Fleet of Mars probes set to observe comet flybySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION An artist’s concept of Comet Siding Spring (2013 A1)…
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X-37B space planes to move into shuttle hangars
Read more →: X-37B space planes to move into shuttle hangarsAn X-37B space plane sits on a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., after landing on its…
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Galileo launch failure blamed on frozen Fregat fuel line
Read more →: Galileo launch failure blamed on frozen Fregat fuel lineArtist’s concept of a Fregat upper stage during launch with two Galileo navigation satellites. Photo credit: Arianespace TV/Spaceflight…
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Gaofen-2 Satellite Photographs Released
Read more →: Gaofen-2 Satellite Photographs ReleasedBEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — China on Monday released the first batch of photos taken by Gaofen-2, its…
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H-2A rocket boosts Japanese weather satellite into orbit
Read more →: H-2A rocket boosts Japanese weather satellite into orbitJapan launched a next-generation geostationary weather satellite Tuesday on the 25th flight of the country’s H-2A rocket, deploying…
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Station crew completes maintenance spacewalk
Read more →: Station crew completes maintenance spacewalkSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Alexander Gerst takes a spacewalk selfie during Tuesday’s EVA.…
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SpaceX launching Seattle-area office, recruiting squadrons of Microsoft engineers
Read more →: SpaceX launching Seattle-area office, recruiting squadrons of Microsoft engineersElon Musk Space Exploration Technologies, the Elon Musk-owned company better known as SpaceX, has been heavily recruiting engineers from…
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Upgraded Japanese weather satellite set for launch
Read more →: Upgraded Japanese weather satellite set for launchA space-based weather monitor, equipped with upgraded instruments for more detailed and timely data on tropical cyclones and…