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Second Atlas 5 rocket launched in span of six days
Read more →: Second Atlas 5 rocket launched in span of six daysCAPE CANAVERAL — Churning out the launches at a rapid pace, the Atlas 5 program sent another rocket…
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Skies are blue and water ice is red on Pluto
Read more →: Skies are blue and water ice is red on PlutoPluto’s haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by the New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging…
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Photos: California’s predawn liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Photos: California’s predawn liftoff of Atlas 5 rocketMaking its second launch in just six days, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight blasted off…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket soars from West Coast
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket soars from West CoastA collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the NROL-55 cargo…
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China Launches 20th Beidou Navigation Satellite
Read more →: China Launches 20th Beidou Navigation SatelliteXICHANG, Sichuan Province, Sept. 30 (China Space News) — China launched a new-generation satellite into orbit that will…
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Israeli-based SpaceIL gets set for 2017 moon race with Spaceflight’s help
Read more →: Israeli-based SpaceIL gets set for 2017 moon race with Spaceflight’s helpA rendering of the planned SpaceIL robotic lander. Credit: SpaceIL Israeli-based Team SpaceIL has signed up to launch…
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Cygnus supply ship takes weather satellite’s slot in Atlas manifest
Read more →: Cygnus supply ship takes weather satellite’s slot in Atlas manifestUpdating Cygnus processing location. The service module for Orbital ATK’s next Cygnus cargo craft will be shipped to…
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Quartet of Earth imaging satellites launched from China
Read more →: Quartet of Earth imaging satellites launched from ChinaThe Long March 2D rocket with four Jilin 1 satellites lifted off at 0413 GMT (12:13 a.m. EDT;…
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Intel-gathering spacecraft launch on Atlas 5 scheduled for Thursday
Read more →: Intel-gathering spacecraft launch on Atlas 5 scheduled for ThursdayMission poster. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Poised for its one and only satellite launch of the year,…
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Workers complete $15 million in repairs to Antares launch pad
Read more →: Workers complete $15 million in repairs to Antares launch padLaunch pad 0A has been repaired after sustaining $15.2 million in damage during the Oct. 28, 2014, failure…
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Mars orbiter shows why ‘The Martian’ movie trek would be even riskier
Read more →: Mars orbiter shows why ‘The Martian’ movie trek would be even riskierA picture from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the area of…
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This photo archive of Apollo astronauts’ pics on Flickr will blow your mind
Read more →: This photo archive of Apollo astronauts’ pics on Flickr will blow your mindPhoto via Flickr/Project Apollo Archive This has to be one of the most impressive photo archives on earth — Project Apollo…