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China Launches Meteorological Satellite Fengyun-II 07
Read more →: China Launches Meteorological Satellite Fengyun-II 07XICHANG, Sichuan, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — China successfully launched meteorological satellite Fengyun-II 07 at 8:56 a.m. Friday from…
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Tiangong-1 & Shenzhou-8 Mission Voted Top 10 Science News
Read more →: Tiangong-1 & Shenzhou-8 Mission Voted Top 10 Science NewsBEIJING, Jan. 11 (China Space News) — The top ten science news in 2011 in the world and…
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China launches Ziyuan III satellite
Read more →: China launches Ziyuan III satelliteTAIYUAN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — China successfully launched the Ziyuan III satellite Monday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch…
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CASC Awarded 2011 China Top Ten Innovative Enterprises Title
Read more →: CASC Awarded 2011 China Top Ten Innovative Enterprises TitleBEIJING, Dec. 29 (China Space News) — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) was named one of…
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China’s Homegrown Navigation Satellite Network Starts Providing Services
Read more →: China’s Homegrown Navigation Satellite Network Starts Providing ServicesBEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — China’s homegrown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System began providing initial positioning, navigation and timing…
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China Launches NigComSat-1R Satellite for Nigeria
Read more →: China Launches NigComSat-1R Satellite for NigeriaBEIJING, Dec. 20 (China Space News) — China launched the communications satellite NigComSat-1R for Nigeria at 0:41 a.m.…
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Tiangong-1 Orbiter Starts Planned Cabin Checks Against Toxic Gas
Read more →: Tiangong-1 Orbiter Starts Planned Cabin Checks Against Toxic GasBEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — The Chinese prototype space lab Tiangong-1 on Thursday started regular checks for toxic…
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Flight Vehicle Design Expert Elected Academician of CAE
Read more →: Flight Vehicle Design Expert Elected Academician of CAEBEIJING, Dec. 12 (China Space News) — The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) announced on Dec. 9 that…
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With Stratolaunch project, Paul Allen makes a big bet on commercial spaceflight
Read more →: With Stratolaunch project, Paul Allen makes a big bet on commercial spaceflightFormer NASA administrator Mike Griffin, Burt Rutan and Paul Allen at the conclusion of the news conference today.…
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Q&A: Charles Simonyi on the magic of space and the ‘coziness’ of the trip home
Read more →: Q&A: Charles Simonyi on the magic of space and the ‘coziness’ of the trip homeSeattle’s Museum of Flight this week dedicated its new Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, named after the former Microsoft…
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CASC Commemorates 100th Birth Anniversary of Qian Xuesen
Read more →: CASC Commemorates 100th Birth Anniversary of Qian XuesenBEIJING, Dec. 9 (China Space News) — One academy and two laboratories of China Aerospace Science and Technology…
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Seattle’s Museum of Flight getting a Soyuz spacecraft, courtesy Charles Simonyi
Read more →: Seattle’s Museum of Flight getting a Soyuz spacecraft, courtesy Charles SimonyiThe Soyuz TMA-13 Reentry Module that returned Charles Simonyi to Earth from the International Space Station. Credit: Space…