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Lockheed Martin targets up to four commercial Atlas 5s per year
Read more →: Lockheed Martin targets up to four commercial Atlas 5s per yearFile photo of an Atlas 5 rocket launch with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter in November 2013. Credit: NASA/Tony…
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Proton rolled out for launch of Turkish satellite
Read more →: Proton rolled out for launch of Turkish satelliteA Proton rocket with the Turksat 4B communications satellite reached its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome after…
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Launch campaign begins for Europe’s trailblazing gravity probe
Read more →: Launch campaign begins for Europe’s trailblazing gravity probeESA’s LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is seen inside IABG’s test center near Munich on Aug. 31. Credit: ESA–P. Sebirot,…
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Atlas 5 for third launch this month begins coming together
Read more →: Atlas 5 for third launch this month begins coming togetherFile photo. ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — With its liftoff just 18 days away to deploy a new Global…
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ULA selects launch pads for new Vulcan rocket
Read more →: ULA selects launch pads for new Vulcan rocketULA chief executive Tory Bruno tweeted this image illustrating the Vulcan rocket’s evolution from the Atlas rocket family.…
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The First Meeting of the China-U.S. Civil Space Dialogue held in Beijing
Read more →: The First Meeting of the China-U.S. Civil Space Dialogue held in BeijingThe first meeting of the China-U.S. Civil Space Dialogue was convened on 28 September, 2015, in Beijng, China.…
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China Launches Commercial Remote-sensing Satellites
Read more →: China Launches Commercial Remote-sensing SatellitesBEIJING, Oct. 9 (China Space News) — China launched a group of four satellites on Wednesday at noon…
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Minecraft, Microsoft and more: These kids have lots of feedback for the Head of Xbox
Read more →: Minecraft, Microsoft and more: These kids have lots of feedback for the Head of XboxTanner, age 5, at the GeekWire Summit. GeekWire invited dozens of kids and their parents to our offices…
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Exhibition on “father of Chinese rocketry” opens in U.S.
Read more →: Exhibition on “father of Chinese rocketry” opens in U.S.An exhibition, themed on the life of China’s late space scientist Qian Xuesen, who is considered “Father of…
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China launches cube satellites for civil aircraft tracking
Read more →: China launches cube satellites for civil aircraft trackingChina has successfully launched three cube satellites (CubeSats), which are expected to help track civil aircraft and ships…
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New Horizons’ Pluto pictures reveal a weird blue glow – and water ice!
Read more →: New Horizons’ Pluto pictures reveal a weird blue glow – and water ice!A picture from NASA’s New Horizons probe reveals the blue color of Pluto’s atmospheric haze, as seen in…
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Photos: Gantry retracted from Atlas 5 rocket
Read more →: Photos: Gantry retracted from Atlas 5 rocketThe 8-million-pound mobile service tower is retracted from around the Atlas 5 rocket, revealing the 19-story-tall vehicle for…