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SETI Institute launches radio search for alien life amid 20,000 red dwarf stars
Read more →: SETI Institute launches radio search for alien life amid 20,000 red dwarf starsAn artist’s conception shows a planetary system around a red dwarf star. (Credit: ESO) The SETI Institute is…
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A New BD Satellite Sent into Orbit
Read more →: A New BD Satellite Sent into OrbitA Long March-3A carrier rocket carrying the 22nd satellite in the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) lifts off…
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CASC and Tsinghua University Sign Partnership Agreement
Read more →: CASC and Tsinghua University Sign Partnership AgreementBEIJING, Mar. 10 (China Space News) — Tsinghua University and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) held…
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China Launches 22nd BeiDou Navigation Satellite
Read more →: China Launches 22nd BeiDou Navigation SatelliteMarch 30 (China Space News) — China launched a satellite to support its global navigation and positioning network…
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Space Projects Written into Government Work Report
Read more →: Space Projects Written into Government Work ReportBEIJING, Mar. 24 (China Space News) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered a government work report during the…
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U.S. military rules out collision as cause of Hitomi satellite’s woes
Read more →: U.S. military rules out collision as cause of Hitomi satellite’s woesThe Hitomi satellite is seen Nov. 27 at a press day held before its launch. Credit: JAXA As…
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Long March 3A rocket gives boost to Chinese navigation satellite
Read more →: Long March 3A rocket gives boost to Chinese navigation satelliteA Long March 3A rocket blasts off with a Beidou navigation satellite at 2011 GMT (4:11 p.m. EDT)…
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Progress cargo craft rolled out for launch to space station
Read more →: Progress cargo craft rolled out for launch to space stationThe second of three robotic resupply ships going to the International Space Station in two weeks has arrived…
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Soyuz aces test campaign at new Vostochny Cosmodrome
Read more →: Soyuz aces test campaign at new Vostochny CosmodromeThe Soyuz-2.1a rocket sits on its launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome during tests last week. Credit: TsSKB…
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Japan’s newest space telescope goes silent
Read more →: Japan’s newest space telescope goes silentUpdated on March 28. Artist’s concept of the Hitomi observatory. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita Japan has lost contact with…
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Cygnus cargo ship hooks up to space station; ULA investigates rocket glitch
Read more →: Cygnus cargo ship hooks up to space station; ULA investigates rocket glitchThe International Space Station’s robotic arm reaches out to grapple Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo ship in a video…
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Photos: Cygnus goes from Cape Canaveral to the space station
Read more →: Photos: Cygnus goes from Cape Canaveral to the space stationThis collection of official NASA photographs captures the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolling to the pad…