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Boeing-built GPS satellite goes into orbit
Read more →: Boeing-built GPS satellite goes into orbitUnited Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket rises from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying the GPS…
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Apollo 14 moonwalker (and UFO seeker) Edgar Mitchell dies at the age of 85
Read more →: Apollo 14 moonwalker (and UFO seeker) Edgar Mitchell dies at the age of 85Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell sits for his official portrait in 1970. Mitchell’s crewmates on the mission in…
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NASA finishes huge mirror for James Webb Space Telescope, due for 2018 liftoff
Read more →: NASA finishes huge mirror for James Webb Space Telescope, due for 2018 liftoffThe James Webb Space Telescope’s 18 mirrors are fully installed. (Credit: Chris Gunn / NASA) NASA has put…
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Weird! New Horizons probe spots islands of water ice floating in nitrogen slush
Read more →: Weird! New Horizons probe spots islands of water ice floating in nitrogen slushThis image focuses in on a part of Pluto’s heart-shaped region where hills of water ice appear to…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolls out for Friday launch to GPS constellation
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rolls out for Friday launch to GPS constellationThe Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral…
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Russians carry out spacewalk
Read more →: Russians carry out spacewalkSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko and Sergey Volkov prepare for Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit:…
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Tiny nation, big ambitions: Luxembourg wants to be the NASA of asteroid mining
Read more →: Tiny nation, big ambitions: Luxembourg wants to be the NASA of asteroid miningAn artist’s conception shows a spacecraft extracting materials from a near-Earth asteroid. (Credit: Spaceresources.lu) Luxembourg intends to one…
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NASA puts Pluto and its heart on a valentine
Read more →: NASA puts Pluto and its heart on a valentinePluto is all smiles in NASA’s valentine. (Credit: NASA) Say it with Pluto? After NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft…
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Abort, retry, fail? Astronaut pokes fun at Windows XP during space training in Russia
Read more →: Abort, retry, fail? Astronaut pokes fun at Windows XP during space training in RussiaFrench astronaut Thomas Pesquet undergoes training in a Soyuz spacecraft simulator in 2014 at Russia’s Star City cosmonaut…
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China Launches Key Satellite in Beidou Navigation
Read more →: China Launches Key Satellite in Beidou NavigationBEIJING, Feb. 2 (China Space News) — China put a new-generation satellite into orbit to support its global…
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Successful launch expands China’s Beidou navigation system
Read more →: Successful launch expands China’s Beidou navigation systemA Long March 3C rocket lifts off Monday with a new Beidou navigation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A new…
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Atlas 5/GPS 2F-12 launch timeline
Read more →: Atlas 5/GPS 2F-12 launch timelineFollow the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad with the U.S.…