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Water ice abounds in Pluto’s frigid bedrock
Read more →: Water ice abounds in Pluto’s frigid bedrockThis false-color image, derived from observations in infrared light by the Ralph/Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) instrument,…
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Long March-6 Launch Made the Top Sci-tech News List of 2015
Read more →: Long March-6 Launch Made the Top Sci-tech News List of 2015BEIJING, Jan. 26 (China Space News) — The top science and technology news of 2015 was announced in…
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30 years after the Challenger shuttle tragedy, the loss and legacies linger
Read more →: 30 years after the Challenger shuttle tragedy, the loss and legacies lingerThe crew of the shuttle Challenger takes a break during countdown training on Jan. 9, 1986: From left…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to go into space by 2021 and start Mars missions by 2025
Read more →: SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to go into space by 2021 and start Mars missions by 2025Elon Musk flashes a smile during the StartmeupHK Festival in Hong Kong. (Credit: InvestHK via YouTube) SpaceX founder…
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First Intelsat Epic satellite deployed by Ariane 5 rocket
Read more →: First Intelsat Epic satellite deployed by Ariane 5 rocketAn Ariane 5 rocket blasted off at 2320 GMT (6:20 p.m. EST) Wednesday with the Intelsat 29e satellite.…
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Photos: Ariane 5 climbs away from jungle launch pad
Read more →: Photos: Ariane 5 climbs away from jungle launch padA European Ariane 5 rocket took off on its first flight of the year Wednesday with a new-generation…
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Families, NASA honor fallen astronauts
Read more →: Families, NASA honor fallen astronautsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION On the 30th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, crew families, friends…
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Map reveals that there’s more water ice on Pluto
Read more →: Map reveals that there’s more water ice on PlutoThis false-color infrared image from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft shows water ice concentrations on Pluto. The left image…
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Laser-equipped satellite to inaugurate European data relay system
Read more →: Laser-equipped satellite to inaugurate European data relay systemThe Eutelsat 9B satellite and the hosted payload for the European Data Relay System are pictured before shipment…
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Reporters remember Challenger coverage
Read more →: Reporters remember Challenger coverageSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Media representatives converge on memorial service for Challenger’s crew at the…
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Live coverage: Intelsat’s first “Epic” satellite in orbit after Ariane 5 launch
Read more →: Live coverage: Intelsat’s first “Epic” satellite in orbit after Ariane 5 launchLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Intelsat 29e communications satellite.…
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NASA’s backing fuels more interest in SNC’s Dream Chaser mini-space shuttle
Read more →: NASA’s backing fuels more interest in SNC’s Dream Chaser mini-space shuttleTechnicians at an SNC facility in Colorado inspect the Dream Chaser engineering test article, or ETA, which is…