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Dwarf planet Ceres’ puzzling ‘pyramid’ mountain gets close-up from NASA’s Dawn probe
Read more →: Dwarf planet Ceres’ puzzling ‘pyramid’ mountain gets close-up from NASA’s Dawn probeNASA’s Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres from a distance of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers).…
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Pluto, we have a problem: Some geographical names may not fly on official maps
Read more →: Pluto, we have a problem: Some geographical names may not fly on official mapsThe heart-shaped area that’s prominent in this New Horizons picture of Pluto is known as Tombaugh Regio. (Credit:…
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Jeff Bezos set to announce big news about Blue Origin’s Florida launch plans
Read more →: Jeff Bezos set to announce big news about Blue Origin’s Florida launch plansAmazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, inspects Blue Origin’s launch facility in West Texas before a test flight in…
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Japanese HTV supply carrier reaches space station
Read more →: Japanese HTV supply carrier reaches space stationJapan’s fifth HTV cargo freighter is seen in the grasp of the space station’s robotic arm Monday. Credit:…
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Photos: Navy satellite joins Atlas booster rocket for launch
Read more →: Photos: Navy satellite joins Atlas booster rocket for launchThis photo gallery shows the U.S. Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective System communications satellite, already encapsulated in the…
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Ariane rocket’s 225th flight in pictures
Read more →: Ariane rocket’s 225th flight in picturesThe 81st flight of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket delivered two satellites to geostationary orbit Thursday for Eutelsat and…
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Six small steps that could add up to giant leaps for spaceships
Read more →: Six small steps that could add up to giant leaps for spaceshipsAn artist’s conception shows a Magbeam station emitting a plasma beam to propel a target spacecraft beyond Jupiter.…
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Mountain-climbing Mars rover sends back low-angle selfie
Read more →: Mountain-climbing Mars rover sends back low-angle selfieThis low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover from Aug. 5 shows the vehicle at the site from…
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Eutelsat, Intelsat spacecraft deployed by Ariane 5
Read more →: Eutelsat, Intelsat spacecraft deployed by Ariane 5The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 2034 GMT (4:34 p.m. EDT) after a brief hold in the…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches TV broadcast satellites
Read more →: Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches TV broadcast satellitesLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Eutelsat 8 West B…
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Photos: Ariane 5 ready to fly
Read more →: Photos: Ariane 5 ready to flyCheck out photos of Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher in the starting blocks at its tropical spaceport awaiting liftoff…
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NASA probe makes last visit to Saturn’s moon Dione
Read more →: NASA probe makes last visit to Saturn’s moon DioneThe Cassini spacecraft snapped this view of Dione backdropped by Saturn on Monday. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Scientists…