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Live coverage: International crew lands in Kazakhstan
Read more →: Live coverage: International crew lands in KazakhstanLive coverage of the Expedition 45 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there…
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NASA’s New Horizons mission colorizes Pluto’s close-up – and zooms in on its pits
Read more →: NASA’s New Horizons mission colorizes Pluto’s close-up – and zooms in on its pitsThis enhanced color mosaic combines image data from two cameras on NASA’s New Horizons probe. (Credit: NASA /…
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Zhang Dejiang Visited Lao Sat-1 Ground Station
Read more →: Zhang Dejiang Visited Lao Sat-1 Ground StationBEIJING, Dec. 9 (China Space News) — Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s…
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Lawmakers geek out over Washington state’s rising space industry
Read more →: Lawmakers geek out over Washington state’s rising space industryEmployees at Blue Origin’s headquarters in Kent, Wash., cheer as they watch the landing of the company’s New…
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SpaceX eyes Dec. 19 for first launch since June
Read more →: SpaceX eyes Dec. 19 for first launch since JuneFile photo of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is targeting Dec. 19 for a critical commercial…
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With widespread salts and ices, Ceres in a class of its own
Read more →: With widespread salts and ices, Ceres in a class of its ownThe dwarf planet Ceres turns out to be a world with untold wonders, with vivid bright spots likely…
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Planet X? Probably not, but ALMA telescope array’s readings stir up debate
Read more →: Planet X? Probably not, but ALMA telescope array’s readings stir up debateAn artist’s conception shows the dwarf planet Eris. Astronomers say an even larger world may exist on the…
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Three space station fliers set for landing Friday
Read more →: Three space station fliers set for landing FridaySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Russian Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko and Japanese…
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Rugged swath of Pluto now resolved in color
Read more →: Rugged swath of Pluto now resolved in colorA cosmic shoreline is pictured here, where the vast icy plain informally named Sputnik Planum borders rugged mountains…
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U.S. resupply of space station successfully resumes
Read more →: U.S. resupply of space station successfully resumesCredit: Roscosmos CAPE CANAVERAL — The astronauts living aboard the International Space Station snagged a free-flying commercial cargo…
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Latest Global Positioning System satellite goes live
Read more →: Latest Global Positioning System satellite goes liveCredit: Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — The newest Global Positioning System replenishment satellite went into operation Tuesday night, five…
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Russian reconnaissance satellite re-enters atmosphere
Read more →: Russian reconnaissance satellite re-enters atmosphereRussia’s Soyuz 2-1v rocket blasted off at 1409 GMT (9:09 a.m. EST) Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in…