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China Successfully Launched Gaofen-8 Satellite
Read more →: China Successfully Launched Gaofen-8 SatelliteAt 14:22 on June 26, 2015, China successfully put a high-definition earth observation satellite Gaofen-8 (GF-8) into orbit…
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Two faces of Pluto revealed in color imagery
Read more →: Two faces of Pluto revealed in color imageryTwo images from New Horizons taken June 25 and June 27 show two very different sides of Pluto.…
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New Horizons gets ‘all clear’ for Pluto flyby
Read more →: New Horizons gets ‘all clear’ for Pluto flybySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University…
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Air Force stays the course with SpaceX rocket certification
Read more →: Air Force stays the course with SpaceX rocket certificationFile photo of a previous Falcon 9 launch. Credit: SpaceX Sunday’s Falcon 9 rocket failure may have blemished…
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Soyuz rocket rolled out for critical ISS cargo launch
Read more →: Soyuz rocket rolled out for critical ISS cargo launchAn eight-ton Russian Progress supply ship packed with nearly three tons of food, water and fuel for…
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Data, not debris, takes spotlight in Falcon 9 failure investigation
Read more →: Data, not debris, takes spotlight in Falcon 9 failure investigationAlthough recovery teams in the Atlantic Ocean have retrieved wreckage from Sunday’s Falcon 9 launch failure, the best…
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OneWeb launch deal called largest commercial rocket buy in history
Read more →: OneWeb launch deal called largest commercial rocket buy in historyFile photo of a Soyuz launch from French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – S.…
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Chinese space station is “for exclusively scientific and civilian purposes”: Argentine gov’t
Read more →: Chinese space station is “for exclusively scientific and civilian purposes”: Argentine gov’tThe Chinese space station being built in Argentina’s southern Patagonian region is for “exclusively scientific and civilian purposes,”…
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New Horizons two weeks from Pluto flyby
Read more →: New Horizons two weeks from Pluto flybySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION New Horizons captured this view Pluto and its moon Charon early…
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Padalka breaks spaceflight endurance record
Read more →: Padalka breaks spaceflight endurance recordRussian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka waves to family and friends before launching to the International Space Station on March…
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Photos: Falcon 9 blasts off, then breaks apart in mid-air
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 blasts off, then breaks apart in mid-airCameras positioned around SpaceX’s launch facility at Cape Canaveral captured stunning photos of the Falcon 9 rocket’s picturesque…
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Satellite owners among bystanders in Falcon 9 accident
Read more →: Satellite owners among bystanders in Falcon 9 accidentUpdated June 30 with SpaceX comment. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral on Sunday. The…