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Soil moisture mapper fueled for January launch
Read more →: Soil moisture mapper fueled for January launchArtist’s concept of the SMAP spacecraft in orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s innovative soil moisture mapper, a new environmental…
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NTSB provides timeline of SpaceShipTwo mishap
Read more →: NTSB provides timeline of SpaceShipTwo mishapNTSB investigators visit Virgin Galactic’s hangar in Mojave, Calif. Credit: NTSB Just 13 seconds after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo…
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Station astronaut calls private spaceflight ‘next breakthrough’
Read more →: Station astronaut calls private spaceflight ‘next breakthrough’NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Space station astronaut Reid Wiseman, preparing to…
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Virgin Galactic rocket plane deployed braking system prematurely
Read more →: Virgin Galactic rocket plane deployed braking system prematurelyNTSB acting chairman Christopher Hart describes SpaceShipTwo’s feathering system in a media briefing Sunday. Credit: NTSB Virgin Galactic’s…
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Branson vows to press ahead, NTSB investigation begins
Read more →: Branson vows to press ahead, NTSB investigation beginsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Updated at 12:10 AM EDT, 11/02/14: Adding NTSB news…
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SpaceShipTwo crash inquiry could take a year
Read more →: SpaceShipTwo crash inquiry could take a yearActing chairman of the NTSB Christopher Hart surveys the SpaceShipTwo crash site with Virgin Galactic pilot Todd Ericson.…
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VIDEO: NTSB news conference on start of SpaceShipTwo investigation
Read more →: VIDEO: NTSB news conference on start of SpaceShipTwo investigationThe NTSB’s Acting Chairman Christopher Hart holds a news conference Saturday evening to discuss the start of the…
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Chinese Unmanned Lunar Orbiter Returns Home
Read more →: Chinese Unmanned Lunar Orbiter Returns HomeBEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — Return capsule of China’s test lunar orbiter landed successfully early Saturday morning in…
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China’s unmanned lunar orbiter returns home
Read more →: China’s unmanned lunar orbiter returns homeChina succeeded Saturday in the world’s first mission to the Moon and back in some 40 years, becoming…
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Military communications satellite launched from Russia
Read more →: Military communications satellite launched from RussiaA Soyuz rocket lifted off Oct. 30 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with a Meridian communications satellite for the…
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VIDEO: First NTSB briefing on Virgin Galactic accident
Read more →: VIDEO: First NTSB briefing on Virgin Galactic accidentActing NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart briefs the news media on Saturday, soon after arriving at the Mojave Air & Space Port…
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Chinese probe returns from flight around the moon
Read more →: Chinese probe returns from flight around the moonGround teams in China inspect the a space capsule after its return from a flight around the moon.…