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Russian military satellites orbited by stripped-down Soyuz rocket
Read more →: Russian military satellites orbited by stripped-down Soyuz rocketA Russian satellite reportedly designed to demonstrate sensors to track enemy submarines and a passive secondary spacecraft to…
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Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus in hot pursuit of space station
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus in hot pursuit of space stationCAPE CANAVERAL — Bound for an orbital rendezvous with the International Space Station on Wednesday, a commercial Cygnus…
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It’s a first! Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship (with HoloLens) to space station
Read more →: It’s a first! Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship (with HoloLens) to space stationA United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rises from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station…
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Cygnus returns to space via Atlas V launch
Read more →: Cygnus returns to space via Atlas V launchOrbital ATK’ Cygnus resupply spacecraft finally returned to flight on Sunday following weather scrubs over numerous recent attempts.…
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Japanese probe fires rockets to steer into orbit at Venus
Read more →: Japanese probe fires rockets to steer into orbit at VenusUpdated at 0315 GMT (10:15 p.m. EST) Artist’s concept of the Akatsuki spacecraft. Five years after missing a…
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Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 on space station cargo mission
Read more →: Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 on space station cargo missionA replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Orbital ATK’s commercial Cygnus cargo freighter…
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NASA’s New Horizons probe sends its closest close-up of Pluto
Read more →: NASA’s New Horizons probe sends its closest close-up of PlutoA heart-shaped patch of nitrogen-rich ice (outlined in red) lies next to a mountain range on Pluto, as…
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Virgin Galactic Switches LauncherOne Carrier from WhiteKnightTwo to Boeing 747
Read more →: Virgin Galactic Switches LauncherOne Carrier from WhiteKnightTwo to Boeing 747[Via Satellite 12-04-2015] To accommodate an increase in the payload capability of LauncherOne, Virgin Galactic has swapped the…
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See the highest-resolution snapshots from July’s Pluto flyby
Read more →: See the highest-resolution snapshots from July’s Pluto flybyIn this highest-resolution image from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, great blocks of Pluto’s water-ice crust appear jammed together…
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Take a last look at the Vega rocket’s middle-of-the-night liftoff
Read more →: Take a last look at the Vega rocket’s middle-of-the-night liftoffEurope’s LISA Pathfinder spacecraft, carrying high-tech thrusters and ultra-sensitive motion sensors to be used in a future gravitational…
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Third and Fourth Galileo FOC Satellites Enter Service
Read more →: Third and Fourth Galileo FOC Satellites Enter Service[Via Satellite 12-04-2015] The Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites 3 and 4, assembled by OHB System AG…
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How Satellite Made a Difference in Nepal — Part Two
Read more →: How Satellite Made a Difference in Nepal — Part Two[Via Satellite 12-04-2015] When the April 2015 earthquake rattled Nepal, it destroyed sobering amounts of infrastructure, took lives,…