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Cliffs, chasms and craters revealed in latest New Horizons images
Read more →: Cliffs, chasms and craters revealed in latest New Horizons imagesAn annotated version of an image of Pluto captured July 11 by New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager…
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Pluto probe project manager gives advice to team
Read more →: Pluto probe project manager gives advice to teamNew Horizons project manager Glen Fountain, a veteran of nearly 50 years at the Johns Hopkins University Applied…
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IDA Finishes Review of Air Force’s Launch Vehicle Certification Procedure
Read more →: IDA Finishes Review of Air Force’s Launch Vehicle Certification Procedure[Via Satellite 07-13-2015] The Institute for Defense Analyses has completed its Broad Area Review (BAR) of the United…
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Clear sailing expected for Pluto flyby
Read more →: Clear sailing expected for Pluto flybyThere is no sign of an undiscovered moon lurking around Pluto in data streaming back to Earth from NASA’s…
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ISRO PSLV Orbits Five SSTL-Built Satellites
Read more →: ISRO PSLV Orbits Five SSTL-Built Satellites[Via Satellite 07-13-2015] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched five satellites from spacecraft manufacturer Surrey Satellite…
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ViaSat, Virgin America Explain Ku/Ka IFC Partnership
Read more →: ViaSat, Virgin America Explain Ku/Ka IFC Partnership[Via Satellite 07-13-2015] ViaSat has entered a technology partnership with Virgin America to provide satellite connectivity for 10…
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Pluto stakes claim as ‘King of the Kuiper Belt’
Read more →: Pluto stakes claim as ‘King of the Kuiper Belt’Pluto’s bright, mysterious “heart” is rotating into view, ready for its close-up on close approach, in this image…
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New Horizons conducts flyby of Pluto in historic Kuiper Belt encounter
Read more →: New Horizons conducts flyby of Pluto in historic Kuiper Belt encounterHumanity has visited the dwarf planet Pluto – the first-ever Kuiper Belt Object visited by a spacecraft –…
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Preview: New GPS navigation satellite heads into space this week
Read more →: Preview: New GPS navigation satellite heads into space this weekCAPE CANAVERAL — The Global Positioning System, its precision navigation and timing services made possible by the U.S.…
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NASA probe finally on Pluto’s doorstep
Read more →: NASA probe finally on Pluto’s doorstepSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI Three billion…
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Question time with Alan Stern, the Pluto evangelist
Read more →: Question time with Alan Stern, the Pluto evangelistAlan Stern, New Horizons’ principal investigator, started thinking about a mission to Pluto in the 1980s. Credit: NASA/Aubrey…
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Photos: GPS 2F-10 readied for launch
Read more →: Photos: GPS 2F-10 readied for launchThis collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-10 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the…