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China’s Homegrown Navigation Satellite Network Starts Providing Services
Read more →: China’s Homegrown Navigation Satellite Network Starts Providing ServicesBEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — China’s homegrown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System began providing initial positioning, navigation and timing…
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Year in Review – Part 1: NASA’s planetary probes dominate in 2011
Read more →: Year in Review – Part 1: NASA’s planetary probes dominate in 2011It was an interesting year for NASA as the 2011 calendar brought about the retirement of the iconic…
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Assessing the Soyuz failure with Meridian – Redressing Russia’s internal woes
Read more →: Assessing the Soyuz failure with Meridian – Redressing Russia’s internal woesJust hours before the Soyuz TMA-03M successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), another Russian Soyuz launch…
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Soyuz TMA-03M docks to ISS, returns station to six crewmembers for future ops
Read more →: Soyuz TMA-03M docks to ISS, returns station to six crewmembers for future opsThe Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft, also known by its US designation of 29S, successfully docked to the ISS…
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Atlantis put to sleep after 26 years loyal service – OPF turnovers
Read more →: Atlantis put to sleep after 26 years loyal service – OPF turnoversSpace Shuttle orbiter Atlantis was powered down for the final time on Thursday, following a 26 year, 33…
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China in surprise launch of Long March 4B with ZiYuan-1
Read more →: China in surprise launch of Long March 4B with ZiYuan-1Despite an expected launch date of December 26, China launched their Long March 4B (Chang Zeng 4B) rocket…
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Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft launches to International Space Station
Read more →: Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft launches to International Space StationThe Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft – also known by its US designation of 29S – has launched toward…
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China Launches NigComSat-1R Satellite for Nigeria
Read more →: China Launches NigComSat-1R Satellite for NigeriaBEIJING, Dec. 20 (China Space News) — China launched the communications satellite NigComSat-1R for Nigeria at 0:41 a.m.…
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Next Gen Shuttle-Capable vehicle interest as secret effort to save orbiters ends
Read more →: Next Gen Shuttle-Capable vehicle interest as secret effort to save orbiters endsFor the past several months, a plan to restart shuttle operations – funded by billions of dollars of…
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Chinese Long March 3B/E launches NigComSat-1R
Read more →: Chinese Long March 3B/E launches NigComSat-1RChina launched another commercial satellite mission on Monday, when a Long March 3B/E (Chang Zheng-3B/E) lofted the NigComSat-1R on…
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Tiangong-1 Orbiter Starts Planned Cabin Checks Against Toxic Gas
Read more →: Tiangong-1 Orbiter Starts Planned Cabin Checks Against Toxic GasBEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — The Chinese prototype space lab Tiangong-1 on Thursday started regular checks for toxic…
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MAF goes Hollywood as movie teams utilize the facility’s once-busy expanses
Read more →: MAF goes Hollywood as movie teams utilize the facility’s once-busy expansesIn what is a sobering reality of the Space Shuttle Program’s end, the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) is…