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ISS sails into challenging 2012 on back of successful achievements in 2011
Read more →: ISS sails into challenging 2012 on back of successful achievements in 2011The International Space Station (ISS) has now entered what will be a challenging new year, which will see…
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GRAIL twins successfully arrive in Lunar Orbit
Read more →: GRAIL twins successfully arrive in Lunar OrbitNASA’s two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft have successfully completed their planned main engine burn and…
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Year in Review – Part 3: ISS makes new discoveries about living in space
Read more →: Year in Review – Part 3: ISS makes new discoveries about living in spaceIn a year that saw the station finally completed after nearly 13 years of construction, a number of…
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Year in Review – Part 2: Kepler makes astonishing discoveries
Read more →: Year in Review – Part 2: Kepler makes astonishing discoveriesFollowing on the planetary accomplishments of NASA’s fleet of unmanned solar system explorers in 2011, the U.S. space…
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Soyuz 2-1A closes 2011 with successful launch of six Globalstar-2 satellites
Read more →: Soyuz 2-1A closes 2011 with successful launch of six Globalstar-2 satellitesRussia has conducted the final orbital launch of 2011, as their Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat deploying six Globalstar communications satellites into orbit on…
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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…