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China launches Tianhui military mapping satellite
Read more →: China launches Tianhui military mapping satelliteA Long March 2D rocket lifts off with the Tianhui 1-04 spacecraft. Credit: Xinhua China successfully launched a…
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Chinese commercial launcher fails during climb to orbit
Read more →: Chinese commercial launcher fails during climb to orbitFile photo of a Hyperbola 1 rocket undergoing launch preparations. Credit: i-Space The launch of a solid-fueled rocket…
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Launch of Boeing crew capsule scrubbed due to propulsion system issue
Read more →: Launch of Boeing crew capsule scrubbed due to propulsion system issueEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0200 GMT Wednesday) with decision to roll back to VIF. Boeing’s…
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GAO dismisses lunar lander contract protests
Read more →: GAO dismisses lunar lander contract protestsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of a Starship on the moon. Credit: SpaceX The…
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Boeing crew capsule set for launch Tuesday on test flight to space station
Read more →: Boeing crew capsule set for launch Tuesday on test flight to space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A Boeing Starliner crew capsule stands on top of an Atlas…
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Live coverage: Launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft scrubbed
Read more →: Live coverage: Launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft scrubbedLive coverage of the unpiloted test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule on the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission.…
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In battle with Russian lab module, space station ‘brought a knife to a gun fight’
Read more →: In battle with Russian lab module, space station ‘brought a knife to a gun fight’STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russia’s Nauka module, at left, docked with the International Space Station.…
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Ariane 5 rocket launches two geostationary communications satellites
Read more →: Ariane 5 rocket launches two geostationary communications satellitesAn Ariane 5 rocket lifts off Friday from a launch pad in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo…
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CASC deploys satellites to support rescue in Henan rainstorms
Read more →: CASC deploys satellites to support rescue in Henan rainstormsA number of remote sensing and meteorological satellites including Gaofen and Fengyun satellites have been deployed by CASC…
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China launches Tianhui I-04 satellite
Read more →: China launches Tianhui I-04 satelliteChina successfully launched the Tianhui I-04 satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at noon…
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High drama as Russian lab module tilts space station with errant thruster firings
Read more →: High drama as Russian lab module tilts space station with errant thruster firingsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough tweeted this view of the newly-arrived Nauka…
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Rocket Lab returns to service with “flawless” launch for U.S. military
Read more →: Rocket Lab returns to service with “flawless” launch for U.S. militaryRocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle lifts off at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT; 6 p.m. local time) Thursday…