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Live coverage: Pegasus launch scrubbed, carrier jet returns to Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Live coverage: Pegasus launch scrubbed, carrier jet returns to Cape CanaveralLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket with NASA’s Ionospheric Connection…
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Parker Solar Probe sets records during first encounter with the sun
Read more →: Parker Solar Probe sets records during first encounter with the sunEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Nov. 8 with confirmation of Parker Solar Probe’s health after perihelion. Artist’s concept of NASA’s Parker…
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Soyuz rocket rolls out for launch of European weather satellite
Read more →: Soyuz rocket rolls out for launch of European weather satelliteA Russian Soyuz rocket rolls out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Friday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace –…
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Glonass navigation satellite in orbit after Soyuz launch
Read more →: Glonass navigation satellite in orbit after Soyuz launchA Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense…
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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft runs out of fuel in the asteroid belt
Read more →: NASA’s Dawn spacecraft runs out of fuel in the asteroid beltNASA’s Dawn spacecraft ran out of fuel Wednesday and stopped transmitting to Earth, ending an 11-year mission that…
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Pegasus launch set for no earlier than Wednesday, but data review continues
Read more →: Pegasus launch set for no earlier than Wednesday, but data review continuesTechnicians work on the Pegasus XL rocket last month at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, before its ferry…
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China maintains launch pace with another Beidou mission
Read more →: China maintains launch pace with another Beidou missionA Long March 3B rocket lifted off Thursday from the Xichang space center. Credit: CALT China chalked up…
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Dramatic on-board video shows moment of Soyuz booster failure
Read more →: Dramatic on-board video shows moment of Soyuz booster failureПуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-ФГ» с пилотируемым кораблем #СоюзМС10. Видео с бортовых камер pic.twitter.com/ijPnwbbS4i — РОСКОСМОС (@roscosmos) November 1, 2018…
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Departing crew snaps spectacular photo survey of space station’s exterior
Read more →: Departing crew snaps spectacular photo survey of space station’s exteriorThe International Space Station viewed Oct. 4 from the departing Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos A three-man crew…
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Russians trace Soyuz launch abort to faulty sensor
Read more →: Russians trace Soyuz launch abort to faulty sensorSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague before their…
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Rocket Lab sets new target date for first operational launch
Read more →: Rocket Lab sets new target date for first operational launchRocket Lab’s Electron rocket on its launch pad in New Zealand earlier this year. Credit: Rocket Lab/Kieran Fanning…
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NASA’s trailblazing Kepler telescope ends planet hunt
Read more →: NASA’s trailblazing Kepler telescope ends planet huntThis illustration depicts NASA’s exoplanet hunter, the Kepler space telescope. Credits: NASA/Wendy Stenzel/Daniel Rutter NASA’s Kepler telescope has…