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Atlas 5 rocket begins arriving in Florida for commercial crew test flight
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket begins arriving in Florida for commercial crew test flightThe dual-engine Centaur upper stage assigned to the first launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is transported from…
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China Launches Twin BeiDou-3 Satellites
Read more →: China Launches Twin BeiDou-3 SatellitesXICHANG, Oct. 15 (China Space News) — China sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a Long…
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NASA administrator says Russians on track for December Soyuz flight to station
Read more →: NASA administrator says Russians on track for December Soyuz flight to stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at a meeting of the National…
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Pegasus rocket launch postponed
Read more →: Pegasus rocket launch postponedThe ICON spacecraft was re-encapsulated inside the Pegasus XL rocket’s nose cone at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California,…
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Rocket Lab breaks ground on new Virginia launch pad
Read more →: Rocket Lab breaks ground on new Virginia launch padOfficials from Rocket Lab, NASA, and the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority broke ground on a new launch…
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Ariane 5 launches two satellites on 7-year voyage to Mercury
Read more →: Ariane 5 launches two satellites on 7-year voyage to MercuryCredit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A powerful European Ariane 5 rocket blasted…
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Photos: BepiColombo stacked for launch to Mercury
Read more →: Photos: BepiColombo stacked for launch to MercuryThe BepiColombo spacecraft is pictured in launch configuratin shortly before stacking atop the Ariane 5 rocket in French…
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Live coverage: Probe heading to Mercury blasts off from French Guiana
Read more →: Live coverage: Probe heading to Mercury blasts off from French GuianaLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the BepiColombo mission to Mercury.…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with Air Force’s AEHF 4 satellite
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with Air Force’s AEHF 4 satelliteA United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired into the night sky over Cape Canaveral just after midnight…
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Video: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off with AEHF 4 satellite
Read more →: Video: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off with AEHF 4 satelliteThe U.S. Air Force’s fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency spacecraft launched Wednesday from Cape Canaveral on top of…
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Air Force’s fourth AEHF communications satellite successfully launched from Florida
Read more →: Air Force’s fourth AEHF communications satellite successfully launched from FloridaAn Atlas 5 rocket carrying the U.S. Air Force’s fourth AEHF secure communications satellite lifts off at 12:15…
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NASA astronaut unfazed by frightening launch abort
Read more →: NASA astronaut unfazed by frightening launch abortSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Nick Hague pictured during training before his launch last week…