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SpaceX completes hotfire test, preps for first California rocket landing
Read more →: SpaceX completes hotfire test, preps for first California rocket landingEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Oct. 3 with 24-hour launch delay to Oct. 7. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that…
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Live coverage: MASCOT lander begins exploring asteroid Ryugu
Read more →: Live coverage: MASCOT lander begins exploring asteroid RyuguLive coverage of the final descent and landing of MASCOT, a miniature robot developed in Germany and France…
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Chinese solid-fueled launcher puts smallsat in orbit
Read more →: Chinese solid-fueled launcher puts smallsat in orbitA Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched Saturday from the Jiuquan space center in northwestern China. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese…
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Bezos rocket engine selected for new Vulcan rocket
Read more →: Bezos rocket engine selected for new Vulcan rocketArtist’s concept of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Credit: ULA Ending months of speculation, Blue Origin, a company…
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Japanese cargo ship reaches space station
Read more →: Japanese cargo ship reaches space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The HTV-7 supply ship in the grasp of the space station’s…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches for 100th time
Read more →: Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches for 100th timeLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Horizons 3e and Azerspace…
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Photos: Ariane 5 rolls to launch pad with two commercial comsats
Read more →: Photos: Ariane 5 rolls to launch pad with two commercial comsatsAn Ariane 5 rocket emerged from the final assembly building at the Guiana Space Center in South America…
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New sample return capability launches with Japanese space station freighter
Read more →: New sample return capability launches with Japanese space station freighterA Japanese H-2B rocket lifted off Saturday with the seventh HTV supply ship heading for the International Space…
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Japanese robots land on asteroid, send back pictures
Read more →: Japanese robots land on asteroid, send back picturesThe MINERVA-II-1A rover captured this blurred image Saturday at 0244 GMT (10:44 p.m. EDT Friday) showing asteroid Ryugu…
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Photos: Final Delta 2 launch shines before dawn in California
Read more →: Photos: Final Delta 2 launch shines before dawn in CaliforniaFlying for the 155th and final time, a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket took off from California…
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Launch of Japan’s seventh HTV supply ship reset for Saturday
Read more →: Launch of Japan’s seventh HTV supply ship reset for SaturdayThe H-2B rocket and Japan’s seventh HTV supply ship rolled out to the launch pad at the Tanegashima…
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World Conference on Science Literacy 2018 Opens in Beijing
Read more →: World Conference on Science Literacy 2018 Opens in BeijingBEIJING, Sept. 20 (China Space News) — The first World Conference on Science Literacy opened in Beijing on…