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Cosmonauts plug small air leak on the International Space Station
Read more →: Cosmonauts plug small air leak on the International Space StationThe Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft is docked to the International Space Station’s Rassvet module. Credit: NASA/ESA/Alexander Gerst Two cosmonauts…
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Two NASA probes catch first glimpses of primordial targets
Read more →: Two NASA probes catch first glimpses of primordial targetsOn Aug. 17, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft obtained the first images of its target asteroid Bennu from a distance…
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Installation of ice-measuring satellite caps assembly of last Delta 2 rocket
Read more →: Installation of ice-measuring satellite caps assembly of last Delta 2 rocketTechnicians open and inspect the flight door to ICESat 2’s laser instrument shortly after the spacecraft arrived at…
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China develops large aperture optical mirror with high accuracy
Read more →: China develops large aperture optical mirror with high accuracyChina has developed a high accuracy four-meter-aperture optical mirror, an important tool for deep space and astronomical observation.…
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SLS mobile launch platform to go on the move this week
Read more →: SLS mobile launch platform to go on the move this weekThe Space Launch System’s mobile launch platform is pictured with a crawler-transporter during a lift procedure earlier this…
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China sets new national record for most launches in a year
Read more →: China sets new national record for most launches in a yearA Long March 3B rocket lifts off with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Two navigation satellites joined…
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CASC to Host 2018 International Symposium on the Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Aerospace Industry
Read more →: CASC to Host 2018 International Symposium on the Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Aerospace IndustryBEIJING, Aug. 27 (China Space News) –The 2018 International Symposium on Advanced Aerospace Manufacturing Technology aims to explore…
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China Tests Propulsion System of Space Station’s Lab Capsules
Read more →: China Tests Propulsion System of Space Station’s Lab CapsulesBEIJING, Aug. 26 (China Space News) — Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China’s planned space…
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Pence rallies Johnson Space Center workers with promise of moon missions
Read more →: Pence rallies Johnson Space Center workers with promise of moon missionsSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Vice President Mike Pence speaks to workers Thursday at NASA’s Johnson…
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Spaceflight preps for first launch of unique orbiting satellite deployers
Read more →: Spaceflight preps for first launch of unique orbiting satellite deployersArtist’s illustration of the SSO-A mission’s free flyers separating from the upper stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.…
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Pioneering European winds observatory launched aboard Vega rocket
Read more →: Pioneering European winds observatory launched aboard Vega rocketA Vega rocket lifted off Wednesday from French Guiana with the European Space Agency’s Aeolus Earth science mission.…
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Engineers still hopeful Mars rover will wake up after dust storm
Read more →: Engineers still hopeful Mars rover will wake up after dust stormSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Hubble Space Telescope captured this view Mars, with its surface…