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Ground antenna problem scrubs Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch
Read more →: Ground antenna problem scrubs Rocket Lab’s first commercial launchEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) on June 24 and 12 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT)…
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CubeSats set to ride on Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch
Read more →: CubeSats set to ride on Rocket Lab’s first commercial launchRocket Lab’s Electron rocket is set for liftoff from New Zealand on Friday. Credit: Rocket Lab Five small…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launch attempt scrubbed
Read more →: Live coverage: Rocket Lab launch attempt scrubbedLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on…
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Growing dust storm encircles Mars, rover remains silent
Read more →: Growing dust storm encircles Mars, rover remains silentA self-portrait taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover taken June 15. A Martian dust storm has reduced sunlight and…
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Asteroid Ryugu revealed by approaching Japanese spacecraft
Read more →: Asteroid Ryugu revealed by approaching Japanese spacecraftEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated June 21 with new images. These views of asteroid Ryugu were taken June 18 through…
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Government study looks to improve planning for possible asteroid impact
Read more →: Government study looks to improve planning for possible asteroid impactSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION This image, taken in 2015, shows Earth as seen by NASA’s…
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Trump calls for establishment of U.S. “space force”
Read more →: Trump calls for establishment of U.S. “space force”President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, delivered remarks at Monday’s meeting of the National Space…
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Navigation satellite launched to join Russia’s Glonass network
Read more →: Navigation satellite launched to join Russia’s Glonass networkA new Russian navigation satellite lifted off Saturday on top of a Soyuz rocket, riding the three-stage booster…
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Dawn spacecraft flying low over Ceres
Read more →: Dawn spacecraft flying low over CeresThis image of Ceres’ limb was obtained by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft May 30 from an altitude of about…
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Gaofen-6 satellite Data Successfully Received
Read more →: Gaofen-6 satellite Data Successfully ReceivedBEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) — The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday…
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China Launches Fengyun-2H Meteorological Satellite
Read more →: China Launches Fengyun-2H Meteorological SatelliteXICHANG, June 5 (China Space News) — China on Tuesday launched the new Fengyun-2H meteorological satellite to improve…
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Relay satellite for Chang’e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbit
Read more →: Relay satellite for Chang’e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbitThe relay satellite for the Chang’e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of…