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Two new satellites join China’s Beidou navigation fleet
Read more →: Two new satellites join China’s Beidou navigation fleetA Chinese Long March 3B successfully launched two more Beidou navigation satellites Thursday. Credit: Xinhua Two Chinese Beidou…
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DigitalGlobe books two launches with SpaceX for Earth-imaging fleet
Read more →: DigitalGlobe books two launches with SpaceX for Earth-imaging fleetArtist’s illustration of a WorldView Legion satellite. Credit: SSL Two Falcon 9 rockets with reused first stage boosters…
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Webb telescope’s launch delayed until 2020
Read more →: Webb telescope’s launch delayed until 2020The James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror and instrument section, known as the Optical Telescope element and Integrated Science…
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Ground equipment problem slips next Falcon 9 launch to Friday
Read more →: Ground equipment problem slips next Falcon 9 launch to FridayFile photo of an Iridium Next satellite. Credit: Thales Alenia Space Trouble with a piece of ground equipment…
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Soyuz spacecraft with crew of three docks with space station
Read more →: Soyuz spacecraft with crew of three docks with space stationEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6:40 p.m. EDT (2240 GMT) after hatch opening. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH…
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Space Launch System, planetary exploration get big boosts in NASA budget
Read more →: Space Launch System, planetary exploration get big boosts in NASA budgetArtist’s illustration of the Space Launch System. Credit: NASA NASA’s planned rocket to send humans back to the…
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Atlas 5 rocket assembled for first Mars mission launch from Vandenberg
Read more →: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for first Mars mission launch from VandenbergThe Atlas 5’s first stage booster for the InSight mission arrives at Space Launch Complex 3-East at Vandenberg…
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Exoplanet telescope selected as ESA’s next space science mission
Read more →: Exoplanet telescope selected as ESA’s next space science missionArtist’s concept of the ARIEL space telescope. Credit: UCL A mission to investigate the atmospheres of planets around…
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China Launches Land Exploration Satellite
Read more →: China Launches Land Exploration SatelliteBEIJING, Mar. 18 (China Space News) — China launched a land exploration satellite into a preset orbit from…
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China to Launch Long March-5B Rocket in 2019
Read more →: China to Launch Long March-5B Rocket in 2019BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) — China will launch the Long March-5B carrier rocket into space in 2019, according…
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Video: Soyuz lifts off with three-man crew
Read more →: Video: Soyuz lifts off with three-man crewThree veteran space fliers rode a Soyuz rocket into orbit Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, heading…
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Soyuz takes off with three bound for space station
Read more →: Soyuz takes off with three bound for space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off and shot…