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Trump budget aims to kick-start lunar exploration, cancels space telescope
Read more →: Trump budget aims to kick-start lunar exploration, cancels space telescopeArtist’s concept of NASA’s proposed deep space station near the moon. Credit: NASA The White House’s $19.9 billion…
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Trump administration supports transition to commercially-focused space station
Read more →: Trump administration supports transition to commercially-focused space stationSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of the International Space Station from the final space…
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Resupply launch scrubbed, thwarting fast-track rendezvous with space station
Read more →: Resupply launch scrubbed, thwarting fast-track rendezvous with space stationThe Soyuz-2.1a rocket and the Progress MS-08 supply ship moments after Sunday’s countdown was halted. Credit: Roscosmos The…
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Soyuz rocket positioned on launch pad for station resupply flight
Read more →: Soyuz rocket positioned on launch pad for station resupply flightEDITOR’S NOTE: The Soyuz launch was aborted in the final seconds of the countdown Sunday. A Russian Soyuz…
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Chinese taikonauts maintain indomitable spirit in space exploration: senior officer
Read more →: Chinese taikonauts maintain indomitable spirit in space exploration: senior officerBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese taikonauts have “maintained an indomitable spirit while carrying out space exploration,” said…
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Photos: Launch pad cameras capture Falcon Heavy’s fiery liftoff
Read more →: Photos: Launch pad cameras capture Falcon Heavy’s fiery liftoffThis up-close sequence of photos shows the Falcon Heavy rocket lifting off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…
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Photos: More images of Falcon Heavy’s launch and booster landings
Read more →: Photos: More images of Falcon Heavy’s launch and booster landingsThese additional views of the Falcon Heavy’s maiden liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center, and landing of its…
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Photos: Press site views of Falcon Heavy’s maiden launch
Read more →: Photos: Press site views of Falcon Heavy’s maiden launchSpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket powered off launch pad 39A at 3:45 p.m. EST (2045 GMT) Tuesday on…
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‘Starman’ puts Earth in the rearview mirror
Read more →: ‘Starman’ puts Earth in the rearview mirrorSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: SpaceX Now in an elliptical orbit around the sun, the…
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Audio: Elon Musk speaks with reporters after Falcon Heavy test launch
Read more →: Audio: Elon Musk speaks with reporters after Falcon Heavy test launchSpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk briefed reporters on the status of the Falcon Heavy test flight, and…
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SpaceX debuts world’s most powerful rocket, sends Tesla into solar system
Read more →: SpaceX debuts world’s most powerful rocket, sends Tesla into solar systemEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 8:30 p.m. EST on Feb. 7 (0130 GMT on Feb. 8) with updated orbital elements.…
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Chinese, Italian Presidents Congratulate Each Other on Successful Launch of Electromagnetic Satellite
Read more →: Chinese, Italian Presidents Congratulate Each Other on Successful Launch of Electromagnetic SatelliteBEIJING, Feb. 2 (China Space News) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian President Sergio Mattarella congratulated each…