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Detector trouble expected to delay ESA’s Euclid dark energy mission
Read more →: Detector trouble expected to delay ESA’s Euclid dark energy missionArtist’s concept of the Euclid spacecraft. Credit: ESA/C. Carreau Technical problems discovered during ground testing of U.S.-built detectors…
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CASC Delegation Attended 68th IAC
Read more →: CASC Delegation Attended 68th IACBEIJING, Oct. 13 (China Space News) — The 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), a five-day conference devoted to…
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CASC Participated in 2017 Sichuan International Aviation and Aerospace Summit
Read more →: CASC Participated in 2017 Sichuan International Aviation and Aerospace SummitBEIJING, Oct. 14 (China Space News) — The first Sichuan InternationalAviation and Aerospace Exhibition kicked off on September…
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Astronauts wrap up spacewalk, accomplishing all primary tasks
Read more →: Astronauts wrap up spacewalk, accomplishing all primary tasksEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) after spacewalk’s conclusion. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH…
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World’s largest methane-fueled rocket engine test-fired by Blue Origin
Read more →: World’s largest methane-fueled rocket engine test-fired by Blue OriginEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT) with ULA statement. First hotfire of our BE-4 engine is…
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Iridium swaps two new Falcon 9 rockets for “flight-proven” boosters
Read more →: Iridium swaps two new Falcon 9 rockets for “flight-proven” boostersA Falcon 9 first stage lands on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean in June following a…
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NASA’s Dawn mission gears up for close look at Ceres
Read more →: NASA’s Dawn mission gears up for close look at CeresThis artist concept shows NASA’s Dawn spacecraft above dwarf planet Ceres, as seen in images from the mission.…
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Cassini results still keeping scientists busy
Read more →: Cassini results still keeping scientists busyCassini took this image of Saturn in April 2016 from a distance of approximately 1.9 million miles (3…
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Neutron star collision an astronomical gold mine
Read more →: Neutron star collision an astronomical gold mineSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION An artist’s impression of two neutron stars merging in a cataclysmic…
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China announces new gravitational wave observation
Read more →: China announces new gravitational wave observationChinese scientists on Monday announced observation of the “optical counterpart” of gravitational waves coming from the merger of…
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Progress supply ship completes space station delivery
Read more →: Progress supply ship completes space station deliveryCredit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Progress resupply freighter docked with the International Space Station on Monday, delivering…
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Photos: Converted Russian ballistic missile fires into space with satellite
Read more →: Photos: Converted Russian ballistic missile fires into space with satelliteA decommissioned missile originally built in Russia to deliver nuclear weapons to intercontinental targets in the United States…