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China’s Cargo Spacecraft Completes Second In-orbit Refueling
Read more →: China’s Cargo Spacecraft Completes Second In-orbit RefuelingBEIJING, June 16 (China Space News) — China’s Tianzhou-1 and Tiangong-2 space lab completed their second in-orbit refueling…
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China to Form Global Satellite Navigation System by 2020
Read more →: China to Form Global Satellite Navigation System by 2020SHANGHAI, June 5 (China Space News) — China will launch some 18 Beidou navigation satellites by 2018, a…
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Falcon 9 launch delay sets up potential SpaceX ‘doubleheader’ next weekend
Read more →: Falcon 9 launch delay sets up potential SpaceX ‘doubleheader’ next weekendUpdated at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) with details. File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at launch…
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Dawn mission managers await NASA decision on spacecraft’s future
Read more →: Dawn mission managers await NASA decision on spacecraft’s futureArtist’s concept of the Dawn spacecraft with one of its ion engines firing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The future of…
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Progress cargo freighter docks with International Space Station
Read more →: Progress cargo freighter docks with International Space StationCredit: NASA TV A Russian Progress supply ship sailed to an automated docking Friday with the International Space…
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China receives data from first X-ray space telescope
Read more →: China receives data from first X-ray space telescopeBEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) — China Friday received the first package of data from its x-ray space telescope…
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Falcon 9 launch scheduled for Monday after hold-down engine firing
Read more →: Falcon 9 launch scheduled for Monday after hold-down engine firingA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, without its payload, is test-fired Thursday at pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space…
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Chinese astronomy satellite placed into orbit by Long March rocket
Read more →: Chinese astronomy satellite placed into orbit by Long March rocketChina’s Long March 4B rocket lifts off Thursday with the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope. Credit: Xinhua China’s first…
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Live coverage: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket fires engines on Florida launch pad
Read more →: Live coverage: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket fires engines on Florida launch padLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…
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Video: SpaceX’s second reused Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida
Read more →: Video: SpaceX’s second reused Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in FloridaSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket ignited its nine Merlin main engines for several seconds Thursday at launch pad 39A…
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Robotic Russian resupply freighter on the way to space station
Read more →: Robotic Russian resupply freighter on the way to space stationCredit: TsENKI TV/Roscosmos A Russian Progress supply ship packed with several tons of crew provisions and fuel lifted…
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Video: Russia’s Progress MS-06 supply ship blasts off from Baikonur
Read more →: Video: Russia’s Progress MS-06 supply ship blasts off from BaikonurRussia’s Progress MS-06 supply ship launched Wednesday aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on…