A massive fireball and explosion erupted Thursday at SpaceX's main launch pad, destroying a rocket as well as a satellite that Facebook was counting on to spread internet service in Africa.
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With less than two weeks until the launch of ExoMars 2016, preparations are proceeding well and the spacecraft composite has now been encapsulated within the launcher fairing at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Mar 4, 2016
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A rocket carrying a U.S. national defense payload was successfully launched from California before dawn Wednesday, the Air Force said.
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Feb 10, 2016
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The blackness of space. There isn't much visible light in space - but there are numerous other wavelengths of light and scientists want to know what's out there and where it comes from.
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Dec 3, 2015
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An Ariane 5 has lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits.
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Apr 27, 2015
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An approaching storm has delayed the launch of a U.S. defense satellite from California's central coast.
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Dec 11, 2014
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NASA's ISS-RapidScat wind-watching scatterometer, which is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than Sept. 19, will be the first science payload to be robotically assembled in space since the ...
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Sep 5, 2014
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High in the Eastern Sierra, a pack of huskies is howling in the shadow of snow-covered peaks.
Space Exploration
Jun 20, 2014
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Update - May 27, 2014: NASA successfully launched the Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph, or CHESS, payload aboard a Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket at 3:35 a.m. EDT on May 24, 2014, from the ...
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May 28, 2014
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An Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecom satellites, Astra-5B and Amazonas-4A, into their planned transfer orbits.
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