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  NASA probe closes in on dwarf planet Ceres

  NASA's Dawn spacecraft is closing in on the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, beaming back increasingly sharp pictures revealing a heavily cratered world with unexpected spots of light that may be reflections off exposed ice or some other material.
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  Photos: Falcon takes flight

  The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off Sunday with a dual-satellite payload destined for geosynchronous orbits 22,300 miles above the Earth.
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  Plasma-driven satellites launched from Cape Canaveral

  Two communications satellites blasted off Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kicking off more than a half-year of novel maneuvers in orbit using plasma drive engines to position the spacecraft 22,300 miles above Earth and link the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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  Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready to launch dual-satellite stack

  SpaceX's 22-story Falcon 9 rocket stands on Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad Sunday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of a pair of commercial communications satellites for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.
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  Astronauts install antennas for commercial crew capsules

  Astronauts Terry Virts and space station commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore ventured back outside Sunday for their third spacewalk in eight days to complete initial preparations for upcoming dockings by commercially developed Boeing and SpaceX crew ferry ships.
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  Boeing’s first two all-electric satellites ready for launch

  A new class of Boeing-built spacecraft will fly into orbit for the first time Sunday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, combining Boeing's electric propulsion technology with SpaceX's bargain launch prices to send up communications satellites at a fraction of the typical cost.
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  Photos: Satellites readied for tandem launch on Falcon 9

  Two communications spacecraft built by Boeing and owned by Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite will ride a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Sunday, and these pictures show the satellites stacked together and prepared for liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
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  Falcon 9 launch timeline with Eutelsat 115 West B and ABS 3A

  Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent into space from Cape Canaveral with the Eutelsat 115 West B and ABS 3A communications satellite.
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  Could these bright spots on Ceres be ice volcanoes?

  The discovery of puzzling bright spots on Ceres, the Texas-sized world now being studied by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, has scientists wondering whether the features could be plumes from volcanoes launching material into space.
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  Russian intelligence gets an upgrade with satellite launch

  Russia launched a next-generation military reconnaissance satellite Friday, ushering in an era of digital mapping from orbit after decades of relying on film returned to Earth inside landing capsules.