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Trio of ocean surveillance satellites launched by China

December 11, 2014 Stephen Clark

A package of small satellites that will likely track global naval activity lifted off aboard a Chinese Long March 4C rocket.

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Rosetta raises questions on how water got to Earth

December 11, 2014 Stephen Clark

New readings from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission have challenged the theory that comets brought water to Earth in a series of cataclysmic collisions during the solar system’s chaotic youth.

Atlas 5

Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off from California

December 10, 2014 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Launch occurred at 7:19 p.m. PST (10:19 p.m. EST; 0319 GMT).

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Rover data suggest Mars crater once contained long-lived lake

December 10, 2014 Stephen Clark

Scientists analyzing imagery from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover believe sediments left by an ancient lake more than three billion years ago formed a towering mountain that is set to be the robot’s research subject for the rest of its mission on the red planet.

Atlas 5

Weather not looking promising for Atlas 5 launch

December 10, 2014 Justin Ray

Rainy weather at the California launch site is forecast to put a damper on plans to fly an Atlas 5 rocket on Thursday evening.

Atlas 5

Photos: Payload stacked for Thursday’s Atlas 5

December 9, 2014 Justin Ray

See images of a classified spy payload lifted on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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New Horizons awake for Pluto encounter

December 8, 2014 Stephen Clark

Speeding through the outer solar system after a nine-year trek from Earth, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is awake and preparing for an encounter next summer with Pluto.

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Photos: Orion capsule plucked from the Pacific

December 8, 2014 Stephen Clark

A recovery team stationed in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California secured NASA’s Orion spacecraft and winched it into the flooded well deck of a U.S. Navy transport ship after the capsule splashed down into the sea to wrap up a successful four-and-a-half hour test flight.

Atlas 5

Atlas 5 to sport new upper stage engine Thursday

December 8, 2014 Justin Ray

The most powerful Atlas rocket to ever fly from the West Coast is poised for launch Thursday to deliver a secret payload into orbit while debuting a new upper stage engine.

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Chinese-Brazilian Earth observation satellite launched

December 7, 2014 Stephen Clark

An Earth-watching satellite developed by China and Brazil lifted off on a Long March 4B rocket, replacing an environmental craft lost in a launch mishap last year.

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  • SpaceX delivers 52 more Starlink satellites into orbit
    May 31, 2023
  • Private astronauts splash down to close out 9-day commercial research mission
    May 31, 2023
  • Live coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from California
    May 30, 2023
  • Live coverage: U.S.-Saudi commercial astronaut crew returns to Earth
    May 30, 2023
  • Chinese astronaut launch breaks record for most people in orbit
    May 30, 2023
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