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China Technology Surges Forward with Spectacular First Docking in Space
http://youtu.be/_CAvIeYO5jM Video Caption: Live Video of Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 docking in Earth orbit. Photos below. Credit: CCTV commentary/CMSE China’s technological…
China launches Shenzhou-8 bound for Historic 1st Docking in Space
[/caption] China today launched the Shenzhou-8 capsule on a historic mission to accomplish the nation’s first ever docking in space…
Shenzhou-8 rolled out for Blastoff to China’s 1st Space Station on November 1
[/caption] China’s Shenzhou-8 capsule and the Long March booster rocket have been rolled out to the Gobi desert launch pad…
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Closing the Clamshell on a Martian Curiosity
[/caption] Curiosity’s clamshell has been closed. And it won’t open up again until a few minutes after she blasts off…
Success ! Launch Video of Crucial Russian Rocket to ISS puts Human Flights back on Track
http://youtu.be/cJcMvUNIAhc Video caption: Liftoff of unmanned Russian Progress craft atop Soyuz booster on Oct. 30, 2011 from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit:…
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Russia Fuels Phobos-Grunt and sets Mars Launch for November 9
[/caption] Russia’s Space Agency, Roscosmos, has set November 9 as the launch date for the Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars and…
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Aerojet: Small Space Firm Has Big Space History
[/caption] When it comes to space flight pedigrees, few companies have one that can compare to Aerojet’s. The California-based company…
Are Pluto and Eris Twins?
[/caption] Back a couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article highlighting the debate between scientists on which dwarf planet…
Curiosity Buttoned Up for Martian Voyage in Search of Life’s Ingredients
[/caption] Take a good last, long look at the magnificent robot that is Curiosity, because she’s been all buttoned up…
Phobos-Grunt and Yinghou-1 Arrive at Baikonur Launch Site to tight Mars Deadline
[/caption] Barely in the nick of time, Russia’s groundbreaking Phobos-Grunt interplanetary spacecraft to Mars finally arrived on Monday (Oct. 17)…