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North Korea Can Fire Its Ballistic Missile From ANYWHERE, Images Show

North Korea's latest missile launch showed that the county's military is able to operate weapons from anywhere in the...

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Nigeria To Launch First Nano-Satellite

Nigeria plans to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite into orbit between 23-27 May, reports Today.ng, citing the...

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North Korea Says Sunday Missile Launch Was New Type of Rocket

North Korea's latest missile launch was a successful test of a new type of rocket, Pyongyang's state media reported...

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NASA Delays Deep-Space Orion Test To 2019 Due To Costs

The first test flight of NASA's Orion capsule, designed to one day carry people to Mars, has been delayed until 2019 at...

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‘Awesomesauce,’ Proclaims US Astronaut On Historic Spacewalk

So what is it like to float out into the vacuum of space? 'Ginormous fondue pot, bubbling over with piping hot...

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Water Leak Delays Historic 200th Spacewalk

NASA discovered a water leak Friday at the International Space Station, delaying the start of the milestone 200th...

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China Tests ‘Lunar Palace’ As It Eyes Moon Mission

Chinese students will live in a laboratory simulating a lunar-like environment for up to 200 days as Beijing prepares...

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US Drone Back On Earth After Nearly Two Years In Space

After a nearly two-year sojourn in space, the US military drone X-37 B is back on Earth, fueling wild ideas about its...

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SpaceX To Launch Classified US Govt Payload Sunday

SpaceX on Sunday is scheduled to make its first military launch, with a classified payload for the National...

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SpaceX To Launch Classified US Govt Payload Sunday

SpaceX on Sunday is scheduled to make its first military launch, with a classified payload for the National...

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NASA Spacecraft Survives Dive Through Saturn’s Rings

An unmanned NASA spacecraft has survived its plunge between the rings of Saturn and, after briefly going dark for the...

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NASA Spacesuits Over Budget, Tight On Timeline

The United States is in a hurry to send people to Mars by the 2030s, but a key question remains for these deep space...

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NASA’s Cassini Poised To Plunge Beneath Saturn’s Rings

An unmanned NASA spacecraft, Cassini, is poised to plunge into the gap between Saturn and its rings, a pioneering...

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China’s First Cargo Spacecraft Docks With Space Lab

China's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, successfully completed docking with an orbiting space lab on Saturday, the...

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China Launches First Cargo Spacecraft Tianzhou-1

A Chinese rocket successfully sent the country's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, into space from the southern...

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Dangerous Space Junk Has More Than Doubled Over the Past 25 Years

Scientists sounded the alarm yesterday over the problems posed to space missions from orbital junk - the accumulating...

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Mars Spacecraft’s First Missions Face Delays, NASA Says

NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts...

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France, Japan Aim To Land Probe On Mars Moon

France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them back to Earth, the head of France's National...

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Two Russians, One American Land Back On Earth From ISS

Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut touched down safely in central Kazakhstan Monday, following a 173-day mission...