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1. China Plans To Launch Third Unmanned Moon Probe Around 2013

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   Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 11, 2010 - China plans to launch its third unmanned probe to the moon, Chang'e-3, around 2013 and expects to complete the three-phase moon mission in 2017, an official said here ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

2. Arabsat 5A Satellite Shipped To Launch Site

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   ... transport it to French Guyana in view of an April launch into geostationary orbit. ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

3. SpaceX Static Fire Update

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   Hawthorne CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2010 - SpaceX has performed our first Static Fire for the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. We counted down to an T-2 seconds and aborted on Spin Start. Given that this was our first ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

4. China chooses first women astronauts

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   Beijing (AFP) March 10, 2010 - China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

5. NASA Launches Interactive Simulation Of Satellite Communications

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   Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - NASA has unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

6. SpaceX Falcon 9 Test Fire Ends with Abort

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   ... after it started. The Falcon 9 sits on Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and from the Kennedy Space Center press site, (about 4 miles away) a muffled bang was heard at the time of ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

7. Iran unveils missiles, launch pad spotted

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   Tehran (UPI) Mar 8, 2009 - As the United States and other powers mull tightening economic sanctions on Iran, Tehran says it has begin mass production of cruise missiles -- just the thing to block the ... Monday, 08 March 2010

8. ASTRA 3B Topped Off For Arianespace Year-Opening Flight

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   Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 09, 2010 - Satellite preparations for Ariane 5's initial launch of 2010 have moved into a new phase with the fueling of ASTRA 3B - which is one of two passengers to be ... Monday, 08 March 2010

9. France To Pay Russia One Billion For 14 Soyuz Carrier Rockets

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   Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 09, 2010 - France has put aside some $1 billion to buy 14 Soyuz carrier rockets from Russia, French satellite launch firm Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall said Tues ... Monday, 08 March 2010

10. China Plans To Launch Unmanned Space Module Next Year

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    Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 05, 2010 - China plans to launch an unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, in 2011, which is expected to accomplish the country's first space docking and regarded as an essential ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

11. X-51 Getting Ready For First Flight

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    ... plan is to air launch the X-51A WaveRider using an expendable solid rocket booster from under the wing of a B-52, this spring. ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

12. ISRO Fires Up L110 Liquid Core Stage Of GSLV- MK3 Launcher

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    Mahendragiri, India (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 - Indian Space Research Organisation conducted the static test of its liquid core stage (L110) of GSLV Mk III launch vehicle, for 150 seconds at its Liquid Propulsion ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

13. China Launches New Remote-Sensing Satellite

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    Jiuquan, China (XNA) Mar 08, 2010 - China has successfully put into orbit another remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan IX" at 12:55 p.m.(Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

14. Bolden: There is No "Plan B" In Development

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    ... launch vehicle. The lack of heavy lift capability is one of the big sticking points for many on the new plan. "I have not asked anyone to develop an alternative to that budget and plan," Bolden ... Friday, 05 March 2010

15. Podcast: Behind the Scenes at NASA TV

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    ... interviews below. Hi, this is Nancy Atkinson from Universe Today. Right now I'm at Kennedy Space Center, and I've had the opportunity to see a couple of launches and cover other events that ... Friday, 05 March 2010

16. GOES-P Goes to Space

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    GOES-P launches from Kennedy Space Center. Image Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today. A Delta IV rocket rumbled and roared off launch pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ... Thursday, 04 March 2010

17. Arianespace At World Satellite Risk Forum 2010

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    Dubai, UAE (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 - During the World Satellite Risk Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from March 1 to 3, 2010, Arianespace is reaffirming its role as the benchmark launch service provider ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

18. Russia Launches Proton-M Carrier Rocket With 3 Glonass Satellites

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    Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 03, 2010 - A Proton-M carrier rocket bearing three Glonass satellites was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan early on Tuesday, a spokesman for the ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

19. Student Rocket REXUS 7 Launched

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    Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 - The first student rocket planned for this week, REXUS 7, was successfully launched from SSC's launch facility Esrange Space Center. The rocket carried three student ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

20. How To Hunt For Exoplanets

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    Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 - A new report launched by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Exoplanets - The search for planets beyond our solar system explains how new technological advances have seen ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010