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Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off Into Space Monday

By: WordSlinger

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida - The six member crew of Atlantis blasted off Monday at the 2:28 eastern time zone schedule to begin its eleven day mission to deliver more than 27,000 pounds of spare parts to the International Space Station. Some parts are for systems that keep the station from overheating or tumbling through space. ...

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SPACE SHUTTLES: Soon To Become 'History'...

By: instgtr

The Space Shuttle "Atlantis" made a perfect on time launch today.  When this mission is over, there will only be one more mission left for Atlantis, after which the spacecraft is scheduled to be retired... It's hard to believe there are a total of only 5 more missions scheduled before the ...

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Russia launches European satellites into space

By: inamshah

Russia has successfully launched a Rokot rocket carrying two European satellites into space from its military spacedrome of Plesetsk, the RIA Novosti news agency reported early Monday."The launch of the Rokot rocket carrying SMOS and Proba-2 satellites made for the European Space Agency was successful," a Russian space official was quoted as ...

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China's 4th Satellite Launch Center to be Built in Hainan

By: villagesolutions

A new satellite launch center is now under construction near Wenchang in China's southernmost island province of Hainan. Once completed, it will be the country's fourth satellite launch centre and replace the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre (XSLC) for geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and other space launch missions. Yang Yong has more.   ...

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