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News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
An unmanned Atlas rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Thursday carrying a pair of probes to map the moon and hunt for water...The orbiter is designed to map the moon's surface in unprecedented detail, with particular attention...
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News Source: The Globe & Mail
| 5 months ago
Cape Canaveral, Fla. — The Associated Press, Thursday, Jun. 18, 2009 07:07PM EDT N ASA launched its first moon shot in a decade Thursday, sending up a pair of unmanned science probes that will help determine where astronauts could land and set up...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 5 months ago
Centaur rocket to impact part of a polar crater in permanent shadows...Atlas V's Centaur upper stage rocket and use it as the primary impactor for the mission, something that has never been done with a Centaur...This elongated orbit portion of the...
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News Source: CNN
| 5 months ago
Thursday to provide a comprehensive survey of our nearest celestial neighbor. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter lifted off aboard an Atlas V Rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 5:32 p.m. ET, powered by two liquid-fueled engines and a pair of...
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News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) and a crater observation mission will lift off from Florida on an Atlas V rocket. Data gathered by LRO will help mission planners select future landing sites and scout locations for lunar outposts. The second...
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News Source: National Public Radio
| 5 months ago
A rocket carrying two unmanned probes will blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday afternoon, if all goes well. One will orbit the moon and map its surface in unprecedented detail, while the other probe will...
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News Source: Denver Post
| 5 months ago
The United States' first steps back to the moon will receive a boost from a Colorado- built rocket...The LRO will probe resources, landing sites and the radiation environment to help prepare for human missions to the moon...For ULA, a 2 1/2-year-old...
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News Source: The Mercury News
| 5 months ago
Ames Research Center will hold a public send-off party starting at 1 p.m. October, kicking up a 6-mile-high cloud of debris that scientists hope will reveal traces of water...Atlas V rocket just after 2 p.m., with attempts possible at 2:12 p.m., 2:22...
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News Source: Houston Chronicle
| 5 months ago
July 11 for its next opportunity to fly Endeavour, which has a planned 16-day mission to finish constructing a Japanese laboratory on the international space station. “We’re going to step back and figure out what the problem is, and then we’ll...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
There are no aliens up there, as far as we know, but the Americans are preparing to bomb the moon. A space mission blasted off from Cape Canaveral today carrying a missile that will fire a hole deep in the lunar surface. But this is no gung-ho...