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NASA announces 12 new astronauts for Earth, deep space missions

U.S. space agency NASA announced on Wednesday it has chose 12 new astronauts for future missions to the Earth orbit and destinations in deep space.

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China's space station to help maintain co-orbital telescope

China will develop and launch a two-meter-caliber space telescope, which will share the same orbit with the country's future space station, said Yang Liwei, deputy director of China Manned Space Agency.

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China willing to cooperate in peaceful space exploration: Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a letter of congratulations to the Global Space Exploration Conference, which opened Tuesday in Beijing.

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India's most powerful rocket launches satellite into orbit

India launched a communication satellite using its most powerful rocket on Monday, improving its prospects of winning a bigger share of the more than US$300 billion global space industry and its hopes of a manned mission.

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India's most powerful rocket launches satellite into orbit

IndialaunchedacommunicationsatelliteusingitsmostpowerfulrocketonMonday,improvingitsprospectsofwinningabiggershareofthemorethanUS$300billionglobalspaceindustryan

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China's life science hopes to step into the next stage of development

USaerospacefirmSpaceXlaunchedtheCRS-11DragoncapsuletotheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS)onJune3,carryingaChineseexperimentdevicefromtheBeijingInstituteofTechnolog

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First China-designed experiment flies to space station

SpaceXonSaturdaylaunchedashipmentofsuppliesfortheastronautslivingattheInternationalSpaceStation,carryingforthefirsttimeanexperimentindependentlydesignedbyChina.

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Giant satellite-carrying Stratolaunch aircraft unveiled in California

Agiantaircraftcapableoflaunchingsatellite-ladenrocketsintospacehasbeenunveiledatahangarintheMojavedesertinCalifornia.Stratolaunch,saidtobethelargestairlinerever

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SpaceX's CRS-11 to allow China's first scientific project aboard ISS

SpaceXislaunchingtheCRS-11DragoncapsuletotheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS)onJune1at5:52p.m.EDT(June2at5:52a.m.BJT),inwhatwillbetheaerospacemanufacturer'selevent

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World's largest airplane is rolled out

Evenifyouhadbeenallowedtokickthetiresastheworld'slargestairplanewasrolledoutforthefirsttimeWednesday,itmighthavetakenyouawhile.Stratolaunch--whichisdesignedtore

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Terror in space

ASwedishfilmcalledLife-aNordicversionofthe1979spacethrillerAlienismakingwavesonChina'sscreens.InitsopeningweekendoverMay19-21,thesci-fihorrormovieknockedMarvel'

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Trump signs bill pushing for crewed NASA mission to Mars by 2033

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a bill that set a goal for the country's space agency NASA to send humans to Mars by 2033.

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SpaceX to fly two space tourists around the moon in 2018

Two thrill seekers are paying SpaceX to make a trip around the moon next year.

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SpaceX successfully launches ISS resupply mission, rocket lands on ground.

U.S. space firm SpaceX launched its 10th cargo mission to the International Space Station on Sunday morning from U.S. space agency NASA's historic moon pad for the first time.

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India launches record 104 satellites in single mission

India has created history by successfully launching 104 satellites on a single mission, overtaking the previous record of 37 satellites launched by Russia in 2014.

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Pentagon Looking to Rent Space At Trump Tower

The United States military is looking to rent space at Trump Tower for use when President Donald Trump returns to his longtime home in New York City.

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Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on moon, dead at 82

US astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon, died Monday at age 82, NASA and his family announced.