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EgyptSat-A’s $100 million cost covered by Russian company: Minister
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February 24, 2019
EgyptSat-A’s $100 million cost covered by Russian company: Minister
Minister of Higher Education Khaled Abdel Ghafar announced that a Russian insurance company has covered the costs for the third…
NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS
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February 23, 2019
NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS
NASA on Friday gave SpaceX the green light to test a new crew capsule by first sending an unmanned craft…
New Universe map unearths 300,000 more galaxies
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February 19, 2019
New Universe map unearths 300,000 more galaxies
The known Universe just got a lot bigger. A new map of the night sky published Tuesday charts hundreds of…
NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover
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February 13, 2019
NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover
US space agency NASA will make one final attempt to contact its Opportunity Rover on Mars late Tuesday, eight months…
Total lunar eclipse woos sky watchers
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January 21, 2019
Total lunar eclipse woos sky watchers
An unusual set of celestial circumstances came together over Sunday night and the wee hours of Monday for sky…
Cottoning on: Chinese seed sprouts on moon
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January 15, 2019
Cottoning on: Chinese seed sprouts on moon
A small green shoot is growing on the moon in an out-of-this-world first after a cotton seed germinated on…
China lands probe on far side of moon in world first
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January 3, 2019
China lands probe on far side of moon in world first
A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon on Thursday, in a global first that boosts…
NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed
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December 31, 2018
NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed
A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind,…
China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing
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December 8, 2018
China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing
China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first…
First manned space mission launches since Soyuz failure
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December 3, 2018
First manned space mission launches since Soyuz failure
The first manned space mission to the International Space Station since an unprecedented accident in October, which raised concerns…