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Mercury Capsule Exhibit to Preview Cosmosphere Satellite Location
October 23, 2018 | ArticleThe historic capsule that carried the second American to fly into space is set to land in the second most populous city in Kansas.
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On This Day in Space! Oct. 23, 2007: Space Station's Harmony Module Launches on STS-120
October 23, 2018 | ArticleOn Oct. 23, 2007, the space shuttle Discovery launched the Harmony module to the International Space Station. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
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Space Force Policy Memo Being Drafted to Establish New Military Branch
October 23, 2018 | ArticleVice President Mike Pence on Tuesday will hold a meeting of the National Space Council at the National Defense University to discuss the next steps toward creating a Space Force as a new branch of the U.S. military.
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Roscosmos to Complete Soyuz Accident Investigation This Month
October 22, 2018 | ArticleThe final report into the launch failure that forced the abort of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled for completion by the end of the month, the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos announced Oct. 20.
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NASA Tests Astronaut Survival Systems for Orion Splashdowns
October 22, 2018 | ArticleNASA and the U.S. Air Force recently tested astronaut survival systems for the first time since the space shuttles stopped flying in 2011.
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Apollo 7 Astronaut Recounts Splashdown at 50th Anniversary Gala
October 22, 2018 | ArticleWalt Cunningham hoped the parachutes had opened.
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The Next Battleground: What Do We Really Know About What Adversaries Do in Space?
October 22, 2018 | ArticleAs the Pentagon moves to stand up a U.S. Space Command and Congress debates whether it makes sense to create a Space Force, a central focus is to defend satellites from orbital weapons that would seek to damage or destroy U.S. assets in space.
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Welcome to Space! BepiColombo Spacecraft Headed to Mercury Snap 1st Photo
October 21, 2018 | ArticleThe European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured its first photo on Saturday (Oct. 20), a day after lifting off from French Guiana. The image is a selfie showing a solar array and an insulation-wrapped sun sensor.
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BepiColombo: Joint Mission to Mercury
October 21, 2018 | ReferenceBepiColombo is a planned European-Japanese mission to Mercury. It is set to launch in 2018.
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BepiColombo's Path: Why Does It Take So Long to Get to Mercury?
October 20, 2018 | ArticleThe European and Japanese space agencies launched their first mission to Mercury yesterday, but now, the mission's engineers and admirers have to endure a seven-year wait before the project's science begins in earnest.
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