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China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific
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China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

China’s defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere Monday over the central South Pacific,…
Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin’s rocket
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Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin’s rocket

Blue Origin, the aerospace company headed by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, ran a successful test Wednesday of an emergency escape…
North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbors, US
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North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbors, US

North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday carrying what it has called a satellite, but its neighbors and Washington…
North Korea getting better at hiding nuke, rocket tests
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North Korea getting better at hiding nuke, rocket tests

Less than a month after its purported H-bomb test, attention is now focused on whether North Korea is readying a…
Civilian killed, 4 wounded as missile lands on North Sinai house
Egypt

Civilian killed, 4 wounded as missile lands on North Sinai house

One civilian was killed and four others were injured when a missile landed on their house in Rafah, North SinaI,…
Cairo University student team participates in US rocket competition
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Cairo University student team participates in US rocket competition

Cairo University President Gaber Nassar announced on Thursday that a team of students from the Faculty of Engineering participated for…
Russia probes space failures after rocket falls to Earth
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Russia probes space failures after rocket falls to Earth

Russia on Sunday began investigating the loss of a commercial satellite and a separate glitch on the International Space Station,…
Russia loses Mexican satellite after rocket failure
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Russia loses Mexican satellite after rocket failure

Russia's space agency said Saturday that a satellite launch had suffered an "emergency situation", with the carrier rocket apparently suffering…
SpaceX poised to launch resurrected space weather satellite
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SpaceX poised to launch resurrected space weather satellite

A US$340 million sun-observing spacecraft that was initially dreamed up by former US Vice President Al Gore is finally poised…
Israel open to joint missile defense with Jordan, Egypt
Egypt

Israel open to joint missile defense with Jordan, Egypt

A US general proposed on Monday that Israel upgrade its anti-missile systems to include neighboring Jordan and possibly Egypt, and…
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