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China launches first space station module: CCTVBeijing, China (AFP) Sep 29, 2011 China took its first step towards building a space station on Thursday when it launched an experimental module ahead of National Day celebrations. Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace", took off on schedule shortly after 09:15pm (1315 GMT) from the Gobi desert in China's northwest, propelled by a Long March 2F rocket, ahead of China's National Day on October 1. ... read more |
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 Rohrabacher Demands Release of NASA's Recent On-Orbit Fuel Depot Analysis today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) continued his criticism of NASA's new design for deep space exploration by sending a letter to former NASA's Administrator Dr. Michael D. Griffin asking him to jo ... more | .. |
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 OSU partners with NASA Thanks to the involvement with NASA, OSU's NASA Education Projects office is known more widely across the United States than here on campus. For the next five years, OSU will be the implementation p ... more |
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