Nasa's aurora mission blasts off
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A Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the Northern Lights blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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A Russian rocket carrying a U.S.-Russian space crew on a two-day flight to the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Thursday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Five satellites were launched into space from Florida on Saturday aboard an unmanned Delta rocket to investigate electromagnetic storms, the dark side of the phenomenon that causes Earth's dazzling aurorae.
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The space shuttle Atlantis rumbled into space on Thursday afternoon, carrying the European scientific laboratory Columbus to the International Space Station.
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A Russian Progress spacecraft blasted off Sunday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan delivering vital supplies, as well as presents and goodies for Christmas and New Year's, to the International Space Station.
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The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is one of the sky's spectacular phenomena. Its energy source has never been completely understood. Until now.
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The U.S. space shuttle  Atlantis blasted off on a construction mission to the  International Space Station on Friday, ending a three-month  grounding to repair the ship&#39;s hail-battered fuel tank.
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By SONJA BARISIC ATLANTIC, Va. - A rocket carrying two experimental satellites into orbit blasted off Saturday in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, blazing a streak across the sky just before sunrise.
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NASA is preparing to launch a nimble spacecraft to detect the most violent explosions in the cosmos and study their afterglow for hints of their origin.
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The US space shuttle Discovery has soared into the night sky on a complex International Space Station construction mission after the first night launch in four years.
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Five science satellites blast off on a single rocket -- it's a mission to find the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere. By the Associated Press.
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A rocket carrying a next-generation Earth-imaging satellite blasted off Tuesday on a mission that promises to zoom in on objects as small as 18 inches across.
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A replacement crew for the International Space Station blasted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Russia.
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How could NASA improve on a week that saw a successful space shuttle launch against bad-weather odds, the unveiling of an exciting new mission to the moon and a tantalizing discovery on Mars?
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The US space agency NASA has launched its first five-satellite mission on board a single rocket aiming to unlock the age-old mysteries of the aurora borealis.
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By AP  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- How could NASA improve on a week that saw a successful space shuttle launch against bad-weather odds, the unveiling of an exciting new mission to the moon and a tantalizing discovery on Mars?   With a Nobel Prize, of course. NASA scientist John C.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a construction mission to the International Space Station on Friday, ending a three-month grounding to repair the ship's hail-battered fuel tank.