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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The Orbital Express mission to test cutting-edge automated rendezvous and docking technologies blasted off from Cape Canaveral last night.
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A NASA satellite catches the action as a massive star smashes to smithereens. It open up a whole new universe to astronomers. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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NASA has launched a new space observatory to hunt down and study the most powerful explosions seen in the Universe since the Big Bang itself.
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By Jim Ellis Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Five science satellites blasted off on a single rocket into a golden sunset Saturday on a mission to figure out the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere.  The launch at 6:01 p.m.
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Teams of international scientists have  used observations from NASA's Swift satellite and other  telescopes to witness the evolution of a cosmic blast into a  stellar explosion or supernova.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Feb. 17 -- Five science satellites on a single rocket blasted off into a golden sunset Saturday on a mission to try to figure out the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted off Friday from the Kennedy Space Center for a mission to the orbiting International Space Station, the first shuttle mission of 2007.
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US space shuttle Discovery blasted off successfully Tuesday on an ambitious, complex mission to the International Space Station, key to future manned flights to Mars.
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By JIM ELLIS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Five science satellites blasted off on a single rocket into a golden sunset Saturday on a mission to figure out the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere.  The launch at 6:01 p.m.
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Five NASA probes will have to wait at least one more day to begin hunting for the source of dynamic auroras after high winds above their launch site prevented a planned Friday liftoff.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The space shuttle Discovery soared into space on Saturday on a column of fire that briefly dispelled the darkness over the Kennedy Space Center in NASA's first night launch since the Columbia disaster.
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U.S. space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Canaveral for a 14-day mission.
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NASA is set to launch a spacecraft carrying five satellites on a mission to unveil the secrets of the origin of the aurora borealis.
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Five science satellites blasted off on a single rocket into a golden sunset Saturday on a mission to figure out the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere.
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A much needed resupply mission to the International Space Station was successfully launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.