Heavy-lift rocket&#39;s debut a partial success
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The first in a new generation of US heavy-lift rockets, the Boeing Delta 4 Heavy, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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A stubby rocket plane touched down safely in the Mojave desert yesterday to claim a dual prize: the first private, crewed spacecraft to fly two successful missions within
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America&#39;s new heavy-lifting rocket takes its much-anticipated test flight Saturday, if Mother Nature cooperates. The Boeing Delta 4-Heavy rocket was supposed to launch today, but the forecast for strong winds
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A recoverable science experimental satellite is launched atop a Long March 2C carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, northwest China Aug. 29, 2004.
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It was a rough start and solid finish for The Rocket. Next stop: Houston. Pitching for the Triple-A Round Rock Express in the final tuneup before his return to the Astros, Roger Clemens gave up three runs on three hits in the first inning before settling into a big-league groove Friday night against the New Orleans Zephyrs.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For a few brief moments, night turned to day at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) as the&nbsp;shuttle Discovery climbed into space atop twin columns of fire and smoke in the agency's first evening launch in four years.
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Iran says it has successfully fired its first rocket into space, though no details its type or range are known.
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On the eve of Roger Clemens's return, the Yankees pulled out a victory reminiscent of their powerhouse days during the Rocket's first tour in pinstripes.
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One of the most powerful rockets ever constructed, a massive Boeing Co. Delta IV Heavy vehicle that is designed to be able to lift supersized military satellites into orbit, was successfully launched Tuesday at Cape Canaveral.
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First Iranian in space Russia's Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan this Monday morning (04:09 GMT), notching up three "firsts" in the process. The pod atop the rocket carried Anousheh Ansari, and when the rocket entered orbit, she became the first female space tourist, as well as the first female Muslim and the first Iranian in space.â¦
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Kern County -- The first privately funded rocket to reach space completed the first half of a $10 million flight competition Wednesday by soaring to an altitude of 64 miles -- but only after enduring a white-knuckle series of barrel rolls.
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One short flight for man, or the start of a long voyage for rich men. That&#39;s one way of looking at Monday&#39;s historic jaunt of the revolutionary spacecraft SpaceShipOne, which crossed the brink of space for the second time in six days.
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The US-Russian space crew due to blast off Thursday say they expect six &quot;pleasant&quot; months in orbit, despite a technical glitch that has twice delayed the launch.
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(CBS/AP) The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere again in an unexpectedly bumpy ride Wednesday in the first half of a bid to earn a $10 million prize.
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- A Russian rocket carrying a new Russian-US crew to the international space station lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome early today.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Boeing&#39;s massive new Delta four Heavy rocket is in space after launching from its seaside pad in Cape Canaveral Tuesday.
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BEIJING, Dec. 23 -- US heavy-lift rockets, the Boeing Delta 4 Heavy, failed during a test flight to put a dummy satellite into its intended orbit, which only signifies a partial success.