Brazil launches rocket into space
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Brazil launches its first rocket into space,14 months after a deadly accident killed 21 people.
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Brazil and Argentina successfully launched a rocket into space on Sunday in the first joint space mission by the two South American nations.
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A European rocket roared into space from a pad in South America on Saturday, placing into orbit a surveillance satellite billed as giving France's military new abilities to spy worldwide.
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NASA successfully launched a Delta II rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this weekend that will carry five THEMIS satellites into orbit.
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Iran says it has successfully fired its first rocket into space, though no details of its type or range are known.
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Brazil says it will crank up  uranium enrichment after getting the green light from UN nuclear inspectors.
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Brazil overcame a tentative start, shimmying and weaving around defenders and getting a go-ahead goal on Ronaldinho's free kick late in the second half to rally past the United States 4-2 in a wide-open exhibition game Sunday.
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A European rocket roared into space from a pad in French Guyana yesterday, placing into orbit a surveillance satellite expected to give France&#39;s military new abilities to spy worldwide.
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Iran launched a research rocket Monday and unveiled its first major space center, which will be used to launch research satellites, state-run television reported.
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An updated version of Russia&#39;s venerable Soyuz rocket took its first flight Monday, placing a dummy satellite into orbit during a successful qualification launch.
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A Russian rocket carrying two cosmonauts and one US astronaut launched successfully Thursday on a mission to the International Space Station.
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An Ariane rocket lifted off Saturday from a pad in South America to place France's third military spy satellite into orbit, Arianespace said.
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China has launched an experimental navigation satellite into space, state press reported, the nation's first space launch since it tested a satellite-killing missile last month.
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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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A European rocket carrying two British and Indian satellites was successfully launched Sunday from South America after a one-day delay due to a technical glitch.
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U.S. launches rocket carrying two satellites into space    WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- A rocket carrying two experimental satellites for U.S. Air Force and NASA was launched into space at 7:00 a.m.
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Iran fired a research rocket into space Monday to mark the opening of its space center, a move that was immediately condemned by the United States.