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China performs high altitude reusable rocket test with uncertain outcome
A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight aimed at testing reentry and landing burns late Saturday without ...
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Why Is NASA Creating Clouds in the Sky Over Many Countries Around the World?
These artificial clouds are produced by releasing chemical compounds from high-altitude ... s cloud seeding experiments are not limited to a single location. The agency launches sounding rockets ...
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When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear War
The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase in response to a possible attack ...
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Why Amateur Rocket Builders Flock to This Desert
The Federal Aviation Administration allows attendees to send objects as high as 492,000 feet (93 miles). Participants aim to build rockets that will reach their maximum altitude, producing a ...
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Student-built rocket breaks space altitude record
College kids at the University of Southern California (USC) blasted above an international altitude record ... who managed to launch their rocket 380,000-feet high in 2004. But USC's Aftershock ...