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China Just Landed On The Far Side Of The Moon. Could It Become The First Nation To Have Its Own Moon Base?

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China's Chang'e-4 lunar lander touched down on the far side of the moon Thursday morning Beijing time, the latest milestone marking the nation's determination to become a global leader in space exploration.

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8 Of The Worst Places To Sleep

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She Flew Helicopters In Iraq. Now She's The Army's Woman On The International Space Station

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Anne McClain will be closer to her mother in Spokane, Washington, for the holidays than she’s been for most years since high school — depending on where in orbit the International Space Station (ISS) is.

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12 Important Things We Learned From The Road Map To Trump's Space Force

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The Pentagon has released its most detailed plan yet on how it will make President Donald Trump's Space Force a reality, and the first thing to clarify is what isn't there.

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DoD To Stand Up Space Force As Independent Military Branch By 2020, Vice President Says

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The Trump administration plans to establish a Department of the Space Force – a sixth independent branch of the U.S. military – by 2020, Vice President Mike Pence announced on Thursday.

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No, A Huge Meteor Did Not Threaten A US Base With Destruction

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On July 25th, a fireball graced the skies over icy Greenland near Thule Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force’s northernmost base and a key to its aerospace defense strategy. The meteor released 2.1 kilotons of energy over a installation designed to detect nuclear missile launches, which led to a predictable media freakout; Fox News posted a story about the incident beneath a picture of an explosion — definitely not this one — with a mushroom cloud spilling from Earth into space:

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