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Space exploration is back: on the ground at the Atlas V rocket launch

Space exploration is back: on the ground at the Atlas V rocket launch

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On Jan. 20, we headed to Cape Canaveral, Florida to watch the Atlas V rocket launch, a communications satellite for the US Navy. While there, we spoke with a retired NASA shuttle astronaut and representatives for the United Launch Alliance, ESA, and Sierra Nevada Corp. about the future of human exploration.

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