
North Korea tests solid-fuel motor, aiming to build new weapon: state media
Seoul (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 - North Korea has successfully tested a high-thrust solid-fuel motor with the aim of developing a new weapon, state media said Friday.
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Seoul (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 - North Korea has successfully tested a high-thrust solid-fuel motor with the aim of developing a new weapon, state media said Friday.
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Washington (AFP) Dec 15, 2022 - Russian and NASA engineers were assessing a coolant leak on Thursday from a Soyuz crew capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) that may have been caused by a micrometeorite strike.
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Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2022 - A spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station was called off after the detection of a coolant leak, NASA said on Thursday.
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Jiuquan, China (XNA) Dec 13, 2022 - China on Monday launched a Long March-4C rocket, placing a pair of satellites in space. The rocket blasted off at 4:22 pm (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest C
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Washington (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 - The US Air Force announced Monday it successfully tested a hypersonic missile, a cutting edge strategic weapon that is also being developed by China and Russia.
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