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Search results for "China has successfully recovered the first stage of a carrier rocket during an orbital launch test"

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Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.:
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010
Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House:
The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally."
By Jon Greenberg• March 12, 2018
John McCain stated on February 08, 2016 in remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered:
North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon."
By Anthony Cave• February 16, 2016
Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.”
By Sara Swann• February 7, 2023
Viral image stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows a man grabbing a woman’s rear while watching the Apollo 8 launch in 1968.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 24, 2019
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:
NASA is “shooting three rockets at three moons” on the day of the solar eclipse.
By Loreben Tuquero• April 4, 2024
Bill Nelson stated on October 17, 2012 in a debate:
Says Connie Mack was "the only member of the Florida delegation that voted against a bill to help NASA."
By Brittany Alana Davis• November 1, 2012
Viral image stated on December 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:
China recovered from COVID-19 “without a vaccine.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 4, 2020
Marco Rubio stated on February 04, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.:
China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."
By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2016
Facebook posts stated on January 07, 2020 in a video:
Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward a U.S. air base in Iraq.
By Daniel Funke• January 8, 2020
Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 11, 2023
Instagram posts stated on March 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Three rockets NASA is launching during the April 8 solar eclipse is “a ritual causing mass psychosis.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2024
Marco Rubio stated on July 07, 2011 in an interview with CBS:
"From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station"
By Amy Sherman• July 13, 2011
Facebook posts stated on February 05, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“There are no humans” on the International Space Station.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 9, 2023
Viral image stated on January 11, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 13, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photos show “Ukrainian farmers are slowly starting to build their own army.”
By Yacob Reyes• March 21, 2022
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire:
"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 20, 2023
Instagram posts stated on May 03, 2023 in an Instagram post:
NASA's T-minus launch countdown is a mocking reference to Satan.
By Loreben Tuquero• May 5, 2023
Chain email stated on October 25, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
Barack Obama is the "First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space."
By Louis Jacobson• October 28, 2011
Jamie Nadler stated on April 14, 2020 in a newspaper interview:
“Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.”
By Jaren Holmes, Julia Schneider• April 29, 2020

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Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up

By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019

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By Josie Hollingsworth, Samantha Putterman, Emily Venezky• March 13, 2020

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By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2015

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By Bill McCarthy• February 28, 2020

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Donald Trump’s White House coronavirus briefing video: Long on praise, short on facts

By Jon Greenberg• April 14, 2020

It's Lieberman to the rescue

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 20, 2008

Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence

By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2010

How close is a coronavirus vaccine?

By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2020

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By Loreben Tuquero• October 19, 2023

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PolitiFact Sheet: Military spending under Obama and Congress

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 14, 2015

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By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015

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By Victoria Knight• August 28, 2020

Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat?

By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015

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