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Successful spacewalk ends with water leak
Read more →: Successful spacewalk ends with water leakSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Terry Virts blows on a bubble of water…
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Falcon Heavy rocket hangar rises at launch pad 39A
Read more →: Falcon Heavy rocket hangar rises at launch pad 39ASpaceX’s new hangar goes up at launch pad 39A. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now SpaceX began erecting a new…
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SES satellites could be first to launch from Texas spaceport
Read more →: SES satellites could be first to launch from Texas spaceportStory updated Feb. 26. File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral on Feb. 11.…
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NASA receives proposals for new planetary science mission
Read more →: NASA receives proposals for new planetary science missionNASA’s 13th Discovery program mission is set for launch in 2021. Credit: NASA The proposals are in for…
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Russian space agency endorses ISS until 2024
Read more →: Russian space agency endorses ISS until 2024A view of the International Space Station’s main power truss. Credit: ESA/NASA/Samantha Cristoforetti Russia plans to stay part…
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Photos from this weekend’s spacewalk
Read more →: Photos from this weekend’s spacewalkTwo astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Saturday, running more than 300 feet of wiring that…
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ATV’s re-entry camera returned no images
Read more →: ATV’s re-entry camera returned no imagesArtist’s concept of Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle breaking up during re-entry. Credit: ESA A camera packed inside Europe’s…
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100th Merlin 1D engine flies on Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: 100th Merlin 1D engine flies on Falcon 9 rocketFile photo of a Merlin 1D engine. Credit: SpaceX Depending on how you count it, SpaceX launched its…
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Video: Groundbreaking for commercial crew access tower
Read more →: Video: Groundbreaking for commercial crew access towerThere was a groundbreaking Friday at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 to start building the astronaut access tower to…
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Astronauts prep space station for commercial capsules
Read more →: Astronauts prep space station for commercial capsulesSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Terry Virts (left) and Butch Wilmore (right) work…
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Live coverage: Station astronauts wire up new antennas
Read more →: Live coverage: Station astronauts wire up new antennasLive coverage of the Expedition 42 crew’s spacewalks to outfit the International Space Station for a new set…
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Orbital ATK targets resumption of Antares launches in March 2016
Read more →: Orbital ATK targets resumption of Antares launches in March 2016An Antares rocket lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, in July 2014. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Space station resupply…