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Ratchet wrench ’emailed’ to space station
Read more →: Ratchet wrench ’emailed’ to space stationAstronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore shows off the 3D printed ratchet wrench on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA…
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Russia set for debut launch of Angara 5 rocket
Read more →: Russia set for debut launch of Angara 5 rocketThe first Angara 5 rocket sits on its launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Credit:…
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Video: Orion flight preps
Read more →: Video: Orion flight prepsThis video recaps the Orion spacecraft and its Delta 4-Heavy rocket preparations for launch on the Exploration Flight…
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Woerner tapped as next ESA director general
Read more →: Woerner tapped as next ESA director generalDLR chairman Johann-Dietrich Woerner will take over as ESA’s director general on July 1, 2015. Credit: ESA–P. Sebirot,…
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Planet-hunting telescope to launch on Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: Planet-hunting telescope to launch on Falcon 9 rocketArtist’s concept of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Credit: MIT NASA’s decision to launch a satellite to search…
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Photos: Soyuz soars skyward from French Guiana
Read more →: Photos: Soyuz soars skyward from French GuianaFlying for the 10th time from a tropical launch facility along the South American coastline, a Russian Soyuz…
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Video: Inside Orion during high-speed re-entry
Read more →: Video: Inside Orion during high-speed re-entryNew video recorded during NASA’s Orion return through Earth’s atmosphere provides viewers a taste of what the vehicle…
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Falcon 9 completes full-duration static fire
Read more →: Falcon 9 completes full-duration static fireThe Falcon 9 rocket fires its nine Merlin 1D main engines Friday on the launch pad at Cape…
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Photos: One more look at Orion’s launch
Read more →: Photos: One more look at Orion’s launchTake another look back at the Orion spaceship’s launch atop a Delta 4-Heavy rocket on Dec. 5 with…
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Orion is back home
Read more →: Orion is back homeOrion passes the KSC Visitor Complex. Credit: NASA Completing a 2,700-mile journey across the United States, America’s inaugural…
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Russian-built spy satellite rockets out of underground silo
Read more →: Russian-built spy satellite rockets out of underground siloA Strela rocket soars from an underground missile silo Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. View more…
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13 launches on manifest for ULA in 2015
Read more →: 13 launches on manifest for ULA in 2015Credit: Orbital Sciences Navigation satellites, communications spacecraft, classified missions, NASA science projects and the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo…