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Photos: Water tanks removed from space shuttle for new use
Read more →: Photos: Water tanks removed from space shuttle for new useFrom deep inside the retired space shuttle Endeavour, technicians today extracted the crew module’s water retention tanks that…
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Ariane 5 rolled out for fourth launch of the year
Read more →: Ariane 5 rolled out for fourth launch of the yearAn Ariane 5 rocket reaches the ELA-3 launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, during rollout Wednesday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace…
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H-2B rocket launch sends supply shipment to space station
Read more →: H-2B rocket launch sends supply shipment to space stationA cache of critical cargo stowed inside a solar-powered Japanese resupply freighter is speeding toward a rendezvous with…
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Orbital ATK receives orders for two more ISS cargo flights
Read more →: Orbital ATK receives orders for two more ISS cargo flightsThe Italian-built pressurized cargo module for Orbital ATK’s next resupply mission to the International Space Station arrived at…
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Launcher contracts signify shift in Europe’s rocket industry
Read more →: Launcher contracts signify shift in Europe’s rocket industryArtist’s concepts of the Vega C (left) and Ariane 6 (right) rockets. Credit: ESA–J. Huart and D. Ducros,…
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Japanese rocket ready to launch supplies to space station
Read more →: Japanese rocket ready to launch supplies to space stationJapan’s H-2B rocket rolled out to the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center on Wednesday for final…
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Kelly urges funding for commercial crew program
Read more →: Kelly urges funding for commercial crew programSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is pictured inside the International Space Station’s…
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Stormy forecast prompts delay for Japanese resupply mission
Read more →: Stormy forecast prompts delay for Japanese resupply missionJapanese technicians prepare the fifth H-2 Transfer Vehicle for launch at the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Credit:…
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Photos: Navy satellite wrapped up in Atlas rocket nose cone
Read more →: Photos: Navy satellite wrapped up in Atlas rocket nose coneThis photo gallery shows the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4 being encapsulated in…
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NASA to rely on Mars program’s silent workhorse for years to come
Read more →: NASA to rely on Mars program’s silent workhorse for years to comeArtist’s concept of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, aging and arthritic a decade…
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Drones meet planes: U.S. pilots encounter 650 UAVs so far this year, a 173% increase over 2014
Read more →: Drones meet planes: U.S. pilots encounter 650 UAVs so far this year, a 173% increase over 2014Photo via Shutterstock Watch where you’re flying up there in the blue skies. A new report from the Federal…
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Shuttle-era rocket engine primed for test firing
Read more →: Shuttle-era rocket engine primed for test firingNASA plans to fire up a space shuttle-era rocket engine in Mississippi on Thursday for nearly nine minutes…