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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…
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Engineers finding lessons in nearly flawless Orion test flight
Read more →: Engineers finding lessons in nearly flawless Orion test flightThe Orion spacecraft descends under three main parachutes at the end of its first mission into space Dec.…
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Launch America getting new access gantry for astronauts
Read more →: Launch America getting new access gantry for astronautsCAPE CANAVERAL — A groundbreaking Friday ceremonially commenced construction of an astronaut access tower at United Launch Alliance’s…
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SES signs up for launch with more powerful Falcon 9 engines
Read more →: SES signs up for launch with more powerful Falcon 9 enginesA Falcon 9 rocket launches Feb. 11 with NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory. Credit: NASA/Tony Gray A communications…
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Astronauts, spacesuits ready for spacewalk Saturday
Read more →: Astronauts, spacesuits ready for spacewalk SaturdaySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry Virts will begin…