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ISS suffered temporary loss of command and voice comms with Houston
Read more →: ISS suffered temporary loss of command and voice comms with HoustonThe International Space Station (ISS) Flight Control Room (FCR) in Houston suffered a primary and backup failure of…
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Tributes for Discovery’s commander following the passing of Alan Poindexter
Read more →: Tributes for Discovery’s commander following the passing of Alan PoindexterThe commander of Discovery’s STS-131 mission, Alan Poindexter, passed away on Sunday, following a tragic accident. Tributes have…
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Soyuz TMA-03M undocks from ISS and returns to Earth
Read more →: Soyuz TMA-03M undocks from ISS and returns to EarthThe Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft, also known by its US designation of 29S, has undocked from the International…
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The Super Guppy has landed: Scenes from the delivery of our Space Shuttle replica
Read more →: The Super Guppy has landed: Scenes from the delivery of our Space Shuttle replicaUpdated at bottom with picture of the crew compartment after it was unwrapped. We (and our kids) had…
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Delta IV Heavy launches NROL-15 from Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Delta IV Heavy launches NROL-15 from Cape CanaveralThe United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket has made its twentieth launch Friday morning from Space Launch…
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Astronauts Return from China’s First Manned Space Docking
Read more →: Astronauts Return from China’s First Manned Space DockingBEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) — Three astronauts who fulfilled China’s first manned space docking safely returned to earth…
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Shenzhou-9 successfully returns to Earth
Read more →: Shenzhou-9 successfully returns to EarthThe three member crew of China’s Shenzhou-9 have safely returned to Earth, following a successful – and historic…
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Atlantis readied for her trip to the VAB – OPF-1 for transition
Read more →: Atlantis readied for her trip to the VAB – OPF-1 for transitionAtlantis is closing in on the end of her Transition and Retirement (T&R) processing, following the installation of…
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SpaceX joy at Merlin 1D test – Orbital fire up their AJ-26 engine
Read more →: SpaceX joy at Merlin 1D test – Orbital fire up their AJ-26 engineTwo loud rumbles in the south of the United States marked two milestones for the country’s drive to regain…
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ISS: Dextre and RRM complete second round of joint ops – CDRA recovered
Read more →: ISS: Dextre and RRM complete second round of joint ops – CDRA recoveredAboard the International Space Station (ISS) this past week, Canada’s Dextre robot and NASA’s Robotic Refuelling Mission (RRM)…
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China’s First Manual Space Docking Successful
Read more →: China’s First Manual Space Docking SuccessfulBEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) — Three Chinese astronauts Sunday successfully completed a manual docking between Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and…
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Shenzhou-9 successfully conducts manual docking test with Tiangong-1
Read more →: Shenzhou-9 successfully conducts manual docking test with Tiangong-1More than half way through their mission, the crew of Shenzhou-9 have accomplished another major flight objective, as…