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Video: Orbital ATK’s Antares booster climbs away from Virginia spaceport
Read more →: Video: Orbital ATK’s Antares booster climbs away from Virginia spaceportVideo credit: NASA TV Watch a replay of the launch Monday of an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying…
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Photos: Antares rocket poised for liftoff from Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Read more →: Photos: Antares rocket poised for liftoff from Virginia’s Eastern ShoreA 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket is slated for a predawn launch Monday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on…
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Antares launch timeline on the OA-9 cargo mission
Read more →: Antares launch timeline on the OA-9 cargo missionCredit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Monday to begin…
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NASA wrestles with what to do with International Space Station after 2024
Read more →: NASA wrestles with what to do with International Space Station after 2024Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA’s human exploration and operations directorate (left), and Paul Martin, NASA’s inspector general…
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Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship captured by space station’s robotic arm
Read more →: Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship captured by space station’s robotic armLive coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Orbital ATK’s ninth operational…
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Orbital ATK readies cargo ship for launch to space station
Read more →: Orbital ATK readies cargo ship for launch to space stationGround crews load the Cygnus supply ship before its trip to the International Space Station set to begin…
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Photos: Bangabandhu 1 launched by upgraded Falcon 9 rocket
Read more →: Photos: Bangabandhu 1 launched by upgraded Falcon 9 rocketSpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket debuted May 11 with a successful launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
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Antares rocket rolls to Virginia launch pad, liftoff delayed to Monday
Read more →: Antares rocket rolls to Virginia launch pad, liftoff delayed to MondayThe Antares rocket arrives at launch pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ahead of Monday’s planned liftoff.…
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First interplanetary CubeSats already setting records in deep space
Read more →: First interplanetary CubeSats already setting records in deep spaceArtist’s concept of the MarCO CubeSats. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Two CubeSats developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory launched May…
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New target dates set for next two Falcon 9 launches
Read more →: New target dates set for next two Falcon 9 launchesThe two GRACE-Follow On Earth science satellites are mounted atop five Iridium Next satellites in preparation for liftoff…
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Astronauts reposition space station cooling pumps on successful spacewalk
Read more →: Astronauts reposition space station cooling pumps on successful spacewalkEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH…
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Helicopter to accompany NASA’s next Mars rover to Red Planet
Read more →: Helicopter to accompany NASA’s next Mars rover to Red PlanetArtist’s concept of the Mars Helicopter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A flying drone fitted with counter-rotating blades, on-board autonomy, and…