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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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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…
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Attention social media users: See an Atlas 5 launch up close!
Read more →: Attention social media users: See an Atlas 5 launch up close!The previous ULA Social visited the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now CAPE…
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Rocket engine fires up in latest test for behemoth booster
Read more →: Rocket engine fires up in latest test for behemoth boosterNASA test-fired an RS-25 development engine Thursday at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now…
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Second launch deal inked between Atlas 5 rocket and Cygnus freighter
Read more →: Second launch deal inked between Atlas 5 rocket and Cygnus freighterFile photo of Atlas 5 launch. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Orbital ATK has ordered another Atlas 5…
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Rosetta gets ringside seat to smelly comet outburst
Read more →: Rosetta gets ringside seat to smelly comet outburstA short-lived outburst from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was captured by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on July 29. Each image…
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Scientists plan for New Horizons probe’s second act
Read more →: Scientists plan for New Horizons probe’s second actArtist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft flying by a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: Alex Parker Scientists are…
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Astronauts munch on space-grown lettuce
Read more →: Astronauts munch on space-grown lettuceSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Amid a Russian spacewalk to carry out routine maintenance and inspections…
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New engines arrive at Antares rocket launch site
Read more →: New engines arrive at Antares rocket launch siteFile photo of an Antares rocket on its launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Orbital ATK The…