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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…
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Arianespace on pace for one launch per month in 2015
Read more →: Arianespace on pace for one launch per month in 2015The cryogenic core stage for the first Ariane 5 launch of 2015 was installed on its mobile launch…
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Magnetic field laboratory being readied for launch
Read more →: Magnetic field laboratory being readied for launchCredit: Walter Scriptunas II TITUSVILLE — A stack of four satellites, each one carrying 25 science sensors and…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for NASA satellite launch
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for NASA satellite launchThe United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that will hurl the four MMS satellites into a highly elliptical…
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Dawn’s imagery of Ceres keeps getting better
Read more →: Dawn’s imagery of Ceres keeps getting betterThese two views of Ceres were acquired by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Feb. 12, 2015, from a distance…