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A company contracted by NASA to deliver supplies to the International Space Station successfully launched a rocket on Sunday in a test of its ability to send a cargo ship aloft. http://phys.org/news285783529.html Space & Earth Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:18:58 EST news285783529 NASA says a private company can conduct a test launch this week of an unmanned rocket intended to help eventual supply runs to the International Space Station. http://phys.org/news285356515.html Space & Earth Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:42:04 EST news285356515 On one of Virginia's small barrier islands, a NASA facility that operates in relative obscurity outside scientific circles is preparing to be thrust into the spotlight. http://phys.org/news285138935.html Space & Earth Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:16:30 EST news285138935 The SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday with a full science load from the International Space Station. http://phys.org/news283520664.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:44:30 EST news283520664 The Dragon cargo ship has left the International Space Station and is on its way back to Earth. http://phys.org/news283501185.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:19:59 EST news283501185 A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early Wednesday, the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA. http://phys.org/news269071824.html Space & Earth Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:57:03 EST news269071824 A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a mega-contract with NASA. http://phys.org/news268889312.html Space & Earth Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:28:43 EST news268889312 A private company is on the verge of launching another cargo ship to the International Space Station. http://phys.org/news268808325.html Space & Earth Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:59:04 EST news268808325 A new search has begun at a Greek island where an ancient device known as the world's "oldest computer" was found over a century ago, an official said Thursday, adding that other discoveries were possible. http://phys.org/news268580152.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:36:08 EST news268580152 (AP)—The International Space Station is safe from two pieces of menacing junk. http://phys.org/news267956360.html Space & Earth Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:19:29 EST news267956360 Chinese oil major Sinopec on Thursday offered to help pay to clean up tonnes of plastic pellets that have fouled Hong Kong beaches since a spill at sea during a typhoon two weeks ago. http://phys.org/news263722900.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:21:45 EST news263722900 An unmanned Russian cargo ship docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in a record time, officials said Thursday, taking just under six hours from launch to complete the journey. http://phys.org/news263119132.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:38:59 EST news263119132 The Russian cargo ship Progress has failed to successfully dock with the International Space Station (ISS) during tests designed to facilitate future link-ups, the US and Russian space agencies said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news262323071.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:31:20 EST news262323071 Deep-sea salvagers, in a record-setting operation, reckon they have recovered a fifth of the silver thought to be on board a British cargo ship torpedoed by a Nazi sub in World War II. http://phys.org/news261937451.html Other Sciences Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:24:16 EST news261937451 US company SpaceX's cargo vessel Thursday splash landed in the Pacific Ocean, capping a successful mission to the International Space Station that blazed a new path for private spaceflight. http://phys.org/news257687874.html Space & Earth Thu, 31 May 2012 12:58:03 EST news257687874 US company SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship is preparing to make its return journey to Earth after a landmark mission to the International Space Station, NASA and SpaceX representatives said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news257596718.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 May 2012 11:38:58 EST news257596718 A broken-down cargo ship was drifting towards the fringes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Saturday, with fears of major damage if it were to run aground at the World Heritage-listed site. http://phys.org/news256668038.html Space & Earth Sat, 19 May 2012 17:40:46 EST news256668038 (AP) -- A private U.S. company has set a new date for launching a cargo ship to the International Space Station. http://phys.org/news255529468.html Space & Earth Sun, 06 May 2012 14:00:01 EST news255529468 The Russian cargo ship Progress M-15M successfully docked at the International Space Station on Sunday, the mission control centre said. http://phys.org/news254319831.html Space & Earth Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:24:03 EST news254319831 The Russian cargo ship Progress M-15M was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and successfully put into orbit on Friday, the mission control centre said. http://phys.org/news254136678.html Space & Earth Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:31:35 EST news254136678 The Russian cargo ship Progress M-14M was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Thursday, bringing water and fuel to the International Space Station, the mission control centre said. http://phys.org/news246774333.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:25:43 EST news246774333 Fresh oil leaking from the wrecked cargo ship Rena off the New Zealand coast is expected to reach shore overnight, salvage officials announced on Tuesday. http://phys.org/news245394221.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:03:52 EST news245394221 A cargo ship that caused New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster when it ran aground three months ago broke in two in a storm on Sunday, raising fears of a fresh environmental crisis. http://phys.org/news245227964.html Space & Earth Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:52:59 EST news245227964 Malaysia has seized elephant tusks and ivory handicrafts worth an estimated four million ringgit ($1.3 million) en route from Kenya to Cambodia, a customs official said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news243004249.html Biology Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:11:00 EST news243004249 A Russian cargo ship was launched successfully to the International Space Station on Sunday, clearing the way for the next manned mission and easing concerns about the station's future after a previous failed launch. http://phys.org/news239193776.html Space & Earth Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:43:08 EST news239193776 The vessel at the centre of New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster ran aground because the captain was taking a short cut, the New Zealand government alleged Saturday. http://phys.org/news237877772.html Space & Earth Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:09:38 EST news237877772 Experts have warned of damage to marine ecosystems after the cargo ship Rena struck a New Zealand reef and leaked around 50 tons of oil into the Bay of Plenty. http://phys.org/news237460413.html Space & Earth Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:19:17 EST news237460413 A Russian Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite on Sunday, the defence ministry said, in the first launch since a freighter carried by the flagship vehicle crashed into Earth in August. http://phys.org/news236833206.html Space & Earth Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:18 EST news236833206 China said Tuesday it will launch its Tiangong-1 space module later this month, marking its first step towards building a Chinese space station. http://phys.org/news235727719.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:55:33 EST news235727719 Russia on Friday said the next manned launch taking astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) would take place two days later than previously announced, on November 14. http://phys.org/news235365467.html Space & Earth Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:19:21 EST news235365467