Astronaut breaks US record: 521 days in space and counting
Astronaut Jeffrey Williams has a new record for NASA under his space belt.
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US astronauts prepare spacewalk to install new docking port
With more private spaceship traffic expected at the International Space Station in the coming years, two US astronauts are set to embark on a spacewalk Friday to install a special parking spot for them.
Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2016
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Five years after shuttle, NASA awaits commercial crew capsules (Update)
Five years after Atlantis completed the space shuttle program's final voyage, NASA is still at least a year away from launching its astronauts from U.S. soil.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2016
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A decade of plant biology in space
On this day 10 years ago, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched to the International Space Station carrying ESA's European Modular Cultivation System – a miniature greenhouse to probe how plants grow in weightlessness.
Biotechnology
Jul 5, 2016
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Three International Space Station astronauts land in Kazakhstan
An International Space Station crew including an American, a Briton and a Russian landed safely Saturday in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan.
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2016
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Astronaut Ron Garan says space travel for all will make the Earth a better place
There is a small but growing set of people who have had the opportunity to see the Earth as a planet, and view its changing seasons and weather patterns from above. Astronauts are a rare breed: men, and, increasingly, women, ...
Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2016
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India's budget mini space shuttle blasts off (Update)
India successfully launched its first mini space shuttle on Monday as New Delhi's famously frugal space agency joined the global race to make rockets as reusable as airplanes.
Space Exploration
May 23, 2016
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India's mini space shuttle to blast off on test run
India was making final preparations Sunday for the launch of its first model space shuttle, as it bids to join the race to one day make rockets as reusable as airplanes.
Space Exploration
May 22, 2016
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Space shuttle external tank to be displayed in Los Angeles (Update)
NASA has shipped its last space shuttle external propellant tank to California to join the retired orbiter Endeavour on display in Los Angeles. The plan is to mount the winged spaceship vertically on the massive tank as if ...
Space Exploration
May 18, 2016
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NASA astronauts prepare for flight on commercial spacecraft
Five years after the last NASA astronauts flew from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station, a new group is preparing for a trip, this time on a private spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2016
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