NASA sending African-American to space station for the first time
NASA is sending an African-American astronaut to the International Space Station for the first time.
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Jan 4, 2017
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Thanksgiving in space: Turkey, green beans and even football
Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners up on the International Space Station.
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Nov 22, 2016
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Image: CST-100 Starliner manufacturing
An engineer guides the upper dome of a Boeing CST-100 Starliner as it is connected to the lower dome to complete the first hull of the Starliner's Structural Test Article, a prototype spacecraft that is identical to the operational ...
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Oct 25, 2016
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Image: Inspecting the space station's expandable habitat
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins inspected the Bigelow Aerospace Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) attached to the International Space Station on Sept. 5, 2016. Expandable habitats are designed to take up less room on a spacecraft ...
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Oct 13, 2016
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Image: Space station flight over the southern tip of Italy
The southern tip of Italy is visible in this image taken by the Expedition 49 crew aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 17, 2016.
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Sep 21, 2016
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Russia cancels manned space launch over 'technical' issues
Russia on Saturday cancelled a planned manned space launch expected in one week due to "technical reasons," giving no explanation or a new launch date.
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Sep 17, 2016
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Human trials on Earth are the key to how we will survive on Mars
Life on Earth has its challenges but what about life on Mars? Can humans ever survive on our neighbouring red planet, fourth from the sun?
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Sep 2, 2016
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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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Aug 24, 2016
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Image: Spacewalkers successfully install new docking adapter for commercial crew flights
Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams (shown here) and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA successfully installed the first of two international docking adapters (IDAs) Friday Aug. 19, 2016, during a five hour and 58-minute ...
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Aug 24, 2016
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Boeing Starliner crew access arm's 'awesome' launch pad installation
A new 'Stairway to Heaven' which American astronauts will soon stride along as "the last place on Earth" departure point aboard our next generation of human spaceships, was at long last hoisted into place at the ULA Atlas ...
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