China's first reusable spacecraft lands after 2-day flight
China's first reusable spacecraft landed Sunday after two days in orbit, a possible step toward lower-cost space flight, the government announced.
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Orbital Sciences about to make first space station run
A Virginia company is all set to make its first-ever supply run to the International Space Station.
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Sep 17, 2013
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SpaceX capsules parked side-by-side at station for 1st time
A SpaceX supply ship bearing Christmas goodies arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, parking alongside another Dragon capsule that carried up astronauts three weeks ago.
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US spacewalkers get ready for orbiting lab repairs
Two American astronauts are to step out Saturday on the first of three spacewalks to replace a broken cooling pump at the orbiting International Space Station.
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Dec 21, 2013
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President Obama urges astronauts to unpack robot
(AP) -- The 12 astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex had to explain to a higher authority Thursday why they hadn't yet unpacked R2, the first humanoid robot in space.
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Russian Spacewalkers to Work on International Space Station Tonight
The members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 24 crew shifted their sleep schedule Monday in preparation for their mission's first spacewalk, waking up at about 2:40 p.m. EDT.
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NASA to add legs to giant robonaut aboard the ISS
(Phys.org) —NASA has announced its intention to add legs to the Robonaut 2 (R2) robot currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), sometime next year. The move is part of a 50 year project (currently in year ...
Faulty satellite? Robot geek squad is on the horizon
Hundreds of millions of dollars can go into the school bus-sized satellites that blast into orbit above Earth and provide services including broadband internet, broadcasting and military surveillance.
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Nov 29, 2017
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10.9 million names now aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover
NASA's "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign invited people around the world to submit their names to ride aboard the agency's next rover to the Red Planet. Some 10,932,295 people did just that. The names were stenciled by electron ...
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China's astronauts make spacewalk to upgrade robotic arm
Chinese astronauts edged into space on Friday to add the finishing touches to a robotic arm on the Tiangong space station.
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Aug 20, 2021
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