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Twice-Flown Dragon Cargo Spacecraft Splashes Down

Photo: NASA TV SpaceX’s Dragon C108.2 spacecraft departed the International Space Station after a month-long stay on Saturday via the first-ever ground-controlled release of a visiting vehicle, sending...

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ISS Spacewalkers set for Critical Robotic Arm Upgrade via Second LEE Replacement

Astronaut Scott Tingle during EVA Preparations – Photo: NASA Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are gearing up for a pair of spacewalks on January 23 and 29 to complete the rejuvenation...

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Space Station Robotic Arm Receives New Grappling Hand in Challenging 7-Hour...

Photo: NASA TV Two U.S. spacewalkers successfully changed out a grappling mechanism on the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 on Tuesday, essentially giving the Station’s most important robotic...

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Postponed — ISS Spacewalkers Prepare for Revised EVA Scenario to Backtrack...

Update (Jan 28, 2018): NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have exercised the option of postponing U.S. EVA-48 that was originally planned for Monday. Work over the weekend has provided additional data...

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ISS Spacewalk Pushed to February after Successful Troubleshooting on...

Mark Vande Hei & Scott Tingle working to replace LEE-B on Jan. 23 EVA – Photo: NASA TV International Space Station managers decided on Sunday to postpone a scheduled spacewalk from Monday after...

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Russian Cosmonauts set for Ambitious EVA to Revamp High-Gain Communications...

Aleksandr Misurkin & Anton Shkaplerov during a Spacewalk Rehearsal – Photo: Roscosmos/Anton Shkaplerov Two Russian Cosmonauts are set for a complex six-hour and 40-minute spacewalk on Friday...

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Russian ISS Segment Receives High-Rate Communications Capability via...

Photo: NASA TV Two Russian Cosmonauts had a trial of patience on Friday when working on the Service Module of the International Space Station to replace antiquated communications gear with new...

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U.S.-Japanese Spacewalking Duo Aces Final ISS Robotics Rejuvenation EVA +...

Photo: NASA TV A veteran NASA spacewalker and an EVA rookie from Japan ended their week with nearly six hours of work outside the International Space Station on Friday to finish the restoration of the...

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Soyuz Parachutes to Safe Landing on Snow-Covered Kazakh Steppe with...

Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls A veteran Cosmonaut and two NASA Astronauts parachuted into the sunrise on Wednesday aboard their Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft after a half-year mission to the International Space...

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Nighttime Soyuz Launch Sends All-Veteran Crew Trio into Orbit for 160-Day...

Photo: NASA/Joel Kowsky A veteran Russian Cosmonaut and two NASA Astronauts with prior Space Shuttle experience blasted off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday night on a planned 160-day...

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Soyuz MS-08 Arrives at Space Station after Textbook Rendezvous with...

Photo: Anton Shkaplerov Russia’s Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft pulled into a docking port on the International Space Station on Friday after two-day journey from a remote launch pad in Kazakhstan to the...

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ISS Spacewalkers set for Thursday EVA to Expand External WiFi for Upcoming...

Ricky Arnold during a 2009 ISS Spacewalk – Photo: NASA Two veteran spacewalkers who just arrived aboard the International Space Station last week are set for a six-and-a-half-hour excursion on Thursday...

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Progress MS-07 Departs Space Station for Secretive Month-Long Free Flight

Progress MS-07 Departs ISS – Photo: Oleg Artemyev Russia’s Progress MS-07 spacecraft wrapped up its cargo-delivery and trash pick-up mission at the International Space Station, undocking from the...

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ISS Spacewalkers Work through Complete EVA Task List Despite Late Start &...

Photo: Oleg Artemyev Two experienced NASA astronauts overcame adversity outside the International Space Station on Thursday in a challenging spacewalk that started late and had to be cut short. Faced...

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Dragon CRS-14 Arrives at ISS after Textbook Rendezvous for Critical Science...

Photo: Oleg Artemyev A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for its second cargo delivery after having resupplied the Station back in 2016. Enjoying a flawless ride into...

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