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Orion Gets Beefed Up, Silver-Metallic Thermal Protection Coating for Next...
In the wake of NASA’s supremely successful inaugural test flight of the Orion deep space capsule on the EFT-1 mission in Dec. 2014, NASA is beefing up the critical thermal protection system (TPS) that...
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Happy Marriage of ULA and Orbital ATK Set for Atlas V Blastoff of Cygnus...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - The unplanned ‘Happy Marriage’ of United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Orbital ATK is set to give birth Sunday, Dec. 6, to a Cygnus cargo freighter bound for the International...
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NASA Receives Significant Budget Boost for Fiscal Year 2016
NASA has just received a significant boost in the agency’s current budget after both chambers of Congress passed the $1.1 Trillion 2016 omnibus spending bill this morning, Friday, Dec. 18, which funds...
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Buildup Of First Boeing Starliner Crew Vehicle Ramps Up at Kennedy Space Center
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Buildup of the first of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew spaceships is ramping up at the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) - the new spacecraft...
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Orbital ATK Integration of Upgraded Antares Kicks Into High Gear For 2016...
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Assembly and testing of a significantly upgraded version of Orbital ATK’s commercially developed Antares rocket has kicked into high gear and is on target for rebirth...
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Gorgeous Views of Earth from Space Ring in New Year 2016 From the Space...
Happy New Year 2016 from the International Space Station (ISS) and Beyond!Behold Earth ! Courtesy of our Human and Robotic emissaries to the High Frontier we can ring in the New Year by reveling in...
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First Space Zinnia Blooms and Catches Sun’s Rays on Space Station
The first Zinnia flower to bloom in space is dramatically catching the sun’s rays like we have never seen before - through the windows of the Cupola on the International Space Station (ISS) while...
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NASA Completes Welding on Lunar Orion EM-1 Pressure Vessel Launching in 2018
In a major step towards flight, engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have finished welding together the pressure vessel for the first Lunar Orion crew module that will blastoff...
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Snowzilla’s East Coast Blast Captured as ‘Rare Thundersnow’ by Scott Kelly on...
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured a rare and spectacular display of ‘thundersnow’ from space as Snowzilla’s blast pummeled much of the US East Coast this weekend with two feet or more of paralyzing...
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SpaceX Crew Dragon Conducts Propulsive Hover and Parachute Drop Tests; Videos
On the road to restoring US Human spaceflight from US soil, SpaceX conducted a pair of key tests involving a propulsive hover test and parachute drop test for their Crew Dragon vehicle which is slated...
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6th Man on Moon Edgar Mitchell, Dies at 85 on Eve of 45th Lunar Landing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the 6th man to walk on the Moon, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 4, on the eve of the 45th anniversary of his Apollo 14 mission lunar...
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NASA Unveils Orion Pressure Vessel at KSC Launching on EM-1 Moon Mission in 2018
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA officials proudly unveiled the pressure vessel for the agency’s new Orion capsule destined to launch on the EM-1 mission to the Moon in 2018, after the vehicle arrived...
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Obama Administration Proposes Smaller 2017 NASA Budget of $19 Billion with...
The Obama Administration has announced its new Federal budget and is proposing to cut NASA’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget to $19 billion by carving away significant funding for deep space exploration,...
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Space Farmer Scott Kelly Harvests First ‘Space Zinnias’ Grown Aboard Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Nearing the final days of his history making one-year-long sojourn in orbit, space farming NASA astronaut Scott Kelly harvested the first ever crop of ‘Space Zinnias’ grown...
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Commercial Cygnus Cargo Freighter Departs ISS After Resuming US Resupply Runs
A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter departed the International Space Station (ISS) this morning (Feb. 19) after successfully resuming America’s train of resupply runs absolutely essential to the...
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Harrowing Return to Earth Ends Year in Space for Kelly
American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will return to Earth tonight after 340 days aboard the International Space Station. The year in space may have been fairly routine...
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NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns from a Historic Year in Space on Station
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and his Russian cohort Mikhail Kornienko successful returned to Earth late Tuesday night (March 1), after spending nearly a year in space aboard...
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Scott Kelly Arrives Back On Earth and the USA from Year in Space! Enjoys Dip...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s first ever ‘Year in Space’ astronaut Scott Kelly was in good shape and smiling broadly for the Earth bound photographers after safely returning to Earth from his...
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NASA Test Fires SLS Flight Engine Destined to Launch Astronauts Back to the Moon
NASA engineers have successfully test fired the first flight engine destined to power the agency’s mammoth new SLS rocket that will launch American astronauts back to the Moon and deep space for the...
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First American to Live on ISS for 3 Long Missions Arrives after Soyuz Night...
The first American to become a three-time, long-term resident of the International Space Station (ISS) has just arrived at the orbiting outpost this evening, Friday, March 18 after blasting off with...
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