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NanoRacks External Platform Deployed Outside International Space Station
Aug 12, 2016 (SPX)
NanoRacks' commercial gateway to space is officially open for business. The NanoRacks External Platform (NREP) has been placed outside of the International Spac...
JSC pursues collection of new technologies for ISS
Aug 05, 2016 (SPX)
What originally began as an initiative to send two exploration prototypes to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 to benefit future human space explora...
Dream Chaser Spacecraft on Track to Supply Cargo to ISS
Jul 28, 2016 (SPX)
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has passed the second Integration Certification Milestone under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS-2) contract. NASA ass...
Russia launches ISS-bound cargo ship
Jul 17, 2016 (AFP)
A Russian rocket carrying an unmanned cargo ship blasted off for the International Space Station early Sunday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Ru...
Russian New Soyuz-MS Spacecraft Docks With ISS for First Time
Jul 12, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russian new Soyuz-MS spacecraft for the first time docked with the International Space Station on Saturday, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The docking...
NASA Highlights Space Station Research Benefits, Opportunities at San Diego Conference
Jul 12, 2016 (SPX)
NASA astronauts, engineers and scientists will be joined by CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, retired astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly, and other special guests, for a thr...
New Crew Members, Including NASA Biologist, Launch to Space Station
Jul 11, 2016 (SPX)
Three crew members representing the United States, Russia and Japan are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmod...
Three astronauts blast off for ISS in upgraded Soyuz craft
Jul 07, 2016 (AFP)
Three astronauts blasted off into the early morning sky in an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome Thursday, heading towards the Internat...
Soyuz-FG to launch new crew to ISS fully assembled
Jul 06, 2016 (Sputnik)
Specialists of the JSC SRC "Progress" have finished the full assembly of the carrier rocket Soyuz-FG with a newly modified piloted spacecraft Soyuz-MS at the Ba...
A Burial Plot for the International Space Station
Jun 21, 2016 (SPX)
Sometime in the next 10 years or so, ISS will be deorbited into a remote area of the Earth's surface. Most experts expect that location will be the South Pacifi...
Down to Earth: Returned astronaut relishes little things
Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)
Using a normal toilet and appreciating weather -- "any weather whatsoever" -- are some of the small pleasures astronaut Tim Peake has enjoyed most since returni...
Cygnus spacecraft begins next phase of OA-6 mission
Jun 19, 2016 (SPX)
Orbital ATK reports that the "S.S. Rick Husband" Cygnus spacecraft has departed from the International Space Station at 9:30 a.m. EDT, completing an 81-day stay...
NASA Ignites Fire Experiment Aboard Space Cargo Ship
Jun 19, 2016 (SPX)
Understanding how fire spreads in a microgravity environment is critical to the safety of astronauts who live and work in space. And while NASA has conducted st...
Three astronauts touch down after 6 months in space
Jun 18, 2016 (AFP)
Three astronauts including Briton Tim Peake landed back on Earth Saturday after completing a six-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS). Peake, ...
Cygnus space capsule departs International Space Station
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
Orbital ATK's unmanned Cygnus space capsule departed from the International Space Station on schedule Tuesday, three months after delivering 7,500 pounds (3,400...
Russian, US Astronauts to Return From ISS on June 18
Jun 13, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and two colleagues will return to Earth on June 18 after 186 days on board the International Space Station (ISS) the US Natio...
Russia delays launch of new crew to ISS until July 7
Jun 08, 2016 (Sputnik)
The launch of a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) has been postponed until July 7 for safety precautions, Russia's space corporation Roscosmos s...
First steps into BEAM will expand the frontiers of habitats for space
Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)
On Monday, June 6, astronaut Jeff Williams will enter the first human-rated expandable module deployed in space, a technology demonstration to investigate the p...
Astronauts enter inflatable room at space station
Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)
Astronauts entered an inflatable add-on room at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday for the first time since it was fully installed last month, NASA...
Airbus DS and ESA launch external commercial payload platform for the ISS
Jun 06, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space and the European Space Agency have agreed to start a joint pilot project phase to prepare the operation and utilization of a new extern...
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