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Cygnus Supply Craft Launches to ISS with Large-Scale Fire Experiment Inside

Cygnus Supply Craft Launches to ISS with Large-Scale Fire Experiment Inside

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL — Orbital ATK’s latest Cygnus OA-6 resupply vehicle, the SS Rick Husband, launched from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...

Expedition 47 Crew Launches Toward ISS for Record-Breaking Mission

Expedition 47 Crew Launches Toward ISS for Record-Breaking Mission

The final three members of ISS Expedition 47 are launching to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz-FG rocket. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams...

In Search of Life on the Red Planet, ESA and Roscosmos Launch ExoMars

In Search of Life on the Red Planet, ESA and Roscosmos Launch ExoMars

A joint partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) officially began as the first of the ExoMars...

Astronaut Scott Kelly Announces Retirement from NASA After One-Year Mission

Astronaut Scott Kelly Announces Retirement from NASA After One-Year Mission

Astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Captain Scott Kelly announced his retirement from NASA yesterday, via Facebook. In a letter entitled, “A thousand miles begins with a single step...