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Antares Commercial Rocket Cleared for July 11 Space Station Blastoff Following Engine Re-Inspection
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - The long delayed liftoff of an Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket on a…
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Spectacular Southern Lights, Shooting Stars, Sahara Snapshots and more from ESA’s Alexander Gerst aboard ISS
Spectacular snapshots of the Southern Lights, Shooting Stars, the Sahara Desert and much more are streaming back from space to…
Astronauts Say Happy Canada Day!
On 1 July, Canadians celebrate Canada Day, which honors the day the nation was officially born when the Constitution Act…
Astronauts Shave Their Heads Bald After U.S. Loses FIFA Match To Germany
Lose a soccer game and lose your hair. That's apparently the deal that American astronauts made on the International Space…
Launch Alert! Watch Live As Three People Rocket To Space Today
In a few hours, you'll be able to watch three crew members of Expedition 40/41 rocket to space -- live…
A Terrifying Virtual View Of Floating Away From The Space Station
You wanna talk about fear? This view would likely be many people's worst nightmare -- being in a spacesuit, untethered,…
Why Trapping Somebody In Space Only Takes A Breeze (And Other Highlights From Expedition 40)
Imagine that you were in the middle of a module on the International Space Station. Floating in mid-air, far from…
Volunteer Firefighter Readies To Face Space Station’s Biggest Nemesis
Facing a fire in space? It's among the most catastrophic situations possible, according to NASA, so the agency spends a…
Astronaut Does A ‘Moon’ Walk In The Sea. Better Yet, It’s Just One Of Many Recent Underwater Missions
The black-and-white tones of this photo evoke a famous Moon walk of 1969, but in reality it was taken in…
Don’t Panic: How Space Emergency Astronaut Training Works
Routines. They tell you when to get up in the morning, what to do at your day job and how…