
Spacewalk ends, station fix a success
Washington (AFP) Dec 24, 2013 - NASA astronauts on Tuesday successfully wrapped up a Christmas Eve spacewalk to make repairs at the orbiting International Space Station, the US space agency said.
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Washington (AFP) Dec 24, 2013 - NASA astronauts on Tuesday successfully wrapped up a Christmas Eve spacewalk to make repairs at the orbiting International Space Station, the US space agency said.
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Dulles, VA (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract II (NSROC II) team at Wallops Island, Virginia recently completed its 40th consecutive successful mission over the last 24 months for NASA's Sounding Rocket
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Beijing (XNA) Dec 23, 2013 - China's first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, continued patrol explorations on the lunar surface after taking photos of the lander for the fifth and final time early on Sunday. According to
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Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 23, 2013 - NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins have successfully completed their first spacewalk to repair the failed coolant system of the International Space Station (ISS). It was a debut sp
Dec 23, 2013

Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 23, 2013 - Two American astronauts have completed the first stage of urgent repair work outside the International Space Station ahead of schedule, but a spacesuit issue has delayed a second spacewalk to revive
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colo., to launch the Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to Mars. InSigh
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Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - For the first time, the Mission Control Center (MCC) at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has tested communications with a commercial, crew-capable spacecraft, as The Boeing Company conducted a
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Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 23, 2013 - Argentina has successfully launched a research rocket as part of its space program, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. The launch took place on Wednesday in the city of Chamical, in La Rioja
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Houston TX (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - NASA is seeking to advance a technology with the potential to drastically change how we envision transporting and safeguarding astronauts: inflatable structures. Space structure engineers and
Dec 23, 2013

Washington (AFP) Dec 22, 2013 - A new flaw has emerged in a US-made spacesuit, forcing NASA to delay until Christmas Eve the next outing to repair the International Space Station, the space agency said Saturday.
Dec 22, 2013

Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2013 - Two American astronauts made quick progress during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Saturday to replace a broken equipment cooling system, NASA said.
Dec 21, 2013

Caption Panorama of Chang'e-3's landing zone - Beijing (XNA) Dec 21, 2013 China's moon rover, Yutu (Jade Rabbit), continued exploring after a nap, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence
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Xichang, Sichuan (XNA) Dec 21, 2013 - China successfully sent a Bolivian communications satellite into orbit with its Long March-3B carrier rocket from southwest Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 0:42 a.m (Beijing Time) Saturday.
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Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2013 - Two American astronauts are to step out Saturday on the first of three spacewalks to replace a broken cooling pump at the orbiting International Space Station.
Dec 21, 2013

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Moscow (UPI) Dec 20, 2013 - Russia will spend about $1.5 billion on developing fundamental science in the next three years, President Vladimir Putin announced Friday.
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