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Space News May 28, 2015

Boeing Awarded First Commercial Human Spaceflight Mission

NASA authorizes post certification mission under Commercial Crew contract HOUSTON, May 28, 2015 – NASA issued a task order as part of Boeing’s [NYSE: BA]…

Space News December 9, 2014

ATV views Space Station as never before

ESA’s fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle tested a new technique before docking with the International Space Station in August, at the same time revealing…

Space News September 26, 2014

Russia Launches First Female Astronaut to ISS In 17 Years

BAIKONUR (KAZAKHSTAN), September 26 (RIA Novosti) — Russia’s manned Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station after reports said it had…

Space News August 19, 2014

Russian Cosmonauts Conclude Science-Oriented Spacewalk One Hour Ahead of Schedule

MOSCOW, August 19 (RIA Novosti) – Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev successfully concluded a spacewalk, where they conducted science experiments using equipment on…

Space News July 30, 2014

Last ATV lifts off to supply the Space Station

The fifth and final mission of ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle got off to a flying start today with its launch from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,…

Space News May 13, 2014

Russia targets space station project in retaliation for U.S. sanctions

* Senior official says U.S. sanctions hurt Russian space industry * Wants guarantee Russian engine imports not be used for U.S. military * Says it…

Space News April 3, 2014

NASA Severs Ties with Russia, Except for ISS

WASHINGTON, April 3 (RIA Novosti) – The US space agency NASA officially announced it has suspended some space-related contacts with Russia amid tensions over Ukraine,…

Space News March 17, 2014

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station in 2016

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been assigned to a long-duration mission on the International Space Station, it was announced today. The assignment of the French-born…

General Aviation News March 13, 2014

Russian Progress Spacecraft Boosts Space Station Orbit

MOSCOW, March 13 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian Progress space cargo ship boosted the orbit of the International Space Station by two kilometers Thursday morning,…

Space News February 27, 2014

Airbus Defence and Space builds ‘space furnace’ to test materials of the future on the ISS

The Electromagnetic Levitator will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on ATV-5 27 February 2014 Airbus Defence and Space, world’s number two in…

Space News January 27, 2014

ISS Cosmonauts Begin 2nd Spacewalk to Install Cameras

Two Russian cosmonauts installed a pair of video cameras on the exterior of the International Space Station during the current six-hour spacewalk, Russia’s Mission Control…

Space News November 20, 2013

Happy birthday, Space Station

The International Space Station celebrates its birthday today, 15 years after the first module was launched in 1998. The Space Station is the largest cooperative…

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