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Stunning Nighttime Cygnus Freighter Rockets to ISS Stocked with Science Mesmerizing Spectators

Stunning Nighttime Cygnus Freighter Rockets to ISS Stocked with Science Mesmerizing Spectators

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launch vehicle lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft on the Orbital ATK CRS-6 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 11:05 p.m. EDT on March 22, 2016. The spacecraft will deliver 7,500 pounds of supplies, science payloads and experiments. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com

KENNEDY SPACE…

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CRS-6 First Stage Landing

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SpaceX Dragons Coming and Going at Record Setting Pace

SpaceX Dragons Coming and Going at Record Setting Pace

Release of SpaceX-6 Dragon on May 21, 2015 from the International Space Station for Pacific Ocean splashdown later in the day. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts

SpaceX Dragons seem to be flying nearly everywhere these days, coming and going at a record pace to the delight and relief of NASA, researchers and the space faring crews serving about the International Space Station (ISS). As one Dragon returned…

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A little while ago the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft ended its CRS-6 (Cargo Resupply Service 6) mission for NASA splashing down without problems in the Pacific Ocean a little more than 200 km (a little more than 150 miles) off the coast of California. The Dragon left the International Space Station a few hours earlier.

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Wayward Progress Destroyed During Fiery Plummet, ISS Crew Launches Under Evaluation

Wayward Progress Destroyed During Fiery Plummet, ISS Crew Launches Under Evaluation

File photo of a Russian Progress cargo freighter. Credit: Roscosmos

The spinning, out-of-control Russian Progress 59 cargo freighter met its undesired early demise when it fell from orbit early Friday, May 8, and was destroyed during the unplanned fiery plummet through the Earth’s atmosphere.

As a result of the loss of the unmanned Progress 59 spacecraft, which was bound for the International…

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Aging Studies, Muscle Investigations and Other Biological Research Keeping ISS Expedition 43 Busy

Aging Studies, Muscle Investigations and Other Biological Research Keeping ISS Expedition 43 Busy

Expedition 43 crew member and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti working with the C.Elegans muscle experiment last week on the ISS. Photo Credit: Twitter via @AstroSamantha

The Expedition 43 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) kept busy last week working on a large variety of research and experiments, most of which was focused on learning how to improve the…

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Spectacular 5th SpaceX Launch in 2015 Sets Record Pace, Clears Path for Critical Flights Ahead

Spectacular 5th SpaceX Launch in 2015 Sets Record Pace, Clears Path for Critical Flights Ahead

Streak shot taken from VAB roof of dusky blastoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 on April 27, 2015 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX set a new internal record pace for time between blastoffs of their workhorse Falcon 9 rocket with Monday’s spectacular dusky liftoff into overcast skies that has cleared the path ahead for a busy manifest…

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Numerous Research Investigations and Dragon Arrival Highlight Busy Week on Space Station

Numerous Research Investigations and Dragon Arrival Highlight Busy Week on Space Station

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, of the European Space Agency (ESA), poses with the SpaceX CRS-6 Dragon in her Starfleet outfit after successfully capturing the cargo and supply-filled spacecraft. Photo Credit: NASA/ESA

The six Expedition 43 crew members currently living and working on the International Space Station (ISS) kept a busy schedule last week. In addition to the work they did…

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