Aug 2013
Delta 4-Heavy boosts NRO spysat into space
08/28/2013 03:16 PM Filed in: Space News | Military Space
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy, the most powerful rocket in the U.S. inventory, thundered away from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday on a classified National Reconnaissance Office mission. Read More...
Realtime coverage of Russian EVA-35
Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin staged a five-hour 58-minute spacewalk Thursday to mount a camera aiming platform on the space station and to tighten loose antenna covers. Read More...
C. Gordon Fullerton, legendary aviator-astronaut, dies
08/21/2013 08:11 PM Filed in: Space News | Space Shuttle
Former shuttle commander C. Gordon Fullerton, a legendary aviator who flew two space missions, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 76. Read More...
NASA introduces new astronaut class
NASA introduced eight new astronaut candidates to the public Tuesday, four men and four women who initially will focus on space station operations. Read More...
Realtime coverage of Russian EVA-34
08/16/2013 06:23 PM Filed in: Space News | International Space Station
Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin set a new Russian EVA record Friday, spending seven hours and 29 minutes outside the International Space Station to lay cables for a new lab module. Read More...
NASA studies alternative missions for crippled Kepler
Engineers have concluded NASA's Kepler space telescope will no longer be able to search for Earth-size planets because of trouble with the spacecraft's gyroscopic stabilization system.
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Japanese HTV cargo ship attached to space station
08/09/2013 12:36 PM Filed in: Space News | International Space Station
A Japanese cargo ship loaded with nearly 4 tons of science gear, supplies and spare parts was attached to the International Space Station Friday after a near-flawless rendezvous.
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Delta 4 lofts WGS military comsat into orbit
08/07/2013 09:14 PM Filed in: Space News | Military Space
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket carrying the latest in an international fleet of military communications satellites climbed into orbit Wednesday after a picture-perfect Florida launch. Read More...
Curiosity Mars rover marks one year on red planet
One year after a nail-biting descent to the surface of Mars, NASA's $2.5 billion Curiosity rover, fresh from confirming the red planet was habitable in the distant past, is making its way to the base of Mount Sharp. Read More...
Japanese cargo ship launched on station resupply flight
08/03/2013 04:10 PM Filed in: Space News | International Space Station
An unmanned Japanese cargo ship loaded with nearly 4 tons of science gear, spare parts and supplies rocketed away from Japan Saturday, kicking off a six-day flight to the International Space Station.
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