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Science & Tech 6 years ago

NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS

This will be the first time the US space agency lets a private-sector company transport their astronauts.

Science & Tech 7 years ago

Super-computer brings 'cloud' to astronauts in space

A super-computer at the International Space Station aims to bring "cloud" computing to astronauts in space and speed up their ability to run data analysis in orbit.

Science & Tech 7 years ago

NASA astronauts install high-def cameras during spacewalk

Two US spacewalkers on Thursday outfitted the International Space Station with a pair of new high-definition video cameras designed to help visiting commercial spaceships dock there in the coming years.

Science & Tech 8 years ago

Japanese, US astronauts end spacewalk to fix robotic arm

A Japanese and an American astronaut floated for hours outside the International Space Station Friday on a spacewalk to repair the orbiting outpost's robotic arm and move some equipment into storage.

Science & Tech 8 years ago

Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new parking spot

Spacewalking astronauts prepped the International Space Station on Friday for a new parking spot reserved for commercial crew capsules.

Science & Tech 9 years ago

China plans to land probes on far side of moon, Mars by 2020

China vowed Tuesday to speed up the development of its space industry as it set out its plans to become the first country to soft land a probe on the far side of the moon, around 2018, and launch its first Mars probe by 2020.

People 9 years ago

John Glenn, the 1st American to orbit Earth, has died at 95

John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday.