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President sets asteroid, Mars goals for NASA human spaceflight
Posted: Fri, Apr 16 10:24 AM ET (1424 GMT)
President Barack Obama directed NASA on Thursday to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 as a precursor to Mars missions a decade later. Obama,...

Upgraded GSLV launch fails
Posted: Fri, Apr 16 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
The first launch of a new version of India's largest launch vehicle, featuring an indigenously-developed upper stage, failed on Thursday when the upper...

No additional spacewalk needed for ISS repairs
Posted: Thu, Apr 15 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
NASA managers decided late Wednesday that they would not perform an additional spacewalk on the current shuttle mission to the International Space Station in order...

NASA to retain Orion in revised exploration plan
Updated: Wed, Apr 14 9:35 AM ET (1335 GMT)
Originally Posted: Wed, Apr 14 9:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
NASA will continue work on a version of the Orion spacecraft as a crew return vehicle for the ISS under a new plan that President...

Astronauts complete final STS-131 EVA, deal with stuck valve
Posted: Wed, Apr 14 9:11 AM ET (1311 GMT)
Two astronauts completed the third and final spacewalk of the STS-131 mission on Tuesday, completing the installation of a new ammonia tank. Rick Mastracchio...

Arianespace to perform quality reviews after recent scrubs
Posted: Mon, Apr 12 6:47 PM ET (2247 GMT)
European launch services provider Arianespace announced Monday that it would convene a task force and perform a quality audit after two launch attempts in recent...

Spacewalkers install ammonia tank on ISS
Posted: Sun, Apr 11 3:12 PM ET (1912 GMT)
Two spacewalkers struggled with a bolt but were eventually able to install a new ammonia tank on the exterior of the International Space Station early...

Ariane launch scrubbed
Posted: Sat, Apr 10 10:36 AM ET (1436 GMT)
The launch of two European satellites on an Ariane 5 was postponed again Friday night because of a vehicle pressurization problem. The Ariane 5 ECA...

Astronauts complete first STS-131 spacewalk; mission extended
Posted: Sat, Apr 10 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)
Two astronauts carried out the first of three scheduled spacewalks for the STS-131 mission early Friday. Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson spent six hours...

NASA makes work assignments for new exploration plan
Posted: Fri, Apr 9 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
NASA announced Thursday a number of new assignments for its various field centers to carry out elements of the agency's new exploration effort, giving...



news in brief
FAA restricts hours for commercial launches during shutdown
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 9:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)

EchoStar sells more spectrum to SpaceX
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 9:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)

China postpones Shenzhou-20 return on orbital debris concerns
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)

news links
Sunday, November 23
How Russia’s New Space Station Could Dominate the Earth
The National Interest — 11:18 pm ET (0418 GMT)


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