International Space Station News
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The SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully docked at the International Space Station today - the first privately-owned vehicle to deliver a load to the ISS.
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Cape Canaveral -
Today saw the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule, on the way to resupply the international space station.
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Before returning home after six months aboard the International Space Station, the astronauts had a little fun with zero-gravity.
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Before returning home after six months aboard the International Space Station, the astronauts had a little fun with zero-gravity.
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The European Space Agency announced its fifth Automated Transfer Vehicle has been named Georges Lemaître, after the Belgian scientist who provided the first observational estimation of the Hubble constant, which was later called the Big Bang theory.
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Huntsville -
A new robot NASA built to help astronauts in space greeted its human commander at the International Space Station with a handshake, and gave a message in sign language that said: "Hello, world."
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Huntsville -
A new robot NASA built to help astronauts in space greeted its human commander at the International Space Station with a handshake, and gave a message in sign language that said: "Hello, world."
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Moscow -
Vladimir Popovkin, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said Thursday that Russia is discussing with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) a proposal for manned permanent research base on the Moon.
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Beijing -
The Chinese recently revealed an ambitious five-year-plan for space exploration. China plans to build space labs and launch manned vessels into space. The Chinese say their long-term goal is to have a space station and land an astronaut on the Moon.
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The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft and its booster were rolled out to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2011. Preparations for this Wednesday's launching to the International Space Station is set for 7:16 p.m., Kazakhstan time.
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International Space Station Headlines
 Canada has finally committed itself to remaining involved in the International Space Station beyond 2015.
Europe's ATV space freighter blasts off from Kourou in French Guiana on a mission to resupply the International Space Station.
 For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.
A Soyuz spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station.
The race to send private rockets to the International Space Station reaches crunch time, with two private companies awarded multi-billion-dollar Nasa contracts preparing for launch.
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STS-134 Crew Arrives at Kennedy. From left are Mission Specialists Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel, Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg H. Johnson, Mission Specialist Mike Fincke and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori.
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