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Private cargo ship brings Easter feast to the space station
A private cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station with food galore Friday, following a 1 1/2-day journey from Virginia.
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WATCH: Cygnus cargo spacecraft launches to International Space Station
Watch a video from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility as a Cygnus cargo spacecraft was launched to the International Space Station.
2 months ago -
NASA is preparing for first all-female spacewalk
NASA has announced the first-ever all-female spacewalk will take place on March 29, right at the end of Women’s History Month.
4 months ago -
US-built capsule with a dummy aboard docks at space station
No one was aboard the Dragon capsule launched Saturday on its first test flight, only an instrumented dummy. But the three ISS astronauts had front-row seats as the sleek, American-made spacecraft docked with the station.
4 months ago -
Dear Apollo 8: Save the year again
“The legacy of Apollo 8 is that space makes us attempt daring things as a result of earthly human events,” WTOP’s Greg Redfern writes, 50 years since the mission brought the world together on Christmas Eve. “Let us hope and collectively strive for once again being so daring.”
6 months ago -
Space station supplies launched, 2nd shipment in 2 days
Northrop Grumman launched its Antares rocket from Wallops Island before dawn, delighting chilly early-bird observers along the Atlantic coast. The Russian Space Agency launched its own supplies to the International Space Station on Friday, just 15 hours earlier
7 months ago -
Cargo mission to space station is set to launch this week
An unmanned cargo rocket is scheduled to blast off this week from Virginia’s coast to the International Space Station. The craft will carry 7,500 pounds of groceries, hardware and research.
8 months ago -
NASA: Small leak discovered on Russian side of International Space Station
Flight controllers at mission control centers in Houston and Moscow began seeing signs of the leak Wednesday night when the six-member crew aboard the orbital outpost were asleep.
10 months ago -
International Space Station receives supplies from Dulles-based company
Fresh fruit , ice cream and thousands of pounds of supplies were sent on a two-day journey to the International Space Station from Virginia. See photos of the cargo’s arrival.
2 years ago -
Astronaut talks research, weightlessness after 6 months on space station
NASA astronaut Tim Kopra talked to WTOP about adjusting to life on the International Space Station and the research conducted there that could help advance health and safety here on Earth.
3 years ago -
Scott Kelly: Space travel has ‘permanent effects’
Astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station, said that being in space appears to have “permanent” effects that aren’t fully understood.
3 years ago -
Orbital ATK wins new space station delivery contract
For Orbital ATK and SpaceX, it is the second win regarding NASA’s cargo delivery contract.
3 years ago -
Russian Capsule Docks at International Space Station, Delivers Three Crew Members
(NEW YORK) — A Russian capsule bringing three new crew members docked at the International Space Station on early Thursday morning. NASA astronaut Khell Lindgren, Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Japan Aerospace…
4 years ago -
How long can the ISS crew last without new supplies?
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday was supposed to deliver 4,000 pounds of supplies and payload to the International Space Station. It never made it,…
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Students watch as experiments turn to dust in rocket explosion
A group of local college students watched the Antares rocket launch near Wallops Island Tuesday evening. They were hoping to send an experiment to the International Space Station.
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