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NASA’s Record-Setting Koch, Crewmates Safely Back From Space

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV / The Associated Press Feb 6, 2020 She completes the longest spaceflight for a woman after nearly 11 months in orbit as three from International Space Station crew return. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Boeing Capsule Launches to Wrong Orbit, Skips Space Station

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Dec 20, 2019 The failure represents a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

First All-Female Spacewalking Team Makes History

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Oct 18, 2019 The two NASA astronauts replace a broken part of the International Space Station's power grid. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Long-Distance Trip: NASA Opening Space Station to Visitors

JEREMY REHM / The Associated Press Jun 7, 2019 You've heard about the International Space Station for years. Want to visit? (There is a catch.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

SpaceX Capsule Aces Test at Space Station, Marking ‘New Era’

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Mar 3, 2019 Dragon's docking is the first time in eight years a U.S.-made spacecraft capable of launching astronauts has flown to the orbiting outpost. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S., Russian Astronauts Safe After Emergency Landing

DMITRY LOVETSKY / The Associated Press Oct 11, 2018 A booster rocket failed less than two minutes after launching toward the International Space Station, forcing an emergency landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bon Voyage and Farewell, Atlantis

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2010 The space shuttle Atlantis is prepped and ready to launch into space one last time, the first of three final flights for each of NASA’s soon-to-be-retired shuttles. She will carry with her six veteran astronauts, a Russian module bound for the International Space Station and a heap of unanswered questions about the future of the manned space program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Shifts Gears on Moon Plans

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2010 As if there wasn't enough to attend to on Earth at the moment, President Barack Obama also has to focus on US plans in space As members of his administration announced Sunday (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Colbert’ Wins NASA Node-Naming Contest

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2009 The problem with opening a decision to public input is that you could be stuck with a silly outcome, as NASA has learned after the word Colbert became the runaway winner in a contest to name a new room of NASA's international space station. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Sticks to Its Missiles in Eastern Europe

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2007 Defense Secretary Robert Gates is shooting down a proposition from Russia to swap out the US's planned missile shield in Eastern Europe for a radar system in Azerbaijan, according to the Associated Press Meanwhile, ABC News reports that higher-ups from Russia's Energia Space Rocket Corp are concerned that U-originated equipment aboard the space station may have caused a "fatal flaw" in the works. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )