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SpaceX announced that it will slip the launch of the Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 from the original 7 February 2012 date. The specific

STS-133 launches in February 2011. Photo by the author taken at Space View Park, Titusville, Florida. Despite the end of the space shuttle program in

Made with NASA photos taken 240 miles above Earth and edited together by German artist Michael Konig, this 4-1/2 minute film captures some of the

Soyuz TMA-22 launches from the snowy Baikonur Cosmodrome November 13, 2011 at 11:14 p.m. EST. This was the first manned launch since July 8 this

A time-lapse created by science educator James Drake, who compiled 600 publicly available images taken from the front of the International Space Station as it

According to Space.com, NASA officials announced this morning the ISS might be de-crewed (unmanned) staring in November due to the recent Progress launch vehicle failure.

It’s been kind of a crazy week everywhere for pretty much everyone, so I am going to keep this post short and sweet. According to

Video of today’s Progress M-12M/44P launch, which re-entered and crashed shortly following its launch due to a propulsion system failure. Video courtesy of Spaceflight101.  

Atlantis Reentry as seen from the International Space Station Image Credit: NASA Atlantis Cockpit View of Kennedy Space Center Image Credit: NASA TV Atlantis Approach

Space shuttle Endeavour and the ISS docked as seen from a Soyuz capsule, May 23, 2011. Photo courtesy of Paulo Nespoli/NASA.  At this time, the

Part of a package I received from NASA in the 1980s. Pictured: a synopsis of the early shuttle missions, and a space shuttle schematic poster.

NASA has released images of Endeavour and the ISS. They were taken by Paolo Nespoli from TMA-20 as the Russian spacecraft departed on 23 May.

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