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October 21, 2015

US Navy practices retrieving Orion spacecraft from Pacific Ocean to prep for December launch

The U.S. Navy and NASA wrapped up the second round of practice recoveries of the Orion spacecraft, which is designed to bring humans to the moon, asteroids and, eventually, to Mars. ...

October 21, 2015

Space station shipment takes food, stink-free gym outfits, to astronauts

A commercial cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday, carrying food, science samples and new odor-resistant gym clothes for the resident crew.

October 21, 2015

Dream Chaser space plane prototype to fly again in 2014

A protoype of a space plane being developed to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station will take to the skies again later this year.

October 21, 2015

LADEE, NASA's moon-orbiting robot, crashes down as planned

NASA's robotic moon explorer, LADEE, is no more. Flight controllers confirmed Friday that the orbiting spacecraft crashed into the back side of the moon as planned, just three days after surviving a full lunar eclipse, something it was never designed to do.

October 21, 2015

Astronauts' hearts become spherical during prolonged trips in space, study finds

When astronauts spend long periods of time in space, their hearts start to become spherical, a new study claims, adding another danger to a list of potential mishaps that could occur on a mission to Mars.

October 21, 2015

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo reaches record height in latest test

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo reusable space vehicle to new heights on Friday, blasting the craft nearly 13.5 miles into the air and reaching a speed of Mach 1.4.

October 21, 2015

Space suit issue leads to delay of second spacewalk

NASA is delaying its second repair spacewalk by a day to replace a suit for one of its astronauts.

October 21, 2015

NASA unveils ‘superhero’ robot Valkyrie that may be used to explore Mars

NASA has unveiled Valkyrie, an advanced humanoid "superhero" robot that appears female and may one day be used to explore Mars.

October 21, 2015

1st satellite built by high school students blasts into space

The first satellite designed and built by high school students blast edinto space along with a so-called "PhoneSat" built by NASA on Tuesday night.

October 21, 2015

Accident at Russian launchpad kills 2 officers

Russia's Defense Ministry says two officers died and three servicemen were hospitalized after cleaning rocket fuel tanks at a military launchpad.