Northrop Grumman launched a cargo flight from Virginia’s Eastern Shore Saturday using an Antares booster with a first stage designed and built in Ukraine, a successful start for a mission to deliver food, experiments, and supplies to the seven-person crew on the International Space Station.
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Northrop Grumman Sends NASA Science, Cargo to International Space Station
A fresh supply of 8,300 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 12:40 p.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 19, aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft, and is now traveling to the International Space Station.
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NASA: No current plan for return of space station parts for museums
A plan for how NASA will dispose of the International Space Station makes no mention of preserving parts from the complex. It is not just an omission from a report: the agency says it has no plans.
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Live coverage: Antares rocket, Cygnus cargo ship set for launch today in Virginia
Northrop Grumman is set to launch an Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo ship at 12:40 p.m. EST (1740 GMT) Saturday from Wallops Island, Virginia. The mission will deliver food, science experiments, supplies, and life support system hardware to the International Space Station.
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International Space Station: Live updates – Cygnus NG-17 launch
Find out what’s going on at the International Space Station.
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NASA TV to Air NOAA’s GOES-T Launch, Prelaunch Activities
NASA will provide coverage of the prelaunch and launch activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next weather observing and environmental monitoring system satellite.
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Meade telescopes and binocular deals: discounts & what’s in stock
We’re keeping our eyes peeled for Meade telescopes and binoculars deals.
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Progress supply freighter docks with space station
Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, a Russian Progress cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station on autopilot Thursday with a fresh delivery of food, crew supplies, experiments, and CubeSats that will be released outside the complex on a future spacewalk.
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Saving cosmology with AI
In order to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos on the smallest possible scales, scientists are turning to artificial intelligence.
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Ask Astro: What are the largest Near-Earth Objects?
What is the largest asteroid and comet considered to be a near-Earth object? How large are they? Doug Kaupa Council Bluffs, Iowa Doomsday impactors are a staple of modern science fiction. The most famous real-world example of an impact wiping out much of the life on Earth is, of course, […]