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    Space shuttle Discovery,STS-119 blasts off (2009-03-16)
    Space shuttle Discovery,STS-119 blasts off Sunday, March 15, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the International Space Station. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel) (Red Huber, Orlando ... [Read More]

    Space Walking Astronaut Seen From Ground (2009-04-11)
    Astronomy Picture of the Day [Read More]

    Soyuz rendezvous with ISS mistaken for UFO activity. (2009-06-02)
    A bright and fast object seemingly "overtook" the International Space Station May 29, according to several witnesses observing from two different states, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO ... [Read More]

    Space Shuttle Atlantis (2009-11-16)
    Today, Monday Nov 16th, at 1:28PM CST, Space Shuttle Atlantis will be launched into low earth orbit where it will rendezvous with the International Space Station to deliver a heavy payload of ... [Read More]

    US astronaut excited about upcoming space mission (2010-10-06)
    BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly says he's looking forward to traveling to the International Space Station this week, and meeting up with his brother there next year. Kelly is ... [Read More]

    STS-133: NASA Considering Soyuz Flyaround to Photograph Discovery and ISS (2011-02-12)
    February 10th, 2011 by Pete Harding NASA managers are investigating a proposed plan that would see a Soyuz spacecraft undock from the International Space Station (ISS) during the upcoming STS-133 ... [Read More]

    Space Shuttle Discovery's Final Flight. STS-133 A Mission Preview (2011-02-22)
    By WILLIAM HARWOOD CBS News KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Three-and-a-half months after the shuttle Discovery was grounded by potentially dangerous cracks in its external tank, the orbiter is ... [Read More]

    Space shuttle, station pioneer remembers exploration dream that faded (2011-03-23)
    by Mike Pierson Air Force Space Command Public Affairs 3/23/2011 - PETERSON AFB, Colo. -- As the last space shuttle mission approaches, one of the fathers of the world's first reusable spacecraft ... [Read More]

    Long Government Shutdown Could Delay Space Shuttle Launch (2011-04-09)
    Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor, Space.com Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor, space.com ? Fri Apr 8, 4:45 pm ET If Congress fails to settle on a national budget by midnight tonight ... [Read More]

    ISS Crew May Be Cut From 6 To 3 Due To Grounding Of All Soyuz Flights (2011-08-25)
    NEW YORK, August 25 (Itar-Tass) — The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) may be cut from six to three members if the situation with the launch of Russia’s Progress cargo ... [Read More]

    ISS gets hardware and software upgrades to support inaugural Dragon visit (2012-01-11)
    The six-member crew of the International Space Station (ISS) have been hard at work over the past few weeks, performing multiple hardware and software upgrades in order to ready the station to ... [Read More]

    ISS Astronauts Train For Dragon Docking (2012-04-14)
    HOUSTON — U.S. and European astronauts Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers, as part of a temporarily downsized International Space Station crew, are preparing for the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon ... [Read More]

    ISS Deployed 5 Cube Sats. In Honor Of The 55th Anniversary Of Sputnik 1 Launch (2012-10-05)
    Five small CubeSats were deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module onboard the International Space Station on October 4th 2012. This occurred on the 55th anniversary of the first ever launch of a ... [Read More]

    Soyuz Approaching The ISS (2013-01-02)
    Here is an awesome shot of the Soyuz spacecraft approaching the ISS. [Read More]

    ISS Orbit Raised Prior To Crew Departure (2013-04-04)
    MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Mission Control on Wednesday readjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), raising it by 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) to ensure safe departure ... [Read More]