SpaceX’s next Dragon spacecraft has been recruited to deliver a replacement set of batteries to the International Space Station (ISS), after an issue during ground testing caused NASA to postpone a set of upcoming EVAs. The utilization of September’s CRS-4/SpX-4 mission is not the first time a Dragon has come to the aid of the ISS’ spacewalk plans.
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The Japanese have launched the centrepiece of the Global Precipitation Measurement constellation, an international partnership…
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A Soyuz 2-1A has launched an array of creatures into space aboard the Russian biological-research…
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An Soyuz 2-1A has successfully deployed six Globalstar communications satellites into orbit on Wednesday on…
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Russia has conducted the final orbital launch of 2011, as their Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat deploying six Globalstar communications satellites…
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The ESA (European Space Agency) space telescope COROT has launched on Wednesday, via a Soyuz…
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