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  U.S., Russian and European Crew Completes Express Soyuz Flight to the International Space Station

  Posted by Mark Carreau 7:20 PM on May 28, 2013

  A  Soyuz crew transport capsule delivered three U.S., Russian and European astronauts to the International Space Station late Tuesday, as it completed a second successful "exp... Read More >>

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  U.S., Canadian, Russian Space Station Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

  Posted by Mark Carreau 8:05 PM on May 13, 2013

  Canada's first command of the International Space Station drew to a close late Monday, as skipper Chris Hadfield, U.S. astronaut Tom Marshburn and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko boarded... Read More >>

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  Space Station Crew Carries Out Early Dragon Capture

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:41 AM on Mar 03, 2013

  The SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 mission vessel rendezvoused with the International Space Station for robot arm capture early Sunday, successfully overcoming a post-launch thruster issue th... Read More >>

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  U.S., Canadian, Russian Soyuz Crew Reaches ISS

  Posted by Mark Carreau 9:13 AM on Dec 21, 2012

  Russia’s TMA-07M spacecraft docked with the International Space Station early Dec. 21, delivering a three man crew that included the orbiting science laboratory’s ... Read More >>

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  U.S., Canadian, Russia Crew Lifts Off for ISS

  Posted by Mark Carreau 7:42 AM on Dec 19, 2012

  Soyuz boosts U.S., Canadian and Russian crew to ISS.  Photo Credit/NASA TV A Soyuz rocket roared into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome early Wednesday, initiating... Read More >>

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  SpaceX Dragon CRS-1 Capsule Scores Safe Splashdown

  Posted by Mark Carreau 11:32 AM on Oct 28, 2012

  SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-1 capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja, Calif., Sunday afternoon, cementing a commercial version of the U.S. cargo launch-and-return ca... Read More >>

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  SpaceX Dragon CRS-1 Capsule Departs Space Station

  Posted by Mark Carreau 7:32 AM on Oct 28, 2012

  The SpaceX Dragon capsule is released from the Space Station's Canadian robot arm 255 miles above Myanmar on Sunday. Photo Credit: NASA TV The SpaceX CRS-1 mission Dragon ... Read More >>

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  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: Inaugural Commercial Re-Supply Contract Flight a Challenge

  Posted by Mark Carreau 12:52 PM on Oct 05, 2012

  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sounded a note of caution Friday as the launching of the Hawthorne, Calif.,-based company's first Falcon 9/Dragon mission to the International Space Station un... Read More >>

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  ESA's ATV-3 Departure Delayed by ISS Display Panel Issue

  Posted by Mark Carreau 3:30 PM on Sep 25, 2012

  Preparations to undock the European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle from the International Space Station were abruptly cancelled late Tuesday, when a problem surfac... Read More >>

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  Multinational ISS Robot Arm Ops Install External U.S., Japanese Experiments

  Posted by Mark Carreau 11:21 AM on Aug 07, 2012

  Robot arm operations place HTV-3 external payloads platform, right, on the ISS Kibo exposed facility.  Image Credit: JAXA, NASA Using carefully choreographed Canadian and... Read More >>

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