Space Station articles

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  Join The Verge in NASA's live Hangout tomorrow with Chris Hadfield and other astronauts back from ISS

  By Carl Franzen on May 22, 2013 07:30 pm + 5 comments

  NASA has been on a roll with Google+ lately, hosting several video Hangouts with astronauts live Continue reading…

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  Skylab, America's first space station, launched 40 years ago today

  By Adi Robertson on May 14, 2013 03:16 pm + 17 comments

  On March 14th, 1973, a Saturn V rocket launched into space with an important mission: putting Continue reading…

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  Burn notice: NASA discovers that fireproof materials ignite in space

  By Carl Franzen on May 9, 2013 09:00 am + 27 comments

  Still frames showing a piece of cotton-fiberglass, similar to the cotton civilian clothing worn by Continue reading…

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  First traces of particles linked to dark matter found aboard International Space Station

  By Carl Franzen on April 3, 2013 02:46 pm + 22 comments

  All of the stars and planets and other visible matter in the universe only make up about five Continue reading…

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  SpaceX overcomes Dragon glitch, but docking delayed until Sunday

  By Carl Franzen on March 1, 2013 05:42 pm + 12 comments

  SpaceX's Dragon is still on track to link up with the space station despite suffering a glitch after Continue reading…

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  SpaceX Dragon launched into orbit, but suffers problem (updated)

  By Carl Franzen on March 1, 2013 09:07 am + 58 comments

  SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Continue reading…

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  ISS astronauts will answer your questions by Google+ Hangout on February 22nd

  By Adi Robertson on February 7, 2013 09:04 pm + 28 comments

  ISS astronauts Kevin Ford, Tom Marshburn, Chris Hadfield will be answering questions from space on a Continue reading…

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  Astronaut Chris Hadfield records first song in space, shares holiday tweets aboard the ISS

  By T.C. Sottek on December 25, 2012 10:28 am + 18 comments

  In a Reddit "ask me anything" session earlier this month, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield opened Continue reading…

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  NASA's Spot the Station sends texts or emails when the ISS is visible

  By Adi Robertson on November 4, 2012 08:43 pm + 12 comments

  Earlier this week, the International Space Station celebrated its 12th year of continuous Continue reading…

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  China's first female astronaut helps Shenzhou-9 complete country's first space docking (updated)

  By Amar Toor on June 17, 2012 11:57 pm + 62 comments

  Chinese astronaut Liu Yang made history on Saturday, when she became the country's first woman to Continue reading…