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NASA completes engine test firing of moon rocket on 2nd try

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA completed an engine test firing of its moon rocket Thursday, after the first attempt in January ended prematurely. ...

US astronaut launching next month may spend year in space

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA may soon chalk up another one-year space mission thanks to an out-of-this-world Russian movie-making deal. ...

Black space engineer, housing advocate Ken Kelly dies at 92

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Kenneth C. Kelly, a Black electronics engineer whose antenna designs contributed to the race to the moon, made satellite TV and radio possible and...

Spacewalking astronauts tackle hoses, other station odd jobs

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of NASA astronauts floated out on a spacewalk Saturday to rearrange space station plumbing, careful to avoid toxic...

Queen tells kids studying space of meeting Soviet cosmonaut

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LONDON — There’s no place like home. Queen Elizabeth II reminded...

Former NASA astronaut eyes US Senate, advocacy group says

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A nonprofit group encouraging STEM professionals to run for public office is pushing a former NASA astronaut to enter North Carolina's...

Russian cargo ship docks at International Space Station

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MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian cargo ship docked at the International Space Station Wednesday with a load of supplies. ...

Next stop Mars: 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After hurtling hundreds of millions of miles through space since last summer, three robotic explorers are ready to hit the...

Millie Hughes-Fulford, trailblazing astronaut, dies at 75

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SAN FRANCISCO — Millie Hughes-Fulford, a trailblazing astronaut and scientist who became the first female payload specialist to fly in space for NASA, died...