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Should an EVA become necessary, it may bear close similarities to the three spacewalks performed by Doug Wheelock (pictured) and Tracy Caldwell-Dyson in August 2010 (Credits: NAS).

EVA Not Ruled Out as NASA Seeks Solution to Space Station Pump Module Malfunction

By AmericaSpace

By Ben Evans Should an EVA become necessary, it may bear close similarities to the three spacewalks performed by Doug Wheelock (pictured) and...

2010 EVA in which astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson replaced the same pump over the course of three EVA (Credits: NASA).

ISS Experiences Coolant Loop Shutdown

By Merryl Azriel

On December 11, the International Space Station (ISS)...

Progress Resupply Vessel (Credits: Roscosmos)

Malfunction of Kurs-Na Resulted in a Manual Dock with ISS

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu

Dan Reichel, left, and Captain Raymond Scholz stand in the C-17 with a portion of recovered Atlas V casing as they prepare to fly back to the US. (Credits: Simon Jones, Bermuda Sun)

Retrieving Space Debris Around the World: Interview with Dan Reichel

By Matteo Emanuelli

The Murchinson Widefield Array is one of the precursors of the planned Square Kilometre Array (Credit: ibmphoto24)

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How Pop-Music Helps in Space Debris Detection

By Tereza Pultarova

The Murchinson Widefield Array is one of the precursors of...

Blue Origin's November 20th BE-3 test fire (Credits: NASA).

Blue Origin’s BE-3 Succeeds in Full Mission Cycle Test

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu

Launch of Mars Orbiter Mission "Mangalyaan" toward the Mars on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Nov. 5, 2013. Credits: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission Settled into Flight

By Siddharth Raval

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Should an EVA become necessary, it may bear close similarities to the three spacewalks performed by Doug Wheelock (pictured) and Tracy Caldwell-Dyson in August 2010 (Credits: NAS).

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EVA Not Ruled Out as NASA Seeks Solution to Space Station Pump Module Malfunction

By AmericaSpace on December 13, 2013

By Ben Evans Should an EVA become necessary, it may bear close similarities to... Read more →

2010 EVA in which astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson replaced the same pump over the course of three EVA (Credits: NASA).

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ISS Experiences Coolant Loop Shutdown

By Merryl Azriel on December 12, 2013

On December 11, the International Space Station (ISS) experienced an ammonia coolant... Read more →

Progress Resupply Vessel (Credits: Roscosmos)

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Malfunction of Kurs-Na Resulted in a Manual Dock with ISS

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu on December 12, 2013

On November 29, 2013, Russia’s Progress M-21M resupply vessel had to be manually... Read more →

Dan Reichel, left, and Captain Raymond Scholz stand in the C-17 with a portion of recovered Atlas V casing as they prepare to fly back to the US. (Credits: Simon Jones, Bermuda Sun)

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Retrieving Space Debris Around the World: Interview with Dan Reichel

By Matteo Emanuelli on December 11, 2013

Recently, the reentry of the European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite caused some... Read more →

The Murchinson Widefield Array is one of the precursors of the planned Square Kilometre Array (Credit: ibmphoto24)

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How Pop-Music Helps in Space Debris Detection

By Tereza Pultarova on December 10, 2013

The Murchinson Widefield Array is one of the precursors of the planned Square... Read more →

Blue Origin's November 20th BE-3 test fire (Credits: NASA).

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Blue Origin’s BE-3 Succeeds in Full Mission Cycle Test

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu on December 9, 2013

Close up of the BE-3 static fire test (Credits: Blue Origin). Blue Origin... Read more →

Launch of Mars Orbiter Mission "Mangalyaan" toward the Mars on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Nov. 5, 2013. Credits: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

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India’s Mars Orbiter Mission Settled into Flight

By Siddharth Raval on December 7, 2013

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), performed the Trans-Mars Injection (TMI) on... Read more →

Spectacular view of Skylab, as seen from the departing crew of Gerry Carr, Ed Gibson, and Bill Pogue on 8 February 1974. This would be the last occasion that Skylab was ever seen, up close, by human eyes (Credits: NASA).

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All the King’s Horses: The Final Mission to Skylab (Part 4)

By AmericaSpace on December 6, 2013

By Ben Evans This is the final installment of a four part series on the final Skylab... Read more →

The crew of America’s final Skylab mission: Gerry Carr, Ed Gibson, and Bill Pogue. They were the first humans to spend New Year in space in 1973-74 (Credits: NASA).

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All the King’s Horses: The Final Mission to Skylab (Part 3)

By AmericaSpace on December 5, 2013

By Ben Evans This is the third part of a four part series on the final Skylab mission.... Read more →

Debris from the Chang'e-3 moon-mission rocket launch was reportedly found in a forest in southwest China (Credits: ChinaNews).

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Cheng’e-3 Launch May Have Dropped Debris on Village

By Merryl Azriel on December 4, 2013

Debris from the Chang'e-3 moon-mission rocket launch reportedly hit some small villages... Read more →

Falcon 9 v1.1 lifts-off from Cape Canaveral for its first GTO mission (Credits: SpaceX).

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In Third Launch Campaign, Falcon 9 Successfully Kicks-off into GTO

By Göktuğ Karacalıoğlu on December 4, 2013

Falcon 9 v1.1 lifts-off from Cape Canaveral for its first GTO mission (Credits:... Read more →

The Aurora Hunter Credits: Indie Alaska/PBS

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Chasing Aurorae with the Aurora Hunter

By Staff Writers on December 3, 2013

Todd Salat spends his nights in Alaska, recording dramatic images of the Northern... Read more →

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