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Astronauts Successfully Completed First of Two July Spacewalks

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 10, 2013

Astronaut Chris Cassidy (left) acquired a total of 29 hours, 42 minutes of spacewalking time. Luca Parmitano (right) is the first Italian performing... Read more →

Skylab

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation to Celebrate Skylab’s 40th Anniversary

By AmericaSpace on July 9, 2013

Skylab, as seen by its second crew in 1973. America’s first space station celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and will be honored at an... Read more →

Spacecraft Astrophotography

ATV: Helping Astrophotographers

By Ralf Vandebergh on July 9, 2013

This image of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle 4 (ATV-4) was captured on June 8 at a range of 281 km from the south of the Netherlands,... Read more →

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Retired LEO Satellites Become Space Debris

By Matteo Emanuelli on July 9, 2013

Jason-1 satellite. Launched in 2001, it lasted for 11.5 years. Its data on sea-level rise were combined with Envisat's data (Credits: NASA). In... Read more →

Astronauts and Cosmonauts

Advice from Space

By Staff Writers on July 8, 2013

Astronaut Chris Hadfield touched many people's lives during his time onboard the International Space Station. One of them was Gavin Aung Than. Than... Read more →

Life in Orbit

Listening for Leaks on ISS

By Merryl Azriel on July 8, 2013

Astronaut Chris Hadfield installs one of the UBNT units during his flight (Credits: NASA) The International Space Station is a notoriously noisy... Read more →