INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

NASA Unsure of Six-Ton Satellite's Crash Site

NASA UARS Satellite
A defunct NASA satellite the size of a bus is set to plunge through the Earth's atmosphere sometime this weekend, with officials still uncertain exactly where it is going to land.
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NASA Hiring Private Contractors for Space Transport

NASA unveiled its plans to buy a complete range of spacecrafts, launchers, mission operations and ground support by the middle of the decade to provide astronauts with transportation service to the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit.
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Rain of Space Debris Coming: NASA

A defunct NASA satellite is expected to plunge back to earth, raising concerns that blazing hot debris may shower down on the unsuspecting terrestrial population.
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Soyuz Lands Safe After Giving Tense Moments

The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the three out of six crew members returning from the International Space Station touched down safely on Friday at the central grasslands of Kazakhstan, but not without a drama.
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Russia Postpones Crew Launch: Is the International Space Station at Risk?

The Russian Space Agency on Tuesday announced that it is postponing the launch of the latest space station crew to Nov. 12. This gives NASA reasons to worry, since the situation is such that NASA itself has no space shuttles to take the astronauts to the International Space Station, and it relies completely on Russia for the same.

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