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Watch live: Soyuz crew to relocate spacecraft to new space station docking port today

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EDITOR’S NOTE: NASA TV’s live coverage begins at 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT) and will be available on this page. Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut are strapping into their Soyuz spacecraft Friday to move the capsule to a different docking port on the International Space Station, clearing the way arrival of a fresh crew …

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NASA’s moon rocket scores an ‘A+‘ on critical engine test

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Four RS-25 engines fire at the base of the Space Launch System core stage during Thursday’s test-firing at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The core of NASA’s first huge Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts back to the moon aced a crucial test-firing Thursday in Mississippi, clearing …

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NASA’s moon rocket set for second test-firing Thursday

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The orange core stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System rocket stands in the B-2 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA/Stennis Two months after a first test-firing ended prematurely, NASA plans to ignite the core stage of the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket again Thursday for an eight-minute burn …

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Watch live: Spacewalk begins to complete unfinished work outside space station

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Wrapping up unfinished work, two spacewalkers stepped outside the International Space Station early Saturday to complete electrical connections with a European experiment platform, to vent and relocate ammonia coolant jumpers and to install a new wireless camera transceiver. They also planned to attach a stiffener to the Quest …

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Stacking complete for SLS boosters

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The twin solid rocket boosters for the Artemis 1 mission are stacked on the SLS Mobile Launcher inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Isaac Watson The twin 177-foot-tall (54-meter) solid-fueled boosters for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System have been stacked inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy …

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NASA astronaut joins Russian Soyuz crew for April flight to space station

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Mark Vande Hei of NASA and Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos pose for a crew portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Credit: Roscosmos NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, veteran of a 168-day stay in space in 2017-18, will join two Russian cosmonauts aboard …

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