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NASA, SpaceX Target May 15 for Resupply Mission Launch
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NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 6:05 p.m. EDT Friday, May 15, for the company’s 34th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station.

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SpaceX Dragon Counts Down to Launch and Resupply Station
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The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at 6:50 p.m. EDT aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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Rise Goes to Washington
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“Rise,” the Artemis II zero gravity indicator, is seen sitting on the dais as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen speak with congressional staff, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in…

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Crew Preps for Dragon Arrival and Keeps Up Research, Maintenance
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon cargo spacecraft atop stands ready to launch to the International Space Station at 6:50 p.m. EDT today, weather permitting, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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NASA Outlines Preliminary Artemis III Mission Plans
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NASA is moving quickly to define next year’s Artemis III mission in Earth orbit, a crewed flight that will test rendezvous and docking capabilities between the agency’s Orion spacecraft and commercial landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX. Since a February announcement…

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Studying Pneumonia in Space for Heart Health on Earth
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Expedition 74 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are uncovering how bacteria that causes pneumonia can lead to long-term damage in the heart. Researchers are leveraging the space environment to observe how stem cell derived heart tissues respond to bacterial…

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NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Reveals Dazzling Night Sky
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NASA’s TESS has released its most complete view of the starry sky to date

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America’s Emerald Isle
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Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago.

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Station Hums With Advanced Research as Dragon Nears Launch
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SpaceX CRS-34, the next cargo mission to resupply the International Space Station, is counting down to its launch at 7:16 p.m. EDT today, weather pending, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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Perseverance Stuns in New Selfie
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NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de Charmes.” Assembled from 61 individual images, the selfie shows Perseverance training its mast on a rocky…

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