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Space station crew opens Europe’s Einstein cargo ship after fungus flap

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Video of the first ingress into the Albert Einstein cargo craft on Tuesday. By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News It doesn’t take an Einstein to see that international differences can still crop up on the final frontier: Take the case of the European Space Agency’s Einstein cargo craft, for example. Continue reading →

Part of Space Station Found

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Phil Green holds a piece of the Mir space station that he discovered along the Merrimack River six years ago.CBS Boston Next time you go fishing, don’t be surprised if you catch more than just a fish. A Massachusetts man was walking along the Merrimack River when a strange-looking rock caught his attention. “There she was just sitting there, sticking up like that, and I said heck what is this,” Phil Green told CBS Boston Continue reading →

European Cargo Ship ‘Albert Einstein’ Docks at Space Station

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PARIS Europe’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle pulled into port at the International Space Station on Saturday (June 15), delivering a hefty load of supplies, including rocket fuel, experiments, food and clothing for the lab’s six-person crew. The 20-ton spaceship, named for physicist Albert Einstein, docked with the space station’s Russian service module at 10:07 a.m Continue reading →

International Space Station Crew Welcomes Albert Einstein ATV

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June 17, 2013 Image Caption: Europe’s supply ferry ATV Albert Einstein on approach to the International Space Station. Credit: ESA ESA Press Release ESAs fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on June 15 when it docked smoothly with orbital outpost at 14:07 GMT (16:07 CEST) Continue reading →

NASA Invites Media to View Space Launch System Progress

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WASHINGTON — NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier and other agency officials will debut a new machine for manufacturing NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and check on development progress with the heavy-lift rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Friday, June 21. NASA is inviting media representatives to attend a 9:15 a.m. Continue reading →

NASA Advisory Council Science Committee; Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting 16-17 July 2013

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2013)] [Notices] [Pages 36276-36277] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-14324] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice: 13-065] NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Astrophysics Subcommittee; Meeting AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Notice of meeting Continue reading →