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Live Coverage: Antares explodes moments after launch
An Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo ship has exploded moments after lift off from Wallops Island, Virginia.
Orbital Sciences cleared for final Antares launch preps
Orbital Sciences Corp. is set to launch its next commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station on Monday after inspections revealed a rocket tracking station in Bermuda weathered a direct hit from Hurricane Gonzalo last week.
Russian cosmonauts wrap up successful spacewalk
Two cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station, jettisoning three no-longer-needed components and carrying out a photo survey of the Russian segment of the lab complex in the seventh and final spacewalk planned by the station crew this year.
Spacewalk achieves all major objectives
Astronauts Reid Wiseman and Barry "Butch" Wilmore floated outside the International Space Station and, after a bit of trouble with a balky bolt, replaced a broken voltage regulator in one of eight solar power channels to restore the lab's electrical grid to normal operation.
Winds sensor opens door for Earth science from ISS
A $26 million science instrument carried to the International Space Station by SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule has been switched on and is measuring winds over the world's oceans to help forecasters track the intensity of tropical cyclones, NASA officials said.
Station crew completes maintenance spacewalk
Working outside the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency crewmate Alexander Gerst successfully moved a failed ammonia pump module to an external stowage platform, completing a task originally planned for a repair spacewalk last December.