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OTD…March 11 and STS-123

#OTD in 2008, the launch of Endeavour on STS-123.

Space station crew ready to close out 167-day mission

Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. Navy test pilot will buckle into custom-molded seats inside a Soyuz spaceship Wednesday, undock from the International Space Station and head for a parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan to close out a 167-day space voyage.

On this date: March 8

#OTD in 2001, Discovery launched on STS-102 to exchange crews aboard the International Space Station

On this date…March 4 launch of STS-62

#OTD in 1994, the launch of Columbia on the STS-62 microgravity research mission

On This Day… Endeavour Launches on ASTRO-2 Mission

#OTD in 1995, Endeavour launched on the ASTRO-2 astronomy mission:

On This Date…March 1

A mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope blasted off on this date in 2002.

On This Date…Feb. 28

Falcon Heavy rocket hangar rises at launch pad 39A

SpaceX began erecting a new hangar at a former space shuttle launch pad in Florida last week, moving the historic facility closer to launching astronauts again.

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Photos: Russian supply ship blasts off from Kazakhstan

Russia's Progress M-26M cargo carrier lifted off Tuesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, climbed through clouds and into orbit, then executed an on-time radar-guided docking with the International Space Station six hours later. See photos of the supply ship's launch.