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Satellite Debris Forces Space Station To Evade Threat Hours Before Collision Risk

A spacecraft attached to the International Space Station did an "emergency maneuver" to push the complex, which now houses six…

7 years ago

Amazing Telescopic Pictures Of The Space Station And A Cargo Ship Heading That Way

Here's your morning photographic space delight: the International Space Station and the last European automated transfer vehicle (ATV), Georges Lemaître,…

7 years ago

Rocket Replay: Watch Europe’s Last Space Station Automated Transfer Vehicle Soar

The last of Europe's five automated transfer vehicles made a flawless launch to orbit yesterday (July 30). So far, all…

7 years ago

Cargo Ship’s Fiery Demise Could Help Predict What Happens When The Space Station Burns Up

It's sad to think about, but there will be a day sometime when the International Space Station makes its final…

7 years ago

Photographer Catches ATV-4’s Fiery Plunge Through the Atmosphere

UPDATE: Editor's note: Here’s a story that we’ve updated a couple of times, and now it ultimately has a happy…

8 years ago

June 21 ATV Re-Entry: A Man-Made Fireball In The Sky

[/caption] The Johannes Kepler ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) has undocked from the International Space station and will re- enter Earth’s…

10 years ago