NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns from a Historic Year in Space on Station

By ken-kremer - March 02, 2016 08:09 AM UTC | Space Exploration
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and his Russian cohort Mikhail Kornienko successful returned to Earth late Tuesday night (March 1), after spending nearly a year in space aboard the space station on a mission to gauge the limits of human endurance in microgravity and blaze a path forward to eventual human expeditions to the Red Planet.
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SpaceX Resets Launch of Upgraded Falcon 9 Rocket for Serene Sunday Sunset on Feb. 28 - Watch Live

By ken-kremer - February 28, 2016 03:29 AM UTC | Space Exploration
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - Following a pair of back to back launch scrubs this week on Wednesday and Thursday due to rocket fueling issues with the liquid oxygen propellant, SpaceX has reset the blast off of their upgraded Falcon 9 rocket - carrying the commercial SES-9 television and communications satellite - to coincidentally coincide with a serene sunset on Sunday, Feb. 28.
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