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WATCH LIVE: Astronauts conduct spacewalk at space station

Astronauts will go outside the International Space Station Thursday to repair an ammonia leak on a radiator.

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Minimal storm impact seen at NASA's Va. facility

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Orbital Sciences begins operations at Va. spaceport

Space technology company Orbital Sciences is beginning on-pad operations of its rocket projects at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

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NASA's Va. research center to host rare open house

NASA's Langley Research Center will let the public in on Saturday for a rare firsthand look at the facilities that are helping shape the future of space exploration.

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NASA using Va launch site for hurricane mission

Virginia's Eastern Shore is being used as a launch site for a NASA mission to study tropical cyclones.

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NASA testing spacecraft's water impact in Va

NASA is again testing the water impact of the Orion spacecraft at its Langley Research Center in Hampton.

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Column: Armstrong belongs to the cosmos now

America, and in the broadest sense possible, all of humanity, has lost its first emissary to set foot on another world - Neil Alden Armstrong.

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Hopkins professor to receive Gruber prize

Johns Hopkins University says one of its professors will accept the Gruber Prize in cosmology in Beijing.

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Goddard begins two-year mission with Curiosity

The so-called "seven minutes of terror" captured the attention of the world as Curiosity blasted through the Martian atmosphere to a safe landing.

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First video from Curiosity landing released by NASA (VIDEO)

Low-resolution video is now available of the Curiosity rover's landing -- better known to some as the "seven minutes of terror."

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