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Expedition 34 at Launch
Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), top, NASA Flight Engineer…
Orion Spacecraft
Technicians prepare to fit a special fixture around an Orion capsule inside the high bay of…
Expedition 34 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Monday, Dec. 17,…
Data from Venus
On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet Venus, marking…
Giant Stellar Nursery
Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the…
One Week from Expedition 34 Launch
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA conducts a…
First Apollo 17 Moonwalk
Forty years ago today on Dec. 11, 1972, astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander, makes a short…
Helios-A Solar Probe At Launch Complex
The Helios-A solar probe launched on Dec. 10, 1974 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.…
Apollo 17 Launch
The 363-feet tall Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle is launched from Pad…