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Orbital ATK Antares rocket launching the OA-8 Cygnus spacecraft. Photo: Cole Ippoliti / AmericaSpace Fittingly for a veteran rocket and a veteran spacecraft, traveling to visit a group of veteran astronauts and cosmonauts aboard a veteran space station—including the first Marine Corps skipper of the multi-national orbiting outpost—it was hoped that the OA-8 Cygnus […] The OA-5 Cygnus, named in honor of the late Alan “Dex” Poindexter, is the third “Enhanced Cygnus.” It is physically similar in configuration to the OA-4 and OA-6 Cygnus spacecraft, launched in December 2015 and March 2016. Photo Credit: NASA/Tim Peake/Twitter Four years after his untimely death in a boating accident, NASA astronaut Alan […] 
Astronaut Tim Kopra, pictured during U.S. EVA-34 on 21 December, will serve as “EV1” during U.S. EVA-35 on 15 January. It will be his third career spacewalk and his first time in the lead-spacewalker role. Photo Credit: NASA At the stroke of midnight, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on 1 January, Expedition 46 Commander Scott […] |
 Next Launch NROL-71 on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Vandenberg AFB, CA scheduled for: 9 Dec 18 at 4:15 GMT 8 Dec 18 at 8:15pm Pacific 8 Dec 18 at 11:15pm Eastern 
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