Marcia Dunn

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SpaceX launches 3-D printer, other station gear

SpaceX launches 3-D printer, other station gear

Marcia Dunn · September 21, 2014 5:53 am

Brad Kohlenberg, a business development engineer with Made In Space, looks over a 3-D printer identical to the one that will be transported to the International Space Station aboard the Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. NASA is sending a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in hopes that astronauts will be able to one day fix their spacecraft by cranking out spare parts on the spot. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Astronauts getting 3-D printer at space station

Marcia Dunn · September 20, 2014 3:30 pm

In this undated image provided by NASA, astronaut Randy Bresnik prepares to enter The Boeing Company's CST-100 spacecraft for a fit check evaluation at the company's Houston Product Support Center. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, NASA will announce which one or two private companies wins the right to transport astronauts to the International Space Station. The deal will end NASA's expensive reliance on Russian crew transport. The contenders include SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corp., and Boeing. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA picks Boeing and SpaceX to ferry astronauts

Marcia Dunn · September 16, 2014 10:54 pm

NASA's Orion spacecraft, preparing for it's first flight, departs the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on its way to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Orion is scheduled for a test flight in early December. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA’s newest human spacecraft on the move

Marcia Dunn · September 11, 2014 3:50 pm

Cosmic caffeine: Astronauts getting espresso maker

Marcia Dunn · June 27, 2014 6:29 pm

In this photo provided by NASA, the Cygnus supply ship is released from the International Space Station on Tuesday. (AP Photo/NASA)

Supply ship departs space station after 5 weeks

Marcia Dunn · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

In a photo provided by NASA a United Launch Alliance Atlas V with TDRS-L atop, arrives at the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41. The unmanned rocket is set to blast off Thursday night, Jan. 23, 2014, with the latest, third-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. (AP Photo/Daniel Casper )

NASA launching newest communication satellite

Marcia Dunn · January 23, 2014 6:46 pm

In this image from video provided by NASA the Cygnus spacecraft resupply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. (AP/NASA)

Christmas delivery finally for space station

Marcia Dunn · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronaut Christopher Cassidy, foreground, holds a power wrench as he stows away a suspect coolant pump on the International Space Station on Saturday, May 11, 2013. Thomas Marshburn is at left. The two astronauts made the spacewalk to replace the pump after flakes of frozen ammonia coolant were spotted outside the station on Thursday. (AP Photo/NASA)

Spacewalking repair halts station leak – for now

Marcia Dunn · May 11, 2013 4:00 am

This frame grab made available by NASA TV shows a view of the SpaceX Dragon capsule on the end of the International Space Station's robotic arm, Sunday, March 3, 2013. SpaceX, the California-based company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, had to struggle with the Dragon following its launch Friday from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft is delivering more than 1 ton of supplies to the the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA TV)

Supply ship meets space station after shaky start

Marcia Dunn · March 3, 2013 5:00 am

Capt. Kirk’s Vulcan entry wins Pluto moons contest

Marcia Dunn · February 25, 2013 5:00 am

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying an X-37B experimental robotic space plane, lifts off from launch complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Air Force officials said the unmanned space plane, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, provides a way to test technologies in space.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

Air Force sends mystery mini-shuttle back to space

Marcia Dunn · December 11, 2012 10:05 pm