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In this Sept. 23, 2014 photo made available by NASA, the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft approaches the International Space Station. On a June 2017 supply run to the station, SpaceX will use this capsule. The milestone comes just two months after the launch of its first reused rocket booster. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX taking recycling all the way to orbit with cargo ship

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This image made available by NASA on Thursday, May 25, 2017, and made from data captured by the Juno spacecraft shows Jupiter's south pole. The oval features are cyclones, up to 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) in diameter. The cyclones are separate from Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot, a raging hurricane-like storm south of the equator. The composite, enhanced color image was made from data on three separate orbits. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles via AP)

Monstrous cyclones churning over Jupiter’s poles

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this NASA provided frame from video, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer works to install antennas at the International Space Station while astronaut Peggy Whitson, not pictured, works on repairs Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (NASA via AP)

Spacewalking astronauts pull off urgent station repairs

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This July 19, 2011 photo of the International Space Station was taken from the space shuttle Atlantis after it left the orbiting complex. NASA ordered up urgent spacewalking repairs at the International Space Station. On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, Americans Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer will venture out to replace a data relay box that broke over the weekend. (NASA via AP)

NASA orders up urgent spacewalking repairs at space station

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Chemical found in NASA site wells that supply Chincoteague

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This image made available by NASA in April 2017 shows a still from the short film &quot;Cassini's Grand Finale,&quot; with the spacecraft diving between Saturn and the planet's innermost ring. Launched in 1997, Cassini reached Saturn in 2004 and has been exploring it from orbit ever since. Cassini’s fuel tank is almost empty, so NASA has opted for a risky, but science-rich grand finale. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Spacecraft survives unprecedented trip between Saturn, rings

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This image made available by NASA in April 2017 shows a still from the short film &quot;Cassini's Grand Finale,&quot; with the spacecraft diving between Saturn and the planet's innermost ring. Launched in 1997, Cassini reached Saturn in 2004 and has been exploring it from orbit ever since. Cassini’s fuel tank is almost empty, so NASA has opted for a risky, but science-rich grand finale. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Spacecraft flies between Saturn and rings in historic 1st

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 6, 2017 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Peggy Whitson performs a spacewalk during Expedition 50 aboard the International Space Station. According to a report released Wednesday, April 26, 2017, NASA is managing a variety of design and health risks associated with the spacewalking suits used by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The suits were developed more than 40 years ago and intended for only 15 years' use. (NASA via AP)

NASA spacewalking suits in short supply, report finds

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 13, 2017, file photo made available by NASA, astronaut Peggy Whitson, center, floats inside the Quest airlock of the International Space Station with Thomas Pesquet, left, and Shane Kimbrough before their spacewalk. Early Monday, April 24, 2017, the International Space Station commander surpassed the 534-day, two-hour-and-48-minute record set last year by Jeffrey Williams for most accumulated time in orbit by an American. Whitson already was the world’s most experienced spacewoman and female spacewalker and, at age 57, the oldest woman ever in space. (NASA via AP, File)

Astronaut breaks US space record, gets call from Trump

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017 photo, Carol Mersch holds a copy of a microfilm Bible that flew in orbit around the moon on Apollo 13 during an interview in her home in Tulsa, Okla. Behind her are some of the photographs and space program memorabilia she has collected. Ten microfilm Bibles once launched hundreds of thousands of miles into space are today landlocked inside an Oklahoma court vault while a legal battle rages in two states over their rightful owner. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Oklahoman author, Texas dispute ownership of ‘lunar Bibles’

By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS - Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by NASA, the S.S. John Glenn cargo ship prepares to dock with the International Space Station on Saturday, April 22, 2017. (NASA via AP)

Supply ship named for John Glenn arrives at space station

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This image made available by NASA in April 2017 shows a still from the short film &quot;Cassini's Grand Finale,&quot; with the spacecraft diving between Saturn and the planet's innermost ring. Launched in 1997, Cassini reached Saturn in 2004 and has been exploring it from orbit ever since. Cassini’s fuel tank is almost empty, so NASA has opted for a risky, but science-rich grand finale. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Last adventure ahead for NASA’s Cassini spacecraft at Saturn

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

A NASA employee gives a demonstration at the 'Earth Day in the Nation's Capital' event on Thursday. NASA honors the day with an activity-packed event meant to engage public in science. (Julia Brouillette / The Washington Times)

NASA scientists host Earth Day event for students

By Julia Brouillette - The Washington Times

Lilian Pintea, chief scientist with the Jane Goodall Institute, demonstrates features on Google Earth, Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in New York. Google Earth is getting a revival, with the mapping service becoming more of a tool for adventure and exploration. Google has partnered with such groups as the BBC, NASA and the producers of &quot;Sesame Street&quot; to mix in video clips, photos and text narratives. The Jane Goodall Institute, for instance, lets you journey to spots in Tanzania that inspired the chimpanzee expert. (AP Photo/Anick Jesdanun)

Google Earth invites you to ‘get lost’ exploring the planet

By ANICK JESDANUN - Associated Press

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will carry supplies to the International Space Station stands ready at complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Monday, April 17, 2017, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday morning and for the first time, NASA cameras will provide live 360-degree video of the rocket heading toward space. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

John Glenn honored with launch of space station supply ship

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

NASA providing 1st live 360-degree view of rocket launch

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE- This undated file image displayed on a search warrant provided by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California shows a very small piece of moon rock, center, taken from Joann Davis during a sting operation. A federal agent unnecessarily degraded Davis when he interrogated her for nearly two hours in 2011 after seizing the moon rock she said her late husband had received from astronaut Neil Armstrong, a federal appeals court said Thursday, April 13, 2017. (U.S District Court for the Central District of California via AP, File)

Court: Detention of woman during moon rock sting ‘degrading’

By BY SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

In this Jan. 13, 2017 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Peggy Whitson, center, floats inside the Quest airlock of the International Space Station with Thomas Pesquet, left, and Shane Kimbrough before their spacewalk. On Wednesday, April 5, 2017, NASA announced that Whitson will remain on the ISS until September 2017, adding three months to her original mission. (NASA via AP)

Veteran NASA spacewoman getting 3 extra months in orbit

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 file photo, U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station, waves from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz MS-3 spaceship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On Thursday, March 30, 2017, Whitson set a record for the most spacewalks by a woman, eight, as she works on preparations for a new docking port on the ISS. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Spacewalkers lose piece of shielding, use patch instead

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press