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January 24, 2018

Airborne 01.24.18: Astro Bumped From Flt, Merlin PSA, Jet 'Segway"

Also: FAA Clears 787-10, Final G450, Airbus 2017 Heli Results, Smutny Directing US Nationals

The astronaut who was to have been the first African-American woman to work aboard the International Space Station has been removed from her mission, and NASA is not saying why. NASA said in a news release that Serena Auñón-Chancellor, who previously was assigned to Expedition 58/59, has been reassigned to the Expedition 56/57 crew, launching in June. She is taking the place of astronaut Jeanette Epps, who returns to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to assume duties in the Astronaut Office and be considered for assignment to future missions. Flight testing is underway on the latest variant of the Merlin PSA (Personal Sport Aircraft) In Lakeland, FL. The airplane

Space Station Orbits Earth For 7000th Day

First Component Of The Station Was Launched In 1998

The International Space Station has been orbiting Earth for 7,000 days as of today Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. The first module, the Russian Zarya cargo module, launched to space in November of 1998. The first crew arrived at the young three-module orbital laboratory in November of 2000.

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