Astronauts install porch on space station
Reuters - Sat Jul 18, 9:58 pm ETSpacewalking astronauts secured a "front porch" on Saturday to the International Space Station that will expose scientific experiments to the cold vacuum of outer space.
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Spacewalking astronauts secured a "front porch" on Saturday to the International Space Station that will expose scientific experiments to the cold vacuum of outer space.
Spacewalkers and robotic arm operators attached the final piece of the International Space Station's Japanese Kibo laboratory - an exposed platform for science experiments.
Spacewalkers install a platform that will expose experiments to the cold vacuum of space. Spacewalking astronauts secured a "front porch" Saturday to the International Space Station that will expose scientific experiments to the cold vacuum of outer space.
Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The space shuttle and space station hooked up Friday after a round-the-world chase, making for the biggest crowd ever gathered together in orbit — 13 earthlings.
The International Space Station is now more crowded than it's ever been before, with a record number of 13 people onboard.
The space shuttle Endeavour fired its thrusters late Friday just hours after linking up with the International Space Station in order to move the outpost clear of a piece of orbital junk.
NASA - Two astronauts ventured out for a space walk this morning to do some construction work. You can see one over to the right working on Japan's huge billion-dollar lab at the International Space Station. They're installing an outdoor platform for science experiments. This is the first of five space walks planned over the next two weeks for this shuttle flight. The Space Station is more ...
Space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at the international space station.
Shuttle Endeavour astronauts floated aboard the International Space Station on Friday, swelling its crew to a record 13 and marking the start of an ambitious 11-day construction mission.
Astronauts working inside and out installed a porch for experiments on Japan's enormous space station lab Saturday, accomplishing the major objective despite microphone static that often drowned out the spacewalkers' voices.
U.S. space shuttle Endeavour slipped into a berthing port at the International Space Station on Friday, ferrying the last piece of Japan's research laboratory, tons of supplies and a new crewmember to the orbital outpost.
The long-awaited crew of the space shuttle Endeavour finally arrived at the International Space Station Friday to begin a two-week construction visit.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle and space station hooked up Friday after a round-the-world chase, making for the biggest crowd ever gathered together in orbit - 13 Earthlings. Endeavour docked at the International Space Station as the two craft soared 220 miles above the Australian coast. Once the hatches popped open, the seven shuttle astronauts floated into the space station, one by ...
Shuttle docks with the International Space Station after a two-day orbital chase, boosting the lab's combined crew to a record 13 for a complex construction mission.
The space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-astronaut crew plan to arrive at the International Space Station Friday for a long-awaited visit more than a month overdue.
Space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the international space station following a two-day chase.