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Astronauts install porch on space station

Reuters - Sat Jul 18, 9:58 pm ET

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.

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Astronauts Add Porch to Space Station
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Sat Jul 18, 6:31 pm ET
Spacewalkers and robotic arm operators attached the final piece of the International Space Station's Japanese Kibo laboratory - an exposed platform for science experiments.
International Space Station gets 'front porch'
Los Angeles Times - Sat Jul 18, 11:02 pm ET
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.
Hook-up puts 13 astronauts into space station
New Haven Register - 24 minutes ago
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.
Space Station Population Hits Record High
Fox News - Sat Jul 18, 10:30 am ET
The International Space Station is now more crowded than it's ever been before, with a record number of 13 people onboard.
Space Station, Shuttle Dodge Space Junk
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 17, 10:45 pm ET
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.
Astronauts Work on International Space Station
KETK 56 Tyler - Sat Jul 18, 6:57 pm ET
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 ...
Shuttle Endeavour docks at space station
USA Today - Fri Jul 17, 7:20 pm ET
Space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at the international space station.
Space station crew swells to 13 with shuttle team
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 17, 5:16 pm ET
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 Complete First Spacewalk at Space Station
Fox News - Sat Jul 18, 4:01 am ET
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.
Shuttle arrives at space station for 11-day stay
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 17, 3:10 pm ET
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.
Shuttle Endeavour Arrives at Space Station
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 17, 2:02 pm ET
The long-awaited crew of the space shuttle Endeavour finally arrived at the International Space Station Friday to begin a two-week construction visit.
Shuttle Endeavour arrives at International Space Station
Baltimore Sun - Sat Jul 18, 3:38 am ET
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 Endeavour docks with space station
CNET - Fri Jul 17, 7:43 pm ET
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.
Shuttle Endeavour Closes in on Space Station
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 17, 8:30 am ET
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 closes in on space station
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Jul 17, 6:52 am ET
Space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the international space station following a two-day chase.