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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the shuttle program entering its final year of operation, engineers are readying Atlantis for launch Monday on a three-spacewalk mission to deliver 15 tons of spare parts and equipment to the International Space Station as a hedge against failures when the shuttle is no longer available for service calls.
A broken device that recycles astronaut urine into clean drinking water on the International Space Station may have a slight impact to life onboard next week when NASA's shuttle Atlantis arrives to boost the number of people there to 12.
( NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ) In a partnership that exemplifies One NASA, engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., teamed up with engineers at NASA's Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers to design, build, and test five new ExPRESS Logistics Carriers, or ELCs, which will be delivered to the International Space Station. "ExPRESS" stands for Expedite the Processing of ...
What's Your Reaction? Dr. Robert Satcher Jr., 44, will become the first orthopedic surgeon in space when he and five other astronauts climb into the space shuttle Atlantis and blast their way to the space station after Monday's 2:28 p.m. launch.
Cape Canaveral, Florida - Astronauts have to plan ahead. Without a hardware store in orbit, the International Space Station has long relied on US space shuttles to haul up the large par...
A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.
A Chicago area doctor is about to become the first orthopedic surgeon in space. On Monday, Dr. Robert Satcher Jr., 44, will be one of six astronauts to embark on a journey to the international space station aboard the space shuttle Atlantis .
Astronauts on the International Space Station welcomed the arrival of a brand-new Russian module Thursday, an orbital room adds more research space and an extra parking spot for visiting spacecraft
A Russian docking port arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, becoming the 11th module to be hooked up to the orbiting outpost. The new room, named Poisk -- a Russian word for "search" -- will double as a ...
A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the Space Station.
Besides taking spare parts to the International Space Station (ISS) this coming Monday, the space shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) will deliver the module antennas for Columbus -- the laboratory built by the European Space Agency (ESA) and host of two Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) antennas.
Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, a new Russian module arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday to give the complex another docking port and a platform for spacewalks and science experiments.
CLEVELAND -- Northern Ohioans will have several opportunities to see the International Space Station this week.
A Russian rocket launched into space Tuesday carrying a brand-new docking port for the International Space Station.
A new Russian research module is on its way to the International Space Station.
A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed.
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