News tagged with space crew
Volunteers wanted for simulated 520-day Mars mission
(PhysOrg.com) -- Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate a 520-day round-trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the martian surface. In reality, they will live and work in a sealed facility ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Return to Sender: MISSE-6 Comes Home After More Than a Year in Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's been eight years since the first Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE, arrived at the orbiting laboratory. During that time, more than 4,000 materials samples have ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Space station crew finally at full staff of six (w/Video)
The crew of the International Space Station has increased to six for the first time today with the arrival of three new residents including ESA astronaut Frank De Winne with the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 29, 2009 |
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Russia signs deal to ferry astronauts in 2012
(AP) -- The Russian space agency says it has signed a $306 million deal with NASA to ferry its astronauts to the international space station in 2012.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 29, 2009 |
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New dinner table top priority as ISS expands
Astronauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said Thursday that constructing a new dinner table would be a top priority as its permanent crew expands to six.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 07, 2009 |
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Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'
A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2009 |
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US space tourist's return put off by a day
(AP) -- A billionaire American space tourist in the middle of his second stay aboard the international space station will return to Earth a day later than originally planned, Russian space officials said ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Discovery Docks to International Space Station
(PhysOrg.com) -- At 5:19:53: p.m. EDT, space shuttle Discovery docked to the Pressurized Mating Adaptor on the front of the International Space Station's Harmony module.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Shuttle Discovery zooms toward space station
(AP) -- With a kick of its rocket thrusters, space shuttle Discovery zoomed to the international space station Tuesday to deliver one last set of solar wings that should bring the orbiting complex to full ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2009 |
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NASA hopeful repairs will permit Sunday launch
(AP) -- NASA is unsure what caused the hydrogen gas leak that prevented space shuttle Discovery from flying, but nonetheless will attempt another launch Sunday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2009 |
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Preparing for a journey to Mars: Crew locked for 105 days in simulator
(PhysOrg.com) -- On 31 March, a crew of six, including a French pilot and a German engineer, will embark on a 105-day simulated Mars mission. They will enter a special facility at the Institute of Biomedical ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Europe names crew for Mars 'mission'
The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday named a Frenchman and a German who will join four Russians in an innovative 105-day isolation experiment to test whether humans can one day fly to Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2009 |
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