News tagged with spacewalker
NASA to Launch Robonaut 2 Robot to International Space Station
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will launch the first human-like robot to space later this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, or R2, was developed jointly ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2010 |
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US lunar pull-out leaves China shooting for moon
China aims to land its first astronauts on the moon within a decade at the dawn of a new era of manned space exploration -- a race it now leads thanks to the US decision to drop its lunar programme.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2010 |
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Astronauts unveil phenomenal new window on world
(AP) -- In a highly anticipated grand finale to their mission, astronauts opened the shutters on the International Space Station's new observation deck Wednesday and were humbled by "absolutely spectacular" ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2010 |
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China's space program shoots for moon, Mars, Venus
This year, a rocket will carry a boxcar-sized module into orbit, the first building block for a Chinese space station. Around 2013, China plans to launch a lunar probe that will set a rover loose on the moon. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Let there be light: Camera hooked up for Hubble
(AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to making the observatory ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 14, 2009 |
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Servicing Mission 4 -- the fifth and final visit to Hubble
(PhysOrg.com) -- The combination of Hubble's powerful suite of instruments and its position far above the effects of Earth's atmosphere has consistently produced outstanding scientific results for nineteen ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 01, 2009 |
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Astronauts enter space station's newest room
(AP) -- Astronauts swung open the door to the International Space Station's newest room Friday night, using flashlights to illuminate the shadowy chamber and wearing goggles and masks to keep themselves safe ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2010 |
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Stuck bolt, dead battery bedevil Hubble repairs
(AP) -- Spacewalkers' specially designed tools couldn't dislodge a balky bolt interfering with repairs Sunday at the Hubble Space Telescope, so they took an approach more familiar to people puttering around ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 17, 2009 |
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Russian cargo ship sends supplies to space
An unmanned Russian cargo vessel brought a fresh supply of food, fuel and oxygen Sunday for the six-strong crew of the International Space Station, Russian space official said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2011 |
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Spacewalkers pull off toughest Hubble repairs yet
(AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a better view of the cosmos by installing a new high-tech instrument Saturday, then pulled off their toughest job yet: fixing a broken camera.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 16, 2009 |
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Spacewalking 'superhero' untangles cable on boom
(AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut freed a snagged cable on the inspection boom for shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, accomplishing the job in a matter of minutes and earning a "superhero" title.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 19, 2010 |
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Astronauts finish repairs on Hubble space telescope
(AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts completed repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope on Monday, leaving it more powerful than ever and able to peer even deeper into the cosmos - almost to the brink of creation. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2009 |
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Robot assembles truss structures autonomously
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like something straight out of "Star Wars," armies of robots could nimbly be crawling up towers and skyscrapers to make repairs in the not-so-distant future, so humans don't have to.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Astronauts have trouble with repair work at Hubble
(AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts had to install a refurbished pair of gyroscopes in the Hubble Space Telescope on Friday after one of the brand new ones refused to go in.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 15, 2009 |
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Astronauts say goodbye to Hubble for good (Update)
(AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts tenderly dropped the Hubble Space Telescope overboard Tuesday, sending the restored observatory off on a new voyage of discovery and bidding it farewell on behalf of the planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 19, 2009 |
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