Unprecedented photo op for shuttle-space station
(AP) -- In an unprecedented cosmic photo shoot Monday, a departing spaceship snapped close-up glamour pictures of the space shuttle Endeavour attached to the International Space Station.
(AP) -- In an unprecedented cosmic photo shoot Monday, a departing spaceship snapped close-up glamour pictures of the space shuttle Endeavour attached to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
May 23, 2011
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(AP) -- The astronauts circling Earth got another VIP call from Rome on Monday.
Space Exploration
May 23, 2011
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The next-to-last space shuttle flight has been delayed again, this time to at least the middle of May for extra electrical tests.
Space Exploration
May 6, 2011
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A Soyuz craft carrying two Russians and an American on Thursday docked with the International Space Station, ahead of celebrations marking half a century since Yuri Gagarin's trail-blazing flight.
Space Exploration
Apr 7, 2011
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Three astronauts on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station in a spaceship named after the first man in space Yuri Gagarin in honour of his historic flight 50 years ago.
Space Exploration
Apr 4, 2011
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A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a US and two Russians astronauts Wednesday parachuted amid hailing winds into a snow-swept Kazakh steppe after a five-month mission to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2011
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A plan for Russia's Soyuz capsule to fly around the International Space Station and take pictures of the US shuttle Discovery and other global spacecraft was deemed too risky, NASA said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2011
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Astronauts at the orbiting International Space Station on Tuesday installed a permanent Italian-built storage module, while Russia nixed plans to fly around and take pictures of the crowded lab.
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2011
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Russia will reopen its Soyuz space ships to paying tourists in 2013 after a hiatus since 2009, the US-based company that organises the trips with Russia's space agency said Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2011
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Russia on Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the world's most horrific but long-classified space catastrophe when 126 people were burned alive during a launch pad accident.
Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2010
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