(AP) -- Two astronauts who were teaching math and science to middle school students just five years ago went on a spacewalk together Monday, their path cleared of dangerous orbiting junk that had threatened the space station ...
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2009
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On March 19th, astronauts onboard the International Space Station checked themselves for microbes before stepping outside on a space walk. It was a first-ever test of planetary protection technology that, one day, could keep ...
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2009
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(AP) -- Shuttle Discovery's astronauts have one last spacewalk ahead of them.
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2009
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Discovery astronauts prepared for a third and final spacewalk Monday, with a busy to-do list that may include unsticking a jammed restraint pin used to clamp a toolbox to the outside of the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2009
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(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the orbiting station-shuttle complex are finally getting a break.
Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2009
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(AP) -- Astronauts successfully unfurled the newly installed solar wings at the international space station Friday, a nerve-racking procedure that went exceedingly well and brought the orbiting outpost to full power.
Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2009
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(AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts installed the last set of solar wings at the international space station Thursday, accomplishing the top job of shuttle Discovery's mission. Steven Swanson and Richard Arnold II struggled ...
Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2009
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(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle and space station began their high-priority girder work Wednesday, a two-day job that will culminate with the installation of two new solar wings at the orbiting outpost.
Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2009
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(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 Exploration
Mar 17, 2009
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(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 power.
Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2009
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