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(AP) -- Astronauts are getting ready for what could be the most complex spacewalking of their mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news161676348.html Space & Earth Sat, 16 May 2009 07:06:01 EST news161676348 (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. http://www.physorg.com/news161615664.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 May 2009 14:15:12 EST news161615664 (AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts headed out for another spacewalk Friday, this time to give the Hubble Space Telescope some new, badly needed gyroscopes and batteries. http://www.physorg.com/news161599095.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 May 2009 09:38:41 EST news161599095 Spacewalking astronauts upgraded the Hubble telescope for the first time in seven years, equipping the 19-year-old stargazer with a powerful new camera and science computer. http://www.physorg.com/news161595879.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 May 2009 08:45:23 EST news161595879 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts are about to tackle NASA's No. 1 priority in fixing the Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news161583168.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 May 2009 05:13:14 EST news161583168 (AP) -- On Twitter, messages of 140 characters may seem confining. Mike Massimino is finding a different type of space even more limiting - outer space. http://www.physorg.com/news161537881.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 May 2009 16:38:21 EST news161537881 (AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts stepped outside Thursday to begin demanding repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope, a job made all the more dangerous because of the high, debris-ridden orbit. http://www.physorg.com/news161505663.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 May 2009 07:43:28 EST news161505663 A doctor and a fighter jet pilot were welcomed into the Canadian Astronaut Corps on Wednesday, beating out 5,351 applicants who underwent a year of intense evaluations. http://www.physorg.com/news161456606.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 May 2009 18:03:46 EST news161456606 (AP) -- Shuttle Atlantis and its crew moved toward the Hubble Space Telescope for a 350-mile-high grab Wednesday that will set the stage for five days of treacherous spacewalking repairs in an orbit littered with space junk. http://www.physorg.com/news161409855.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 May 2009 12:43:00 EST news161409855 (AP) -- The Atlantis astronauts uncovered a 21-inch stretch of nicks on their space shuttle Tuesday, but NASA said the damage did not appear to be serious. http://www.physorg.com/news161364106.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 May 2009 16:22:42 EST news161364106 (AP) -- Shuttle Atlantis is racing after the Hubble Space Telescope a day after taking off on a daring repair mission. http://www.physorg.com/news161329953.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 May 2009 06:52:44 EST news161329953 (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious repair mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated observatory to new scientific heights. http://www.physorg.com/news161272307.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:06 EST news161272307 (AP) -- Using the power of pictures, the Hubble Space Telescope has snapped away at the mystery of the universe. http://www.physorg.com/news161184094.html Space & Earth Sun, 10 May 2009 14:22:10 EST news161184094 (AP) -- In what's expected to be the last time ever, both of NASA's shuttle launch pads are occupied. Atlantis is on one, primed for a flight this coming week to the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour sits on the other a mile away for a mission no one wants. http://www.physorg.com/news161142179.html Space & Earth Sun, 10 May 2009 02:43:31 EST news161142179 (AP) -- NASA began the countdown for its final trip to the Hubble Space Telescope on Friday as the astronauts who will attempt the daunting repairs arrived at the launching site. http://www.physorg.com/news161028386.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 May 2009 19:06:58 EST news161028386 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. http://www.physorg.com/news160924419.html Space & Earth Thu, 07 May 2009 14:14:26 EST news160924419 How long will it take to develop Star Trek-like medical technologies? The gap between science fiction and reality is closing faster than many people may think. http://www.physorg.com/news160229865.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:18:09 EST news160229865 (AP) -- NASA is facing a critical deadline to make its biggest decision in a generation: whether to go forward with plans to retire the space shuttle fleet and replace it with a new mode of space travel. But the agency still has no chief to make the $230 billion call. http://www.physorg.com/news159643208.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:27:10 EST news159643208 (PhysOrg.com) -- Space seems exotic, forbidding, and remote, but imagine trying to survive winter without a heated shelter or warm clothing. Our ancestors developed these technologies because they needed room to grow; without them, we would still be confined to narrow areas along the equator, but with them, we could live anywhere in the world. With the right technology, space is just another place for people to live. http://www.physorg.com/news159195930.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:06:14 EST news159195930 (AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour is on a launch pad, ready to rocket off on a rescue mission if shuttle Atlantis needs help when it flies to repair the Hubble Space Telescope next month. http://www.physorg.com/news159193884.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:32:02 EST news159193884 (AP) -- One small step for NASA, one giant running leap for Stephen Colbert. http://www.physorg.com/news158991366.html Space & Earth Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:16:38 EST news158991366 The flight computer onboard the Lunar Excursion Module, which landed on the Moon during the Apollo program, had a whopping 4 kilobytes of RAM and a 74 KB "hard drive." In places, the craft's outer skin was as thin as two sheets of aluminum foil. http://www.physorg.com/news158508812.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:14:11 EST news158508812 (AP) -- A Russian spacecraft carrying a crew of three including U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi landed safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, officials said. http://www.physorg.com/news158395899.html Space & Earth Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:52:11 EST news158395899 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt of the 19th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-14 to the International Space Station at 9:05 a.m. EDT Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news157640632.html Space & Earth Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:04:35 EST news157640632 (AP) -- Their mission almost complete, space shuttle Discovery's astronauts checked out their ship's flight systems Friday to ensure a safe return to NASA's spaceport. http://www.physorg.com/news157376663.html Space & Earth Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:45:01 EST news157376663 (AP) -- After eight days together, space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station Wednesday, beaming down stunning photos of the orbiting outpost, finally balanced and boasting all its solar wings. http://www.physorg.com/news157218168.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:43:26 EST news157218168 (AP) -- After eight days together, it's time for the space shuttle and space station crews to say goodbye. http://www.physorg.com/news157187066.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:04:54 EST news157187066 (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he is extraordinarily proud of the astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-space station complex. http://www.physorg.com/news157113500.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:38:35 EST news157113500 (AP) -- The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex are getting some time off before parting company. http://www.physorg.com/news157098052.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:21:27 EST news157098052 (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 and shuttle. On Sunday, the linked shuttle-station complex had to move out of the way of a 4-inch piece of debris that had been projected to come perilously close during the spacewalk. http://www.physorg.com/news157032900.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:47:30 EST news157032900