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(AP) -- When it comes to grabbing a bite to eat, the international space station is living up to its first name. http://www.physorg.com/news171350995.html Space & Earth Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:30:32 EST news171350995 (AP) -- A big piece of space junk safely sped by the international space station and shuttle Discovery, missing by less than a mile. http://www.physorg.com/news171276142.html Space & Earth Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:31:51 EST news171276142 (AP) -- Two astronauts stepped out on a spacewalk to install a new tank of space station coolant Thursday as a large piece of orbiting junk headed their way. http://www.physorg.com/news171178459.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:07:56 EST news171178459 (AP) -- A piece of space junk was drifting toward the shuttle-station complex and its 13 astronauts Wednesday, though NASA officials said the threat would not delay an upcoming spacewalk. http://www.physorg.com/news171131163.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:40:03 EST news171131163 (AP) -- A pair of spacewalkers successfully tackled a hefty tank removal job at the international space station Tuesday as their crewmates unloaded comedian Stephen Colbert's namesake treadmill for all "those famously fat astronauts." http://www.physorg.com/news171051323.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:16:08 EST news171051323 (AP) -- It's moving and spacewalking day in orbit. http://www.physorg.com/news171005334.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:29:30 EST news171005334 NASA on Thursday delayed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery until 0359 GMT Saturday so mission specialists could review tests on a faulty valve, the US space agency said. http://www.physorg.com/news170603754.html Space & Earth Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:56:33 EST news170603754 The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday to take photographs of the orbiting research facility before final maneuvers to prepare its return home. http://www.physorg.com/news168016414.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:13:52 EST news168016414 (PhysOrg.com) -- The joint crew of Endeavour and the International Space Station completed the fifth and final spacewalk of the mission. http://www.physorg.com/news167929310.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:20:02 EST news167929310 (AP) -- Astronauts completed the last spacewalk of their shared shuttle and station mission Monday, breezing through some rewiring, camera setups and other outdoor chores. http://www.physorg.com/news167905719.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:29:07 EST news167905719 (AP) -- A space station air purifier was working again Sunday after it shut down at the worst possible time, when company was still visiting and had swollen the on-board crowd to a record 13. http://www.physorg.com/news167837986.html Space & Earth Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:40:54 EST news167837986 (AP) -- The astronauts in orbit, all 13 of them, enjoyed their first day off in more than a week Saturday after a series of grueling spacewalks. http://www.physorg.com/news167826250.html Space & Earth Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:50:02 EST news167826250 (AP) -- Astronauts outfitted the international space station with fresh batteries in an extra-long spacewalk Friday, moving slowly to avoid a repeat of the suit trouble that cut short the previous outing. http://www.physorg.com/news167636815.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:52:59 EST news167636815 (AP) -- Two astronauts cut short their spacewalk and hurried back to the safety of the international space station on Wednesday after a suit problem resulted in rising carbon dioxide levels for one of the men. http://www.physorg.com/news167498858.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:40:03 EST news167498858 (AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts plugged in some big, new, fancy batteries at the international space station Wednesday, working out on a distant ledge. http://www.physorg.com/news167459935.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:36:53 EST news167459935 (AP) -- When it comes to sneezing in a spacesuit during a spacewalk in the void of space, it is best to aim well. http://www.physorg.com/news167402636.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:50:01 EST news167402636 (AP) -- NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside launch pad. http://www.physorg.com/news166551986.html Space & Earth Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:27:00 EST news166551986 (AP) -- Two international space station crewmen squeezed into a small airlock Wednesday and moved a docking mechanism to accommodate a research module expected to arrive later this year. http://www.physorg.com/news163835369.html Space & Earth Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:50:24 EST news163835369 (PhysOrg.com) -- International Space Station Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike Barratt completed a spacewalk at 8:46 a.m. EDT Friday to prepare the Zvezda service module for the arrival of a new Russian module. The spacewalk was the seventh for Padalka and the first for Barratt. http://www.physorg.com/news163420786.html Space & Earth Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:40:09 EST news163420786 (PhysOrg.com) -- The new six-member Expedition 20 crew aboard the International Space Station focused on spacewalk preparations and maintenance activities Thursday during a half-duty day. http://www.physorg.com/news163349480.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:51:58 EST news163349480 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Wednesday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected June 13 as the official launch date for the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. Commander Mark Polansky and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 7:17 a.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news163267147.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:59:44 EST news163267147 (AP) -- Sometimes all the high-tech training is nothing compared to what Uncle Frank and a big screwdriver can teach an astronaut about removing stubborn parts, even 350 miles above Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news162054205.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 May 2009 16:04:01 EST news162054205 (AP) -- After five grueling spacewalks to fix the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis gets a day off. http://www.physorg.com/news162016566.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 May 2009 05:37:37 EST news162016566 (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. http://www.physorg.com/news161937231.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 09:52:22 EST news161937231 (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. The last humans to lay hands on Hubble outfitted the observatory with another set of fresh batteries, a new sensor for precise pointing and protective covers. That equipment, along with other improvements made over the last five days, should allow the telescope to provide dazzling views of the universe for another five to 10 years. http://www.physorg.com/news161869745.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 May 2009 16:16:19 EST news161869745 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Monday to finish repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope, never to be touched by human hands again. http://www.physorg.com/news161846037.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 May 2009 09:33:48 EST news161846037 (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 down on Earth: use brute force. http://www.physorg.com/news161786489.html Space & Earth Sun, 17 May 2009 13:43:35 EST news161786489 US astronauts on Sunday will undertake a fourth in a series of five daily spacewalks intended to equip the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope for at least another five years of valuable scientific work. http://www.physorg.com/news161749636.html Space & Earth Sun, 17 May 2009 03:29:38 EST news161749636 (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. http://www.physorg.com/news161688349.html Space & Earth Sat, 16 May 2009 10:26:10 EST news161688349 (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