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Russian ship with tourist docks with space station: reports

Mar 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi along with a US and a Russian astronaut docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as ...

ISS Expedition 18 Crew Completes Spacewalk

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Mar 10, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuesday's spacewalk with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov concluded at 5:11 p.m. EDT when the Pirs docking module airlock was closed. The spacewalk concluded ...

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Space station astronauts 'spacewalk' in airlock

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Jun 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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.

NASA schedules four ISS spacewalks

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Jan 24, 2007 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA astronauts are to conduct an unprecedented series of four spacewalks during the next month at the International Space Station.

Station Crew Begins Spacewalk to Retrieve Soyuz Pyro Bolt

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Jul 10, 2008 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko began a spacewalk at 2:48 p.m. EDT Thursday to inspect and retrieve an explosive bolt from their Soyuz TMA-12. The bolt ...

Astronaut Greg Chamitoff swabs for fungi on Aug. 20, 2008

Astronauts Swab the Deck

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Feb 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

If you saw a mushroom growing in your bathroom, you'd probably bring out the heavy artillery. - Mr. Clean, astride a Howitzer

Saturday Spacewalk to Complete Harmony Hookup to Station

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Nov 23, 2007 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

A 6-hour, 30-minute spacewalk by International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani will continue the external outfitting of the Harmony node in its new position in front of the ...

Spacewalkers to Hook Up Harmony at its New Location

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Nov 16, 2007 | 5 / 5 (2) | 4

A 6-hour, 40-minute spacewalk by International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani will begin the external outfitting of the Harmony node in its new position in front of the ...

Astronauts Prepare for Spacewalk With Campout

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Sep 11, 2006 | 2.2 / 5 (10) | 0

STS-115 Mission Specialists Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper are on a “campout” in the International Space Station’s Quest Airlock. They are spending the night in the airlock in preparation for their ...

ISS Spacewalkers Test Planetary Protection Concept

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Mar 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

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, ...

Expedition 16 Completes Spacewalk

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Nov 20, 2007 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani wound up a 7-hour, 16-minute spacewalk to outfit the Harmony node in its new position in front of the U.S laboratory Destiny ...