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Russian ship with tourist docks with space station: reports

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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 ...

NASA Invites Young People to Take Virtual Space Station Spacewalks

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Oct 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine the thrill of floating out of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space and what it would be like to work on the orbiting science laboratory.

Discovery astronauts ready for final spacewalk

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Sep 05, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Astronauts of the US space shuttle Discovery will venture again into outer space Saturday on a third and final spacewalk of their mission designed to help complete the International Space Station.

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.

Spacewalkers equip Hubble with new computer

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May 15, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

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.

Beyond Apollo: Moon Tech Takes a Giant Leap

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Apr 09, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (13) | 12

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 ...

Russian ship with tourist docks with space station

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Mar 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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

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, ...

NASA weighs repair of jammed pin in third spacewalk

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Mar 22, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 5

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 ...

Astronauts Swab the Deck

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Feb 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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ISS Crew Prepares for Monday Night's Spacewalk

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Dec 22, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Expedition 18 crew aboard the International Space Station shifted its sleep schedule Sunday night and awoke later than usual to begin preparations for Monday night's spacewalk by Commander ...

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