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Space Station Room With a View

Space Station Room With a View

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is about to get a new "eye-pod." The Tranquility node headed for the space station early in 2010 will feature a viewing dome unlike any other window ever flown ...





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European-built Node 3 starts its journey to the ISS

European-built Node 3 starts its journey to the ISS

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 17 May.


ESA Transfer Ownership Of European-Built ISS Observation Module To NASA

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created Jul 27, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ownership of the European-built Cupola observation module for the International Space Station (ISS) was officially transferred to NASA on 7 July 2005. The signature, which took place at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...


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Completion of the Observation Module "Cupola" for the International Space Station

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created Aug 30, 2004 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Development phase completion of the European-built observation module, or "cupola", for the International Space Station will be marked by a ceremony at the Alenia Spazio facility in Turin, Italy on Monday 6 Septemb ...


Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth (AP)

Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth

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created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


Astronauts pack trash, surplus gear for ride home (AP)

Astronauts pack trash, surplus gear for ride home

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created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle and space station are nearly finished packing up a moving van for return to Earth in a few days.


Message from space for Olympic athletes

Message from space for Olympic athletes

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created Feb 27, 2006 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

From one international cooperation to another, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS), American William McArthur and Russian Valery Tokarev, yesterday congratulated the Olympic athletes gathered ...


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NASA sets date for final shuttle mission in 2010

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created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010.



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