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ORMatE returns to NRL after nearly 2 years in Earth orbit

Sep 30, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Completing an 18-month mission orbiting the Earth more than 6,000 times on-orbit the International Space Station (ISS), the Optical Reflector Material Experiment (ORMatE-1) returns to Washington, D.C., to ...

Return to Sender: MISSE-6 Comes Home After More Than a Year in Space

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's been eight years since the first Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE, arrived at the orbiting laboratory. During that time, more than 4,000 materials samples have ...

Space Porch Open for Business

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The International Space Station has a new "engawa" -- and it's open for business.

Naval Research Laboratory's ANDE-2 deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 05, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0

The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.

Astronauts return from space to sushi overload

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Koichi Wakata was still getting used to gravity, though it wasn't going to stop him from diving into a deluge of sushi.

Shuttle Endeavour lands safe in Fla.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 31, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful construction job that boosted the size and power of the international space station.

Astronaut bringing test underwear back to Earth (AP)

Japanese astronaut tests endurance -- of his undies

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 30, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 4

(AP) -- In what might embarrass less adventurous souls, astronaut Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth with the underwear he kept on for a solid month during his space station stay and scientists will check ...

Astronauts inspect space shuttle ahead of landing

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 29, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts are inspecting their ship to make sure it's safe for Friday's landing.

This image provided by NASA, shows a partial view of Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space shuttle Endeavour readies return to Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 28, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1

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.

It's a day of farewells for 2 space crews

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 28, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- They've spent the past one-and-a-half weeks together in space, and now it's time for two teams of astronauts to say goodbye.

Astronauts Complete Final Spacewalk of STS-127 Mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The joint crew of Endeavour and the International Space Station completed the fifth and final spacewalk of the mission.

NASA patches air-purifying system on space station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(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.

Astronauts cut spacewalk short due to suit trouble (AP)

Astronauts cut spacewalk short due to suit trouble (Update)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 22, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 2

(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 ...

Spacewalking astronauts replace station batteries

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(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.