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Columbus, one year on orbit
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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Exactly one year ago today, the European Columbus laboratory arrived at its berth on the International Space Station, signalling the start of a new era for Europe in human spaceflight.
ESA’s next long-term ISS mission has a name: OasISS
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In May 2009, Frank De Winne, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month mission. This mission ...
MIT report outlines goals for future of human space program
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by MIT researchers releases today the most comprehensive independent review of the future of the nation’s human spaceflight program undertaken in many years. The report recommends setting loftier ...
Successful re-entry marks bright future for ATV
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Sep 29, 2008 |
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Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne successfully completed its six-month ISS logistics mission today with its controlled destructive re-entry over a completely uninhabited area of the ...
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Astronauts collect blood for immune study
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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International Space Station crew members are collecting blood, saliva and urine samples to study their immune function in microgravity.
Europe launches study into manned spacecraft scheme
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) said it had taken an important first step in a tentative project to build a manned spacecraft that would be launched atop its Ariane 5 rocket.
Space station crew finally at full staff of six (w/Video)
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May 29, 2009 |
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The crew of the International Space Station has increased to six for the first time today with the arrival of three new residents including ESA astronaut Frank De Winne with the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft.
Microscopic 'astronauts' to go back in orbit
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Mar 10, 2008 |
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When space shuttle Endeavor blasts off on March 11, some tiny ‘astronauts’ will piggyback onboard an experimental payload from Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute.
Preparing for a journey to Mars: Crew locked for 105 days in simulator
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Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On 31 March, a crew of six, including a French pilot and a German engineer, will embark on a 105-day simulated Mars mission. They will enter a special facility at the Institute of Biomedical ...
Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight
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Oct 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.
Space Station Crew Landing Moved to Saturday
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Apr 19, 2007 |
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The 14th crew of the ISS, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, along with Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, will land at 8:30 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 21 in Kazakhstan.
Worms survived shuttle crash
Jan 03, 2006 |
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NASA says tiny nematode worms that were aboard the space shuttle Columbia when it exploded were recovered alive in Texas.
ESA to recruit new European astronauts
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Apr 10, 2008 |
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With ESA astronauts working in the Columbus laboratory onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the first of ESA’s new ATV cargo ships having delivered fresh supplies to the station, ESA’s human spaceflight ...
Salmonella Spills its Secrets on the Space Shuttle
May 07, 2009 |
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Salmonella, what's gotten into you? Researchers have been asking themselves this question ever since Salmonella bacteria grown on board the space shuttle returned to Earth 3 to 7 times more virulent than S ...
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