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L-R: Astronauts Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko and Frank De Winne

New dinner table top priority as ISS expands

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Astronauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said Thursday that constructing a new dinner table would be a top priority as its permanent crew expands to six.


US astronaut Michael Fincke

Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history.


Astronauts To Vote From Space

Astronauts To Vote From Space

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In this day and age, people engage in their right to vote from all over the world. But this Nov. 4, few ballots will have traveled as far as those cast by two NASA astronauts.


Russian spacecraft docks with space station

Russian spacecraft docks with space station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-13 to the Earth-facing port of the ...


Expedition 18 Crew Launches from Baikonur

New Crew Blasts Off for International Space Station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new crew that will live and work aboard the International Space Station rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. U.S. astronaut E. Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury ...