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NASA's Final 4: Fate grants them farewell flight
flying streak ends this week with the smallest crew in decades — three men and a woman who were in high school or college when the first space shuttle soared 30 years ago. History will remember these final four as bookending an era that began with (...)

04 - 07 - 2011
Jupiter making closest approach in nearly 50 years
Better catch Jupiter next week in the night sky. It won't be that big or bright again until 2022. Jupiter will pass 368 million miles (592 million kilometers) from Earth late Monday, its closest approach since 1963. The solar system's largest (...)

19 - 09 - 2010
Spacewalk 3: Crew tackles repair work
Space station astronauts tackled the last of their urgent cooling-system repair work Monday, making their third spacewalk in just over a week. Douglas Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson were so anxious to wrap up the job that they floated out more (...)

17 - 08 - 2010
Atlantis' last flight on May 14
Space shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off on its final flight next week, heading to the International Space Station, carrying up a crew of six and a load of supplies. NASA's top managers agreed Wednesday to set May 14 as the launch date. Liftoff (...)

07 - 05 - 2010
Astronauts try to hook up plumbing
A pair of spacewalking astronauts floated back outside Saturday night to hook up plumbing on the newest room of the International Space Station and bring it alive with power. Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick had to route extra-long hoses that (...)

15 - 02 - 2010
New space station room hits snag
Astronauts have run into trouble while setting up the International Space Station's newest room. A cover that's supposed to go between Tranquility and its observation deck does not fit. Metal bars are not locking down properly because of (...)

14 - 02 - 2010
Astronauts pack up for ride home
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. The Italian-built van - essentially a giant cylinder - flew up aboard Discovery with seven tons of space (...)

08 - 09 - 2009
Chest of drawers hoisted aboard space station
Astronauts hitched a giant chest of drawers to the international space station Monday that contained a brand new freezer, sleeping compartment and treadmill bearing a TV comedian's name. The Italian-built chest - nicknamed Leonardo, as in Leonardo (...)

02 - 09 - 2009
NASA to try shuttle launch again today
NASA will try again to launch the shuttle Discovery to the international space station Wednesday after having to call it off because of thunderstorms. The storms popped up unexpectedly late Monday all around the launch site, and lightning lit up (...)

26 - 08 - 2009
From space to sushi
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. They ended up swamped with sushi. Endeavour's smooth (...)

02 - 08 - 2009
NASA may launch Endeavour today
NASA will try to launch space shuttle Endeavour again Wednesday, after repairing a hydrogen gas leak that thwarted the first attempt. Top officials decided Monday to bump an unmanned moon mission so Endeavour could have another shot at flying to (...)

17 - 06 - 2009
Spacewalkers accidentally install pin upside down
Spacewalking astronauts accidentally inserted a pin upside down and jammed an equipment storage platform at the international space station on Saturday, prompting NASA to assemble a special team to try to resolve the problem. Steven Swanson and (...)

23 - 03 - 2009
Happy Birthday! Space Station celebrates 10 out-of-the-world years
NASA couldn't have staged it any better: 10 people in orbit for the 10th anniversary of the world's most elaborate and expensive housing project, the international space station. On Nov. 20, 1998, the first part of the space station was launched by (...)

21 - 11 - 2008
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