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1. Tools Get Loose During ISS Spacewalk

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   ... and Zarya modules. While they also purposefully jettisoned an old camera, two other objects got loose and floated away from the astronauts. The objects are being tracked to make sure they will not pose ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

2. Astronauts in the Oval Office

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   President Barack Obama greets the STS-132 Atlantis crew and International Space Station astronaut T.J. Creamer in the Oval Office, July 26, 2010. From left, STS-132 Commander Ken Ham; Expedition 22/23 ... Sunday, 25 July 2010

3. Symbol of Cooperation

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   On July 17, 1975, Cold War rivals America and the Soviet Union met in Earth orbit as American Apollo astronauts Tom Stafford, Vance Brand and Deke Slayton docked with Soviet Soyuz cosmonauts Aleksey Leonov ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

4. On the 'Couch'

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   The Mercury 7 astronauts examine their 'couches.' Each astronaut's couch was molded to fit his body to help withstand the G-loads of the launch. Plaster casts of the astronauts were created in order to ... Tuesday, 29 June 2010

5. NASA Day on the Hill

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   ... the Hill in the Rayburn Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building, on June 23, 2010. Pictured is Scarab, a new generation lunar rover designed to assist astronauts take rock and mineral samples and explore ... Tuesday, 22 June 2010

6. John Glenn: Keep the Space Shuttles Flying

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   ... a potential plan to allow US astronauts to keep launching on US vehicles. While Glenn supports President Barack Obama's plan to extend operations of the International Space Station and to forego ... Monday, 21 June 2010

7. Expedition 24 Heads to the Station

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   The Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, carrying Expedition 24 NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010

8. Unusual Views of the Soyuz Rocket

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   'Up, up the long delirious burning blue...' View from the Soyuz flame trench by 'Astro_Wheels,' astronaut Douglas Wheelock. Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut will launch to the International ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010

9. Preparing for Liftoff

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   The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 astronauts Shannon ... Sunday, 13 June 2010

10. Ice Caves Possible on Mars

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    ... caves on Mars may provide future astronauts with more than just shelter. In many locations, even far from the poles, the caves may actually trap water ice. Ice caves are made of rock, but they contain ... Wednesday, 09 June 2010

11. Attention Teachers and Students: Fly An Experiment on Final Shuttle Mission

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    ... There is room for 45 different experiments to be flown for 10 days aboard Shuttle Endeavour, each designed by middle school and high school classes across the U.S., and with astronauts operating the experiments. ... Tuesday, 08 June 2010

12. Crew Embarks on 520-Day Mock Mission to Mars

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    ... in a warehouse in Moscow and locking the hatches behind them today. The mission runs from June 2010 to November 2011, and like a real Mars mission, the crew will live and work like astronauts, eating ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

13. Astronaut Demonstrates Gravity on Different Planetary Bodies (Video)

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    One of our favorite astronauts, Chris Hadfield from Canada, was recently part of the NEEMO-14 crew — NASA's Extreme Environment Mission Operations — who spent two weeks in an underwater ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

14. NASA plans 'Summer of Innovation'

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    ... been invited to the event at JPL. They will have the opportunity to speak directly with NASA astronauts, engineers and scientists and will participate in eight interactive and educational activities, such ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

15. Six men to brave 520-day isolation on 'Mars mission'

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    ... be the disruption of contact "with the family, the girlfriend, the friends with whom the distance is going to be difficult to manage." Their diet will be no different to that enjoyed by real-life astronauts ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

16. Baikonur Turns 55

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    ... from Baikonur. When the American "Shuttles" cease to fly to the ISS, only Russian space ships will be available to carry cosmonauts and astronauts to the ISS. After seeing the "Progress-M" ship, Chief ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

17. China May Become Space Station Partner

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    ... is the first time that we shall have quasi-astronauts from Russia, China and ESA living together for 520 days. This is a good step," he said. The Mars-500 project is a three-stage experiment including ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

18. 520 Days On A Simulated Flight To Mars

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    Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 02, 2010 - On 3 June 2010, six 'astronauts' will commence a virtual trip to Mars. Sealed into a cramped container at the Moscow Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) for 520 ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

19. Russian spacecraft with astronauts lands: mission control

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    Moscow (AFP) June 2, 2010 - A Russian spacecraft carrying a Russian cosmonaut, a US astronaut and a Japanese astronaut has landed in Kazakhstan, a mission control official in Moscow said Wednesday. Russian ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

20. Expedition 23 Crew Members Returning To Earth Tonight

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    ... Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko. A new trio of Expedition 24 flight engineers - NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikin ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010