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Robot space truck docks with ISS

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform
BBC News -- Europe's sophisticated new space truck, the ATV, has docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The unmanned vessel carries just under five tonnes of food, water, air, fuel and equipment for the orbiting platform's three astronauts. The Auto.. Read More
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Shuttle docks with space station

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Mar 14, 2008 @ 8:24am neoform
BBC News -- The US space shuttle Endeavour has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) hundreds of miles above Southeast Asia. The three residents of the ISS greeted the seven astronauts with hugs as they boarded the orbiting space station. During 12.. Read More
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Computer crash hits space station

International Space Station
SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 12:18pm neoform
BBC News -- Russian computers controlling the International Space Station's (ISS) orientation and supply of oxygen and water have failed, Nasa officials say. The station's three crew and seven visiting shuttle astronauts are not at any immediate risk; the ISS has.. Read More
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Meteorite punches hole in International Space Station

SCIENCE / NEWS Sun Jun 10, 2007 @ 8:57pm neoform
Sydney Morning Herald -- A mini-meteorite has left a bullet-sized hole in a module of the International Space Station (ISS), but the three-person US-Russian team of astronauts inside are not in danger, a Russian official said. The puncture, in an outer pumping component on the.. Read More
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First private mission set for ISS

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform
BBC News -- The first private manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to go ahead in 2011, a US space tourism company has announced. The mission has been agreed between the company Space Adventures and the Russian federal space agency. A.. Read More
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Space shuttle carries lab to ISS

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform
BBC News -- The space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after a two-day voyage, carrying a $1bn (�500m) Japanese laboratory. The 16-tonne Kibo lab will be the station's biggest room, for the study of biomedicine and material s.. Read More
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Shuttle leaves for space station

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jun 2, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform
BBC News -- Nasa's Discovery shuttle has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The shuttle and its crew of seven are delivering a giant cylinder for Japan's Kibo science lab but also a ne.. Read More
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Freighter boosts altitude of ISS

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Apr 28, 2008 @ 8:25am neoform
BBC News -- Europe's "Jules Verne" freighter has pushed the International Space Station (ISS) to a higher altitude. The space truck, which docked to the rear of the platform this month, fired its thrusters for a 740-second burn, raising the ISS orbit by 4.5km... Read More
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First S Korean in space launches

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Apr 8, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform
BBC News -- The Soyuz rocket carrying South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-yeon, has launched successfully on its voyage to the International Space Station (ISS). Ms Yi and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur space centre at 1116 GMT... Read More
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Space truck's big moment arrives

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Apr 3, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform
BBC News -- Europe's sophisticated new space truck, the ATV, is set to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). The unmanned vessel will deliver just under five tonnes of food, water, air, fuel and equipment to the orbiting platform's three astronauts... Read More
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Shuttle crew take spacewalk

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Mar 14, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform
BBC News -- Two astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) have begun their first space walk. Hours after arriving aboard the shuttle Endeavour, Richard Linnehan and Garrett Reisman are undertaking two operations. They must attach a sectio.. Read More
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Discovery shuttle returns safely

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Nov 8, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform
BBC News -- Space shuttle Discovery has landed in Florida after an eventful 15-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew touched down at 1301 ET (1801 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center. During their time at the orbiting outpost, the shuttle'.. Read More
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Shuttle undocks for Earth return

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Nov 6, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform
BBC News -- The Discovery shuttle has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) to start its journey home. The orbiter pushed away from the outpost some 350km (220 miles) above the Pacific Ocean. Discovery's crew has delivered a new connecting node to.. Read More
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Nasa studies ripped solar panel

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Oct 31, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform
BBC News -- Nasa is trying to assess the damage in a newly unfurled solar wing at the International Space Station (ISS). The panel is part of an array held inside a girder that was moved on Tuesday from its temporary site on the platform to a new, permanent locati.. Read More
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Astronauts extend space station

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform
BBC News -- Two astronauts have begun a spacewalk, unpacking a unit from Shuttle Discovery that will be fixed as an extension to the International Space Station (ISS). Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock stepped into space for an operation due t.. Read More
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Shuttle prepares to dock with ISS

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform
BBC News -- Space Shuttle Discovery is preparing to dock with the International Space Station to begin a week-and-a-half long construction mission. Discovery will do a back-flip as it glides close to the ISS, allowing crew members to inspect its wings and nose for.. Read More
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Shuttle heads for space station

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Oct 24, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform
BBC News -- Space Shuttle Discovery has begun a 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), after a successful launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Despite earlier concerns about poor weather, the shuttle blasted off at 1138 local time (1638 BST)... Read More
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Astronauts begin second spacewalk

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Aug 13, 2007 @ 4:57pm neoform
BBC News -- Two astronauts have begun a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) as Nasa decides whether to repair a gouge on the space shuttle Endeavour. A chunk of insulating foam hit the shuttle during lift-off, creating a 9cm (3.5in) square goug.. Read More
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Endeavour shuttle ready to launch

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Aug 8, 2007 @ 1:00pm neoform
BBC News -- The US space shuttle Endeavour has been cleared to launch from Florida on an 11 to 14 day assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The shuttle is scheduled to blast off at 2336 BST (1836 EDT) on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center.. Read More
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Shuttle docks with space station

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 10:29am neoform
BBC News -- The Atlantis orbiter has docked with the International Space Station (ISS), on the first shuttle mission of 2007. The craft locked on to the station at 1938 GMT, some 350km (220 miles) above the western Pacific Ocean. Nasa engineers have been examin.. Read More
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