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SF Gate
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To everybody's relief, astronauts fixed the toilet at the international space station on Wednesday and opened up a grand new science lab.
The toilet problem had fast become the most pressing issue of the mission, so much so that a spare pump was rushed..
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BBC News
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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..
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BBC News
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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..
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CNN
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Two Russian cosmonauts began to get crucial computers up and running Friday, four days after they crashed at the international space station and curbed the outpost's ability to orient itself and produce oxygen.
The progress came after days of frustrati..
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BBC News
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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..
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FOX News
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The crews of Atlantis and the international space station greeted each other with hugs and handshakes Sunday after the space shuttle arrived at the orbiting outpost.
But amid the smiles and salutations, engineers in Houston 220 miles below started eval..
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Sydney Morning Herald
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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..
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CBS News
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A Russian-built Soyuz capsule carrying the American billionaire who helped develop Microsoft Word docked at the international space station late Monday � to the earthbound applause of Martha Stewart and others at Mission Control.
The lifestyle guru w..
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BBC News
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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..
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MSNBC
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The space shuttle Discovery performed a slow backflip and then docked at the international space station on Monday, delivering a mammoth lab and two new occupants: a NASA astronaut and Buzz Lightyear.
Back at the launch site, meanwhile, NASA hurriedly..
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BBC News
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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..
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MSNBC
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Japan is about to roll out the Lexus of space station labs, a whopper in size and sophistication.
The $1 billion Kibo lab — which means “hope” in Japanese — is poised for a Saturday launch aboard the space shuttle Discovery. It will be the bigg..
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BBC News
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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...
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BBC News
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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...
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BBC News
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Europe's "Jules Verne" freighter has demonstrated the ability to navigate itself to a point just 3,500m from the International Space Station.
The cargo ship, which carries some five tonnes of supplies for the platform, was then instructed by ground con..
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BBC News
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The US space shuttle Endeavour has landed successfully in Florida after the longest mission of its kind to the International Space Station.
Endeavour's descent was slightly delayed by poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center.
During their 16-day mis..
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BBC News
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The space station's new robot, Dextre, is fitted out and ready for duty.
In the third spacewalk of the latest shuttle mission, Endeavour astronauts Rick Linnehan and Robert Behnken fixed tools and cameras to the machine.
The robot, which is properly..
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MSNBC
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A pair of spacewalking astronauts started putting together a robot outside the international space station early Friday despite a problem getting power to the giant machine.
The trouble cropped up Thursday and had engineers scrambling for a solution as..
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MSNBC
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The space shuttle Endeavour pulled up to the international space station and docked Wednesday, kicking off almost two weeks of demanding construction work.
Before the late-night linkup, Endeavour’s commander, Dominic Gorie, guided the shuttle through..
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BBC News
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Europe's space freighter, the ATV, has had its propulsion system fully restored after an earlier glitch had closed down a quarter of its thrusters.
Mission controllers in Toulouse sent up commands to the vehicle on Tuesday that brought the thrusters an..
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