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  U.S., Canadian, Russian Space Station Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

  Posted by Mark Carreau 8:05 PM on May 13, 2013

  Canada's first command of the International Space Station drew to a close late Monday, as skipper Chris Hadfield, U.S. astronaut Tom Marshburn and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko boarded... Read More >>

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  Community Matters - Some Guidelines

  Posted by Rupa Haria 5:24 AM on May 13, 2013

  Aviation Week is committed to publishing content that matters to aerospace professionals and those with an interest in the industry.  Our community platform is free to us... Read More >>

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  Spacewalk Repairs Show Favorable Signs of Solving Space Station Thermal Control System Leak

  Posted by Mark Carreau 8:15 AM on May 11, 2013

  U.S. spacewalkers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn searched hard Saturday but failed to find the “smoking gun" source of an ammonia coolant leak on the International Space Sta... Read More >>

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  ISS Mission Managers Approve Saturday Spacewalk Repairs

  Posted by Mark Carreau 9:27 PM on May 10, 2013

  The International Space Station's Mission Management Team approved a contingency space walk late Friday, an excursion that will send NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn... Read More >>

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  Station Crew Prepares For Spacewalk to Deal With Radiator Leak

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:57 AM on May 10, 2013

  International Space Station crew members Chris Cassidy and Tom Marsburn began preparations early Friday for a weekend spacewalk to investigate a coolant leak on the station’s... Read More >>

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  NASA Troubleshoots Growing ISS Thermal Control System Leak

  Posted by Mark Carreau 8:54 PM on May 09, 2013

  NASA flight control teams began powering down systems aboard the International Space Station late Thursday, after the six man crew spotted a growing ammonia coolant leak from the o... Read More >>

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  Lunar Sample Studies Point to Meteorites as Common Earth, Moon Water Source

  Posted by Mark Carreau 12:54 PM on May 09, 2013

  New evidence gathered from studies of lunar magma samples collected by the Apollo 15 and 17 mission astronauts suggest the moon and Earth share a common primary source of water, th... Read More >>

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  Details of NASA's Proposed Asteroid Mission

  Posted by Sean Meade 9:07 AM on Apr 30, 2013

  This week's AW&ST carries our most recent coverage of NASA's proposed mission: Asteroid Capture Seen As Catalyst For Exploration. Along with that story is additional informati... Read More >>

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  Please Washington: No Ankle Biting

  Posted by Mark Carreau 11:21 AM on Apr 28, 2013

  The White House and Congress once again face some tough choices over the future of U. S. human space exploration -- even as the mid-2011 retirement of NASA's long-running shuttle p... Read More >>

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  Russia's Progress 51 Reaches ISS With Disabled Antenna

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:57 AM on Apr 26, 2013

  Russia’s un-piloted Progress 51 supply capsule managed an automated docking with the International Space Station early Friday, overcoming potential difficulties with a disabl... Read More >>

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