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  ESA's Third ATV Lifts Off With Supplies for the International Space Station

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:06 AM on Mar 23, 2012

  The European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, the Edoardo Amaldi, sped toward a March 28 rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station, hours after a ... Read More >>

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  Soyuz Mission Lifts Off Successfully For the International Space Station

  Posted by Mark Carreau 1:33 PM on Dec 21, 2011

  A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a three-man, multi-national crew sped toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station, following a successful lift off early Wednesday ... Read More >>

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  U. S., Russian and European Astronauts Ready to Restore Space Station to Six Crew Operations

  Posted by Mark Carreau 12:08 PM on Dec 21, 2011

  Russia's Soyuz 29S mission will deliver NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut OlegKononenko and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, seatedleft ... Read More >>

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  Three Man Space Station Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

  Posted by Mark Carreau 2:30 AM on Nov 22, 2011

  American Mike Fossum, left, and Russian Sergey Volkov moments after their extraction from theSoyuz TMA-02M spacecraft. Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa was still ... Read More >>

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  U. S., Russian Soyuz Crew Docks with the International Space Station

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:32 AM on Nov 16, 2011

  Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 takes aim at the Poisk dockingport on the International Space Station. Photo Credit/NASA TVRussia’s TMA-22 spacecraft docked successfully with the Inter... Read More >>

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  Final Shuttle Crew Headed to Port

  Posted by Mark Carreau 8:49 AM on Jul 21, 2011

   The darkened Kennedy Space Center runway is home sweet home for the Atlantis astronauts.Photo Credit/NASA TVThe Atlantis astronauts are headed back to Earth.Commander Chris F... Read More >>

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  Weather Never Better as Atlantis Nears De-Orbit Burn

  Posted by Mark Carreau 8:02 AM on Jul 21, 2011

  "The weather could not be better," NASA's Mission Control informed the Atlantis astronauts as they neared the de-orbit burn for a descent to the Kennedy Space Center.The braking ma... Read More >>

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  Atlantis Landing Forecast: "Severe Clear"

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:58 AM on Jul 21, 2011

  The Atlantis astronauts can expect great weather as they descend to Earth early Thursday, following a successful 13-day re-supply mission to the International Space Stati... Read More >>

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  Atlantis Crew Gives Troublesome Computer Test Run, Presents U. S. Flag Challenge

  Posted by Mark Carreau 6:37 PM on Jul 16, 2011

  Atlantis, upper left, and the International Space Station circle the Earth on Saturday. Raffaello,the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module that launched aboard the orbiter, is visible to... Read More >>

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  Shuttle Astronauts Recover Failed Computer, Place Troubled Processor in Hibernation

  Posted by Mark Carreau 10:56 AM on Jul 15, 2011

  Mission commander Chris Ferguson, left, pilot Doug Hurley discuss Atlantis computer issue earlyFriday.   Photo Credit/NASA TV   Atlantis commander Chris Fe... Read More >>

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