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  Carbon Dioxide Control

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 4:15 PM on Jul 26, 2009

  Flight controllers are closely monitoring carbon dioxide levels on the International Space Station and the space shuttle Endeavour after a problem with the device in the U.S. porti... Read More >>

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  A Little Down Time

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 12:56 PM on Jul 25, 2009

  The combined crews of the space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station are taking a well-deserved day off today, after 10 days of hard work finishing up the Japanese... Read More >>

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  Payload Transfer

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 5:32 PM on Jul 19, 2009

  Astronauts and cosmonauts pulled a special cargo carrier from the payload bay of the space shuttle Endeavour this morning and installed it on the International Space Station's mobi... Read More >>

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  Going Outside

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 4:30 PM on Jul 18, 2009

  Spacewalkers Dave Wolf and Tim Kopra have started the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station, heading out of the station's Qu... Read More >>

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  Liftoff!

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 10:07 PM on Jul 15, 2009

  Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven are en route to the International Space Station, after launching through more of the same kind of weather that had kept it grounded th... Read More >>

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  STS-127 Scrub -- A "Different Signature"

  Posted by Madhu Unnikrishnan 6:26 AM on Jun 17, 2009

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- Launch director Mike Leinbach says the signature of the leak at the ground umbilical carrier plate this morning is "slightly different" than the one that sc... Read More >>

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  Shuttle Fueling Starts After 3-Hour Delay

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 3:08 AM on Jun 17, 2009

  Mission managers waited out lingering thunderstorms to begin loading propellant into the space shuttle Endeavour's external tank, but ground crews will have to work fast to get the... Read More >>

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  Shuttle Going First

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 5:30 PM on Jun 15, 2009

  Managers for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have relinquished their June 17 launch date to the space shuttle program to give the shuttle Endeavour another chance to lift of... Read More >>

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