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  Paolo's Movies

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 8:38 PM on Jun 09, 2011

  Paolo Nespoli didn't confine himself to still images when he had a photo op during his return to Earth after five months on the International Space Station.NASA/Paolo NespoliThe ve... Read More >>

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  Beauty Shots

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 6:47 PM on Jun 07, 2011

  It took a while to get them back from the drugstore, but Paolo Nespoli's spectacular shots of the International Space Station are finally available for viewing.NASA/Paolo NespoliAf... Read More >>

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  Soyuz TMA-OM1 Crew Reaches International Space Station

  Posted by Mark Carreau 12:12 AM on Oct 10, 2010

  Soyuz TMA-O1M approaches International SpaceStation for docking. Photo Credit/NASA TVThe Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft carrying Russians Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka and Am... Read More >>

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  Soyuz Crew Departs for International Space Station

  Posted by Mark Carreau 11:17 PM on Oct 07, 2010

  Scott Kelly, left, Alexander Kaleri, center, soar toward orbit aboard the first Soyuz  TMA-OM1. Flight engineer Oleg Skripochka, not pictured, is seated to the right. &nb... Read More >>

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  U.S., Russian Space Station Astronauts Descend Safety

  Posted by Mark Carreau 6:02 AM on Sep 25, 2010

  Alexander Skvortsov, Soyuz TMA-18 commander, samples an apple minutes after touching down in Kazakhstan        Photo Credit/NASA TVRussia's Soyuz... Read More >>

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  Soyuz TMA-18 Descent Postponed 24 Hours by Balky Latching Mechanism

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:38 AM on Sep 24, 2010

  Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin inspects balky Russian segment docking mechanism. (Photo credit/NASA TV)Russia's Mission Control called off attempts by the International Space St... Read More >>

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  Getting A Little Mo

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 2:25 PM on Jul 23, 2010

  It looks like the U.S. space program may be getting a little momentum back. Congress is moving toward a considered response to the Obama administration's proposed space-policy chan... Read More >>

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  Anniversary of MirCorp Mission

  Posted by Jeffrey Manber 4:05 PM on Apr 06, 2009

  This weekend was the anniversary of the world’s first-and still only—privately funded manned space mission. On April 4th, 2000 the Dutch MirCorp mission blasted off fro... Read More >>

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  Washington Post Labels NASA as "Loser"

  Posted by Jeffrey Manber 6:20 PM on Feb 27, 2009

  The Washington spin is that NASA is a loser in the just released budget just released by the Obama administration. The Washington Post’s Federal Eye divided the $3.5 trillion... Read More >>

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  Titov's Token

  Posted by Guy Norris 4:34 AM on Dec 16, 2008

    Vladimir Titov, the only person living to have survived a spacecraft abort on the launch pad, seems the most appropriate well-wisher on the planet for the upcoming Orio... Read More >>

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