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  Space Station Astronauts Descend Safely to Earth

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:14 AM on Nov 26, 2010

  Fyodor Yurchikhin, left, Shannon Walker greeted at Kazakh landing site with flowers. Photo Credit/NASA TVA Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock and Shannon Walke... Read More >>

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  Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Rising Stars in Zero-G

  Posted by Mark Carreau 3:30 PM on Nov 22, 2010

  Scientists look to space station for answers to nutritional health. Photo Credit/NASAA sea food nutrient recently touted as a contributor to human cardiovascular health, omega-3 fa... Read More >>

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  Russian Spacewalk Nears Successful Conclusion

  Posted by Mark Carreau 7:09 PM on Nov 15, 2010

  Oleg Skripochka offers view of Kontur experiment though helmet camera view. Photo Credit/NASA TVCosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Skripochka attached an external work platform ... Read More >>

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  Russian Spacewalk Under Way

  Posted by Mark Carreau 2:54 PM on Nov 15, 2010

  Cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, right, emerges from the Pirs airlock as Russian spacewalk begins. Photo Credit/NASA TV Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Skripochka floated outside t... 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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  South Africa Receives NASA Satellite Environmental Data

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:48 PM on Oct 06, 2010

  NASA's polar orbiting Terra spacecraft. Image Credit/NASASouth African climate researchers have started to receive surface and atmospheric data gathered by NASA's Terra satellite, ... Read More >>

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  NOAA Could Face 2015 Gap in Backup GOES Observations

  Posted by Mark Carreau 6:29 PM on Oct 04, 2010

  GOES 15 lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on March 4, 2010. Photo Credit/NASAThe U.S. could face a 12-month gap in backup Geostationary Operational Environmental ... 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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  Progress 39 Heads for the ISS

  Posted by Mark Carreau 11:26 AM on Sep 10, 2010

  Russia's 39 Progress begins two-day journey. Photo Credit/NASA TVRussia’s 39 Progress cargo capsule lifted off for the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrom... Read More >>

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  High Winds Postpone Progress Launching

  Posted by Mark Carreau 11:59 AM on Sep 08, 2010

  High winds at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 8 prompted a two-day delay in the launching of Russia's Progress 39 to the International Space Station with more than 5... Read More >>

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