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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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  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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  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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  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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  MCC Russia Troubleshoots Stuck Progress Rendezvous Antenna

  Posted by Mark Carreau 6:05 AM on Apr 24, 2013

  Russian flight controllers worked to free a stuck KURS rendezvous system antenna aboard the unpiloted Progress 51 cargo capsule early Wednesday, following the space freighter's suc... Read More >>

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  Another Route To Space

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 5:17 PM on Apr 21, 2013

  Launch of the Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares liquid-fueled rocket Sunday gives NASA a second U.S.-owned vehicle to use in resupplying the International Space Station, vindicating a... Read More >>

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  Russian Spacewalk Prepares Space Station for next European ATV

  Posted by Mark Carreau 7:22 AM on Apr 19, 2013

  Cosmonauts Pave Vinogradov and Roman Romanenko embarked Friday on a planned six hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station's Russian segment. The two men plan to inst... Read More >>

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  Russia's 49 Progress Departs Space Station

  Posted by Mark Carreau 6:09 AM on Apr 15, 2013

  A trash-laden Russian Progress supply craft departed the International Space Station early Monday, clearing the way for the arrival of a new cargo capsule later this month.  ... Read More >>

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  U. S., Russian Soyuz Crew Achieves Expedited Space Station Transit

  Posted by Mark Carreau 8:33 PM on Mar 28, 2013

  Russia’s Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft docked with the International Space Station late Thursday, delivering a three man U.S. and Russian crew, the first astronauts to carry out a... Read More >>

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