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  ISS Mission Managers Approve Saturday Spacewalk Repairs

  Posted by Mark Carreau 9:27 PM on May 10, 2013

  The International Space Station's Mission Management Team approved a contingency space walk late Friday, an excursion that will send NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn... 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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  Three ISS Crew Descend into Wintry Kazakhstan Aboard Soyuz Capsule

  Posted by Mark Carreau 9:00 PM on Nov 18, 2012

  A Soyuz capsule carrying Russian, U.S. and Japanese astronauts descended safely onto the frigid plains of northern Kazakhstan late Sunday, bringing their four month tour of du... Read More >>

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  Spacewalkers Begin Space Station Cooling System Repair

  Posted by Mark Carreau 4:32 AM on Nov 01, 2012

  Sunita Williams, center, emerges from U. S. airlock for International Space Station spacewalk.  Photo Credit: NASA TV Astronauts Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide eme... Read More >>

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  SpaceX Dragon CRS-1 Capsule Scores Safe Splashdown

  Posted by Mark Carreau 11:32 AM on Oct 28, 2012

  SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-1 capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja, Calif., Sunday afternoon, cementing a commercial version of the U.S. cargo launch-and-return ca... Read More >>

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  SpaceX Dragon CRS-1 Capsule Departs Space Station

  Posted by Mark Carreau 7:32 AM on Oct 28, 2012

  The SpaceX Dragon capsule is released from the Space Station's Canadian robot arm 255 miles above Myanmar on Sunday. Photo Credit: NASA TV The SpaceX CRS-1 mission Dragon ... Read More >>

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

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:32 AM on Oct 25, 2012

  Soyuz spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts, NASA astronaut closes in on ISS docking. Photo Credit: NASA TV Russia’s Soyuz TMA-06M, 32S spacecraft success... Read More >>

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  Soyuz Departs for Space Station with U.S., Russian Crew

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:18 AM on Oct 23, 2012

  Soyuz mission departs Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 31, with three Space Station crew members. Photo Credit: NASA photo  A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three U.S. and Rus... Read More >>

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  SpaceX Dragon Begins Initial ISS Mission Under $1.6 Billion NASA Resupply Contract

  Posted by Mark Carreau 5:43 PM on Oct 07, 2012

  SpaceX's Falcon 9/Dragon Commercial Resupply Services 1 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., late Sunday, signaling the restoration of a regular U. S. In... Read More >>

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