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British firm says its space station cameras to provide Web images
Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)
Two British-built Earth-observation cameras have been successfully installed on the outside of the International Space Station, their maker said. Russian cosmon...
NASA to Send Inflatable Pod to International Space Station
Jan 23, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said it wants to send an inflatable space pod to be attached to the International Space Station (ISS...
ISS to get inflatable module
Jan 21, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The International Space Station's American segment will receive an inflatable module in 2015. NASA has awarded a $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace to ...
Competition Hopes To Fine Tune ISS Solar Array Shadowing
Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)
TopCoder has announced the Longeron Shadowing Optimization Challenge, a $30,000, open to the public competition, to make the energy-gathering solar arrays of th...
ESA workhorse to power NASA's Orion spacecraft
Jan 17, 2013 (ESA)
ESA has agreed with NASA to contribute a driving force to the Orion spacecraft planned for launch in 2017. Ultimately, Orion will carry astronauts further into ...
Embassy Gathers Elite Group of Space Policy Chiefs
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
In a multi-session conference on January 9, Francois Delattre, the Ambassador of France to the United States, hosted "French Space Policy: Providing Insights on...
NASA, Bigelow Officials to Discuss ISS Expandable Module
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
NASA has awarded a $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace to provide a new addition to the International Space Station. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Mod...
Crew Wraps Up Robonaut Testing
Jan 07, 2013 (SPX)
The Expedition 34 crew of the International Space Station powered up Robonaut 2 for more remote testing Thursday, deployed hardware for a study of the effects o...
Expedition 34 Ready to Ring in New Year
Dec 31, 2012 (SPX)
The new Expedition 34 trio of Flight Engineers Chris Hadfield, Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn wrapped up its first full week aboard the International Space S...
Station Crew Ringing in New Year
Dec 30, 2012 (SPX)
The six Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station are seeing out the old year and ringing in the new one as they orbit 260 miles above t...
New ISS crew docked at Space Station
Dec 26, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
The Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying Russian, Canadian and US spacemen successfully docked with the ISS on Friday with Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield and T...
Expedition 34 Spends Christmas in Space
Dec 24, 2012 (SPX)
Expedition 34 is the latest crew to spend Christmas aboard the International Space Station. The six-member crew, Commander Kevin Ford and Flight Engineers Chris...
Soyuz rocket brings trio to space station
Dec 21, 2012 (AFP)
A Russian Soyuz capsule with a three-man international crew docked without a hitch to the International Space Station on Friday after spending two days in orbit...
Three astronauts blast off for ISS in Russian craft
Dec 19, 2012 (AFP)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian, American and Canadian astronauts blasted off on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan bound for the Internat...
New Trio Launches to Join Expedition 34
Dec 19, 2012 (ESA)
Three new crew members are on their way to join their Expedition 34 crewmates aboard the International Space Station. They launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-07M spa...
ISS Orbit Raised Ahead of Crew Arrival
Dec 18, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
The International Space Station's orbit has been increased by almost 2.5 kilometers in a test of the station's new emergency debris avoidance system, Mission Co...
Station Crew Does Maintenance as Soyuz Rolls to Launch Pad
Dec 18, 2012 (SPX)
Final launch preparations are under way at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as three Expedition 34 flight engineers get ready for their launch to round out...
Medical Ops, Fan Checks for Space Crew; New Trio Checks Soyuz
Dec 11, 2012 (SPX)
The orbiting Expedition 34 trio was busy Friday with medical operations, physical science and ongoing maintenance. The trio waiting to launch on Dec. 19 tested ...
Khrunichev Completes Nauka Space Station Module
Dec 10, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Khrunichev space company has completed assembly of the Nauka ("Science") multirole laboratory module for the International Space Station, Khrunichev sa...
New Crew of ISS to Perform Two Spacewalks
Dec 06, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
International Space Station Expedition 34, which is to take off from the Baikonur Space Center in December, will perform two spacewalks under the Russian and US...
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