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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:41:58 GMT

Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. works outside the International Space Station as he participates in Space Shuttle Atlantis' first spacewalk of mission STS-129 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station in this photo released by NASA and taken November 19, 2009. Picture taken November 19, 2009.        REUTERS/NASA/Handout  (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Atlantis' astronauts are taking another spacewalk outside the International Space Station.


Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:36:37 GMT

This NASA TV image shows Atlantis astronaut Bobby Satcher during a planned spacewalk on November 19. NASA said space shuttle Atlantis astronauts aboard the International Space Station delayed their second spacewalk after being jolted awake by a false alarm.(AFP/NASA TV/File)AFP - Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts aboard the International Space Station delayed their second spacewalk Saturday after being jolted awake by a false alarm, NASA said.


Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:15:42 GMT
SPACE.com - Astronaut Randy Bresnik may be expecting his wife Rebecca to give birth, but that hasn't shaken his focus for a planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station today to install new video antennas and other equipment.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:46:09 GMT
SPACE.com - NASA has joined astronaut Randy Bresnik, who is in orbit now, in the waiting game for the birth his daughter, just one day before the spaceflyer is poised to make his first spacewalk.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:54:37 GMT

In this November 16, 2009 file photo NASA mission specialist Randy Bresnik (C) joins colleagues Mike Foreman (L) and Leland Melvin as the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis walk out to the astrovan at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bresnik entered an unusual space countdown on Friday as he waited onboard the International Space Station for the birth of his daughter back on Earth.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik entered an unusual space countdown on Friday as he waited onboard the International Space Station for the birth of his daughter back on Earth.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:48 GMT
SPACE.com - Astronauts on the linked shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station said Friday that they're not worried about recent false alarms that disrupted their sleep with erroneous reports of calamity.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:28 GMT
SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - The camera that captured many of the Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images and the "contact lenses" that focused the observatory's flawed mirror debuted Wednesday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. along with the first phase of a new interactive gallery devoted to humans living and working in space.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:46:32 GMT

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 picture, the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The complexity of the reusable spacecraft inspired one of the questions in this edition of 'Ask AP,' a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news.  (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:31 GMT
SPACE.com - NASA's stuck Mars rover Spirit took a tiny step Thursday, its first progress in months, during the latest attempt to extricate the robot from deep Martian sand.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:30 GMT
SPACE.com - An aerospace engineer from Maine, the reigning champion of NASA's Astronaut Glove Challenge, held onto his title Thursday to win first prize in a competition to build a better space glove than those worn by astronauts today.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:47 GMT
AP - Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:36 GMT
Reuters - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:38 GMT

Astronaut Randy Bresnik blows a kiss to the camera as he prepares to board the Space Shuttle Atlantis before launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida November 16, 2009. Atlantis and its crew will perform three spacewalks, deliver two control moment gyroscopes, the EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 and 2 and other equipment to the International Space Station.     REUTERS/NASA TV  (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSSPACE.com - It may be the mother lode of all bad timing: Atlantis shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik is stuck at the International Space Station, hundreds of miles from his pregnant wife Rebecca, who is expected to give birth to a baby girl as early as today.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:16:27 GMT
SPACE.com - NASA offered a total of $400,000 to inventors who can make stronger and more dexterous spacesuit gloves Thursday in the second Astronaut Glove Challenge.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:30:54 GMT
SPACE.com - Two astronauts breezed through the first spacewalk of their mission Thursday as they upgraded the International Space Station with a spare antenna and other gear.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:44 GMT
SPACE.com - Teflon-coated frying pans may scratch easily, but a souped-up version, a nanomaterial 10,000 times more durable than the ordinary non-stick stuff, is headed for the space station to see if it could someday coat the mechanical moving parts of spacecraft.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:31:54 GMT

In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009.SPACE.com - Two astronauts will step out of the International Space Station today on the first of three spacewalks to stock the orbiting lab with spare parts.


Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:44 GMT
SPACE.com - NASA engineers are set to take a second go at extricating the stuck rover Spirit from its sandy trap on Mars.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:44 GMT
SPACE.com - A fireball over Utah overnight Tuesday was the talk of the state. And an asteroid that could have delivered nearly half the energy of the Hiroshima atom bomb whizzed past Earth earlier this month, NASA reported recently. Meanwhile, a meteor shower dazzled skywatchers around the globe early Tuesday morning.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:45:59 GMT
SPACE.com - The space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of six arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday to drop off some massive spare parts for the orbiting laboratory.
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