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Two Russian cosmonauts, both members of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station (ISS), are seen here conducting the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of 2012, on February 16. Their mission was to start preparations for removing the Pirs module from the orbital lab. Built by the Russian Federal Space Agenc... |
22 February 2012
08:50 GMT |
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Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov, two members of the Expedition 30 crew to the International Space Station (ISS), will conduct an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) today, February 16. Their goal is to prepare the space facility for the addition of a new laboratory, sometime next year.
In 2013, the famous, Russian-b... |
16 February 2012
09:18 GMT |
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This is, in my opinion, one of the most amazing pictures ever taken by NASA throughout its long years of manned space exploration. Seeing astronaut Bruce McCandless flying hundreds of feet away from any point of contact, backdropped just by Earth's blue skies, is truly a remarkable experience.
One can only stop... |
7 November 2011
10:23 GMT |
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Astronauts working on the International Space Station (ISS) could soon get another personal assistant device to help them during long extravehicular activities (EVA). The high-tech gloves are outfitted with sensors that will help spacewalkers improve their hand coordination, and also boost their sensitivity.The vibra... |
16 August 2011
03:27 GMT |
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Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will carry out an extravehicular activity (EVA) today. The goal of the maneuver is to install a series of new instruments on the outer hull of the flying laboratory. The spacewalk will be carried out by cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev,... |
3 August 2011
05:15 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour have recently conducted a new heat shield inspection, meant to alleviate any lingering fears at NASA Mission Control, about the orbiter's safety. During the new survey, the shuttle's nose cap and wind edges were targeted.
The procedure was carried out several ... |
26 May 2011
02:58 GMT |
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Two astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour's crew exited the International Space Station (ISS) early today, in order to conduct the third of four planned extravehicular activities for the STS-134 mission.This is the orbiter's last flight, and the six-astronaut crew has a lot of chores to tackle. The fourth... |
25 May 2011
04:35 GMT |
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Two astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 crew managed to complete the second extravehicular activity (EVA) planned for their 16-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS). The spacewalk didn't go flawlessly, but the crew members eventually completed all of their chores. During the EVA, N... |
23 May 2011
02:59 GMT |
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At 3:16 am EDT (0716 GMT) this morning, May 20, two members of shuttle Endeavour's crew ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS), on the first spacewalk of the STS-134 mission.For the shuttle's 16-day stay in space, NASA mission controllers planned four extravehicular activities (EVA), during ... |
20 May 2011
03:34 GMT |
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Two astronauts from the crew of the space shuttle Discovery have gone outside the International Space Station (ISS) a couple of hours ago. They are conducting the second extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-133 mission to the orbital facility. According to the crew aboard the ISS, the spacewalk debuted with a mal... |
2 March 2011
11:00 GMT |
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Yesterday, February 28, the robotic arm of the International Space Station (ISS) suffered a malfunction during the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-133 mission. One of the two astronauts carrying out the spacewalk was stuck on the device for a short period of time.
It is now believed that a system f... |
1 March 2011
02:55 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle Discovery are getting ready to perform the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-133 mission. Two astronauts will go outside the station to perform vital repairs and upgrades. The spacewalkers, both of them ascended to orbit on Dis... |
28 February 2011
08:03 GMT |
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In an effort to prepare the International Space Station (ISS) for future equipments and parts that need to be installed on it, two astronauts from Expedition 26 will carry out an extravehicular activity (EVA) today, January 21.
The two crew members will go outside the protective confines of the station, and insta... |
21 January 2011
01:49 GMT |
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The gloves that astronauts use during spacewalks are extremely difficult to operate, and they can lead to hand-related injuries. Now, experts look at new designs to improve these essential components.At this point, in order for astronauts to survive in space, they need to wear a special pressurized suit, which also f... |
13 October 2010
06:28 GMT |
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After the successful completion of Monday's spacewalk on the International Space Station (ISS), mission controllers are currently beginning to bring all affected systems back online. The extravehicular activity (EVA) conducted on August 16 was the third by Expedition 24 flight engineers and NASA astronauts Dougl... |
18 August 2010
02:49 GMT |
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NASA officials have finally agreed to allow two Expedition 24 flight engineers to go outside the International Space Station (ISS) today, in order to conduct a new spacewalk.The extravehicular activity (EVA) will be conducted by astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who will attempt to replace a broken a... |
16 August 2010
06:22 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that they decided to schedule the third extravehicular activity (EVA) aimed at repairing a troublesome ammonia pump on the International Space Station (ISS) to Monday. Thus far, NASA astronauts and Expedition 24 flight engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson ha... |
13 August 2010
05:03 GMT |
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In an announcement made on Saturday, experts at NASA announce that astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will need to perform a third spacewalk to repair the broken ammonia pump. Initially, just two extravehicular activities (EVA) were planned, one scheduled for Saturday, and the other one for Wedne... |
9 August 2010
05:52 GMT |
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Officials at NASA announce that the first of two extra-vehicular activities aimed at repairing a malfunctioning ammonia pump on the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed by 24 hours. As per the space agency's announcements, two flight engineers on the orbital facility should have put their space sui... |
6 August 2010
03:12 GMT |
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Every time NASA astronauts go to Earth's orbit to conduct a spacewalk – be it aboard the International Space Station (ISS) or on a telescope – they know precisely what to do. But their knowledge is not just purely theoretical. Each astronauts gets intensive training before flying to space, and this i... |
4 August 2010
19:01 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the emergency spacewalk they planned for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been bumped to Friday, August 6. Initially, they said that the extra-vehicular activity (EVA) will take place on Thursday, but the new delay is prompted by more... |
4 August 2010
03:02 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will be conducting two emergency spacewalks this week. The decision was taken following the cooling system error that appeared late on Saturday. The malfunction affected a critical system that was destined to ... |
2 August 2010
20:01 GMT |
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Two Russian cosmonauts will today carry out a new spacewalk, from aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The mission specialists, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Mikhail Kornienko, both flight engineers for Expedition 24, will attempt to change a broken camera later today, and also to wire a few connections aboard a new... |
26 July 2010
14:01 GMT |
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At 8:48 am EDT (1248 GMT) today, May 26, the space shuttle Atlantis and its six-astronaut crew landed safely on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Though initially there were some concerns that the weather would not allow for the spacecraft to perform its deorbit and atmospheric ... |
26 May 2010
09:06 GMT |
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Today, May 24, the six members of Atlantis' crew conducted the last heat shield inspection of the STS-132 mission, the shuttle's last planned one. The procedure lasted several hours, and saw the astronauts using the 50-foot-long, sensor-laden inspection pole to peer at the delicate ceramic tiles that make u... |
24 May 2010
09:42 GMT |
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After spending more than 7 days docked to the International Space Station (ISS), shuttle Atlantis and its six-astronaut crew finally separated from the orbital laboratory early Sunday. The undocking procedures ended at around 11:22 am EDT (1522 GMT), as both the ISS and the orbiter were making their way above the Pac... |
24 May 2010
02:01 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) got up early this morning, in order to prepare for the last spacewalks of Atlantis' current mission to the orbital outpost. Two shuttle crew members will go outside the facility today, in a bid to replace additional solar batteries, and also transfer a grap... |
21 May 2010
05:51 GMT |
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Yesterday, May 17, NASA astronauts Garrett Reisman and Stephen Bowen, both of whom came to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis, conducted the first spaceflight of the STS-132 mission. The two were in charge of installing a new communications antenna on the outer hull of the International Space Station (ISS), and also... |
18 May 2010
02:54 GMT |
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After spending about two days chasing the International Space Station (ISS) in Earth's orbit, the space shuttle Atlantis finally managed to catch up with the lab Sunday, May 16. The spacecraft docked on the facility at 10:28 am EDT (1428 GMT), after performing the back flip maneuver that has now become standard ... |
17 May 2010
03:20 GMT |
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Some time ago, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced plans to create its own space station in low-Earth orbit. The construct is planned to be assembled from at least three different spacecrafts, and now officials from the agency announce that they are putting the project into overdrive. According ... |
15 April 2010
15:01 GMT |
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On Tuesday, while conducting the last spacewalk of the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), two astronauts noticed that one of the valves in a newly-installed ammonia tank was jammed. The malfunction is fairly serious, given the fact that the ammonia tank contains the coolant for the orbital faci... |
15 April 2010
03:23 GMT |
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Earlier today, two STS-131 mission specialists stepped out of the International Space Station's (ISS) Quest airlock, to conduct the third and final spacewalk in their schedule. NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson each performed the sixth extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of their careers, and they... |
13 April 2010
09:58 GMT |
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Yesterday, two astronauts from aboard the space shuttle Discovery conducted a very difficult and long spacewalk on the outside of the International Space Station. The 7-and-a-half-hour excursion was made more complicated than initially expected by a jammed bolt, which prevented a massive ammonia tank from being move... |
12 April 2010
02:45 GMT |
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After more than 6 and a half hours of working outside of the International Space Station (ISS), two NASA astronauts managed to successfully complete the chores they were entrusted with. Now, back inside the orbital facility, shuttle mission specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson boast having moved a new, m... |
9 April 2010
09:48 GMT |
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Two Endeavor astronauts have just completed the third and final spacewalk of the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station. They closed the hatch of the airlock behind them at 0803 GMT (3:03 am EST), marking the beginning of the extravehicular activity 5 hours and 48 minutes after it began. With this latest ... |
17 February 2010
04:57 GMT |
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As we were reporting a couple of days ago, the new module on the International Space Station (ISS), Tranquility, was “unofficially” opened by the joint crew currently aboard the orbital lab. In a late Saturday spacewalk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patric... |
14 February 2010
06:09 GMT |
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In what was probably one of the most remarkable extra-vehicular activities (EVA) ever, astronauts managed to secure the new NASA module Tranquility to the International Space Station (ISS). They also mounted the window-laden Cupola observation dome, which promises to give those working on the orbital lab the best pos... |
12 February 2010
09:49 GMT |
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One of the main obstacles that prevent astronauts from exploring their surroundings efficiently, and also from conducting highly precise work is the fact that their spacesuits are terribly cumbersome. They lack the mobility and flexibility that main operations conducted in outer space, or on the surface of another pl... |
25 January 2010
03:49 GMT |
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Astronomers on the International Space Station (ISS) have been preparing for an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) over the past week or so, which was finally conducted yesterday, January 14. The goal of the mission was to prepare the rooftop of the lab for the new Poisk module, which is scheduled to begin operations ver... |
15 January 2010
02:54 GMT |
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Mission planners at NASA have decided on the crew that will man the next space shuttle Endeavor flight to the International Space Station (ISS). The STS-130 flight will see the addition of a new station module, Node 3, also known as Tranquility, and the installation of the Cupola, an observation outpost that will all... |
3 December 2009
17:01 GMT |
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After more than a week tied to the International Space Station (ISS), the space shuttle Atlantis is finally heading home. The spacecraft undocked from the orbital facility at 4:53 am EST (0953 GMT), carrying seven crew members in stead of the six it took to orbit. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott is returning home, after ... |
25 November 2009
06:35 GMT |
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Two astronauts from the crew of space shuttle Atlantis managed to successfully complete all of the tasks allotted to them in the third spacewalk of the STS-129 assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The third and last extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Atlantis flight took place yesterday, but ... |
24 November 2009
03:00 GMT |
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After Saturday's glorious extra-vehicular activity (EVA), which saw a large number of tasks, and then some, being fulfilled in a very short time frame, Atlantis astronauts took to space again today. Robert Satcher, Jr and Randy Bresnik, the NASA astronaut who just got a new baby girl on Sunday, are currently out... |
23 November 2009
20:01 GMT |
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On Saturday, astronauts aboard the NASA space shuttle Atlantis, and the International Space Station (ISS) raced through the second spacewalk planned for the STS-129 assembly flight. In fact, they went about their businesses so well, that they managed to even squeeze in a few jobs that were originally scheduled to be ... |
23 November 2009
02:24 GMT |
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Freshly arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday afternoon, the space shuttle Atlantis is already being unloaded of its massive containers carrying spare parts, in the mission's first spacewalk. Three such extra-vehicular activities (EVAs) are scheduled for the 11-day mission. During all of the... |
19 November 2009
10:57 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis managed a picture-perfect docking sequence to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, as the two massive spacecraft were flying some 220 miles (354 kilometers) above the surface of the planet. The STS-129 flight will spend about 11 days in orbit, during which time the six astronaut... |
19 November 2009
02:45 GMT |
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It would seem that NASA's latest missions to the ISS and the Hubble Space Telescope were plagued by bad luck, as far as sticking to their landing/take-off schedules was concerned. The STS-128 flight to the International Space Station, carried out with space shuttle Discovery, was no different. After delays in it... |
14 September 2009
02:32 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle Discovery have just finished their first spacewalk of the STS-128 assembly mission. A massive tank, moored to the orbital outpost, was removed from the station, while other crew members inside unpacked and installed the new Combined Operati... |
2 September 2009
04:07 GMT |
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After two days of following the International Space Station (ISS) in orbit, space shuttle Discovery finally caught up with the outpost and docked on it at 8:54 pm EDT (0054 GMT, August 31), on Saturday. The hatch connecting the two spacecraft was opened just 90 minutes later, and the number of astronauts on the space... |
31 August 2009
04:59 GMT |
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Late on Sunday, officials at the US space agency NASA cleared the space shuttle Discovery for launch on the STS-128 assembly mission to the International Space Station. The flight is scheduled to begin at 1:36 am EDT (0536 GMT), from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The sh... |
24 August 2009
05:56 GMT |
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