Yesterday night (May 29), the STS-134 crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour tried out a new docking system that relies on lasers to guide incoming spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).In order to do that, the orbiter had to undock from the facility late on Sunday, and then try to dock again using the las... |
30 May 2011
02:38 GMT |
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Expedition 26 to the International Space Station (ISS) ended officially on Monday, March 14. In an official ceremony, Commander Scott Kelly handed over command of the orbital lab to flight engineer Dmitry Kondratyev.The NASA astronaut is getting ready to return to Earth, alongside RosCosmos flight engineers Oleg Skri... |
15 March 2011
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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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According to mission planners for the International Space Station (ISS), the schedule for today's deorbiting of the first unmanned cargo vehicle of the Japanese space agency may be tweaked a little bit, on account of a large piece of space debris, which is flying too close to the orbital outpost. Original plans ... |
30 October 2009
03:43 GMT |
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