Space Station Addition to Be Installed
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By Rasha Madkour  HOUSTON  --  The 2-ton, $11 million addition astronauts have delivered to the international space station may be one of the smaller pieces of the structure, but even supporting actors are vital.
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NASA said on Monday that it may add a  day to shuttle Discovery's stay at the International Space  Station so astronauts can inspect a balky joint that rotates  solar power panels on the orbiting outpost.
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By JUAN LOZANO HOUSTON - Two astronauts floated outside the international space station Monday to begin connecting the orbiting outpost's newest addition: a 35,000-pound segment that will increase its power capability.
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Two astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery successfully have attached a huge truss to the International Space Station in their first of three space walks designed to extend and rewire the orbiting research craft.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 16 -- With their hardest tasks behind them, space shuttle Atlantis's six astronauts got time to relax Saturday after almost a week of nonstop work adding a 17 1/2 -ton addition with winglike solar power panels to the international space station.
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WASHINGTON - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are gearing up for an extra spacewalk to tackle solar array joint malfunctions outside their orbital laboratory.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper pokes her head out of an airlock Tuesday to begin installing a new addition to the international space station, she will join an elite club of women who have gone on spacewalks.
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(CBS/AP) Space station commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineer Michael Fincke completed a five-hour 21-minute spacewalk, successfully installing a new coolant system component and three antennas that an unmanned European cargo craft will use for
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Space shuttle Atlantis nears the International Space Station, where will dock for a maintenance mission.
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By Associated Press  HOUSTON -- A new set of solar panels gleamed in the sunlight Tuesday on the international space station as the freshly installed array started opening up.
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Astronauts on Monday installed the European space laboratory Columbus on the orbiting International Space Station, giving Europe an important foothold for the deeper exploration of space.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts guided into place and bolted down a 2-ton addition to the international space station Tuesday, making the first of three difficult spacewalks during space shuttle Discovery's stay at the orbiting lab.  U.S.
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By John Schwartz New York Times News Service  HOUSTON -- Two astronauts made spacewalking look easy on Tuesday as they hooked up the newest part of the International Space Station, a 35,000-pound truss with a solar array that will provide additional power to the station.
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Astronauts get set to leave the shuttle Atlantis to attach new solar panels to the International Space Station.
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Two astronauts begin a spacewalk, preparing to fix an extension to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Two astronauts went spacewalking on   Tuesday to hook up a solar power unit after it was installed on   the International Space Station in the first addition to the   space complex in nearly four years.
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By AP  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- Astronauts guided into place and bolted down a 2-ton addition to the international space station Tuesday, making the first of three difficult spacewalks during space shuttle Discovery's stay at the orbiting lab.   U.S.