Newest shuttle mission to rewire space station
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Confident after two nearly flawless launches, NASA will send the Discovery shuttle on what it calls the most complex mission yet, to give the International Space Station a new electricity system.
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Two spacewalking astronauts added a new  piece to the metal backbone of the International Space Station  on Tuesday, clearing the way for a critical power rewiring  later this week.
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A pair of veteran NASA spacewalkers is set to return to the International Space Station (ISS) this week aboard the shuttle Atlantis to help boost the orbital laboratory&#39;s power supply.
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Using their ship's robotic arm, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis handed over the first big addition to the international space station in more than 3 1/2 years Monday and now will conduct three spacewalks to install the giant new section.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Thursday will attempt to launch its third space shuttle mission in six months, a healthy pace the agency needs to maintain to finish work on the International Space Station before the shuttles stop flying in four years.
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NASA said Thursday that on June 8 it would attempt to launch the US shuttle Atlantis to the orbiting International Space Station, a mission that has been delayed since March due to fuel tank damage.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and its Russian counterpart worked on two minor problems Monday before starting the countdown clock for Thursday night's launch of space shuttle Discovery on a mission to rewire the international space station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA hopes to take a   second shot at launching the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis next   week after a lightning strike and threatening weather derailed   plans for an August mission to resume construction of the   International Space Station.
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Space shuttle astronauts visiting the International Space Station will attempt on Wednesday to fold up one of the two 6-year-old solar arrays which have been the sole power providers to the U.S. sections of the station,
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By RASHA MADKOUR, Associated Press WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two astronauts stepped outside to begin rewiring the international space station Thursday after NASA powered down large sections of the orbiting lab for their own safety.U.S.
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The International Space Station Tuesday spread its new solar wings and got a boost of power generation capacity after astronauts of the US shuttle Atlantis wired them up during a space walk.
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NASA hopes to test a thermal tile patch on the next space shuttle mission that could have been used to fix the gouge that was carved into the bottom of Endeavour during last month's launch.
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Atlantis shuttle astronauts are set to install a key new segment to the half-finished International Space Station in the first ISS construction work since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
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Imagine rewiring your house while living in it. Now imagine you're not even sure the new power system will work and you're 220 miles above the Earth. That's the scenario facing astronauts on the second and third spacewalks of the space shuttle Discovery's mission to the international space station, a two-part process scheduled for Thursday and Saturday.
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At the midpoint of the 12-day mission of the shuttle Discovery, two astronauts have begun a complex spacewalk to rewire the International Space Station, The New York Times reported Thursday.  The spacewalk began ahead of schedule.
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NASA planned to undock the space shuttle Discovery from the International Space Station on Tuesday after an eventful mission that included a crucial rewiring and the retraction of a stubborn solar array.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Two sparkling new solar power wings were unfurled on the International Space Station on Tuesday, as ground control teams mapped plans to fix a tear in the heat protection system of visiting space shuttle Atlantis.