Space Shuttle Astronauts Train for August Launch
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Seven astronauts, including teacher-turned-spaceflyer Barbara Morgan, are taking a close look at NASA&#39;s shuttle Endeavour as they train for an August launch towards the International Space Station (ISS).
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Astronauts hunkered down in an airlock ready for the second spacewalk of NASA's latest shuttle mission on Sunday, to install more hardware on an orbiting station hundreds of miles above Earth.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 2 -- Four days after evacuating the Kennedy Space Center as Tropical Storm Ernesto approached, the six crew members of the space shuttle Atlantis flew back to Florida on Saturday to prepare for a launch Wednesday.
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Astronauts aboard NASAâs shuttle Atlantis will scan their heat shield today for any signs of dings or divots as they prepare for a weekend arrival at the International Space Station (ISS).
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Spacewalking astronauts aim to repair a damaged thermal blanket on the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday as U.S. and Russian controllers struggle with a worrying computer failure on the International Space Station.
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The crew of space shuttle Atlantis on their first day in orbit Friday trained a camera on the spaceship's thermal shield to search for any damage from a loose piece of insulation that broke off during liftoff, NASA said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The six crew members of space shuttle Atlantis strapped into the spacecraft and ran through a practice countdown Friday in preparation for the program's first launch of the year next month. "It went seamlessly," NASA spokesman Bill Johnson said.
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Teacher-turned-spaceflyer Barbara Morgan strapped into the space shuttle Endeavour with her six crewmates Thursday for a launch dress rehearsal, 22 years to the day that she first joined NASA&#39;s astronaut corps.
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HOUSTON - Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station (ISS) are preparing the orbital laboratory's newest addition for its grand opening today.
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By Houston Chronicle  Feb. 15---- NASA shuttle astronauts traditionally take questions from the news media before their mission countdown begins during a training session at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An Olympic athlete-turned-astronaut and a rookie spaceflyer are leading a spacewalking team set to launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery this week.
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By SARA LEITCH     BRUNSWICK, Maine  -- Astronauts spend years training before they can lift off into space. They learn to operate shuttles, perform experiments in zero-gravity, and eat bugs if they must...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA plans to launch its next shuttle mission to the International Space Station on August 7, two days earlier than the previous target date, to avoid a scheduling crunch at Florida's spaceport, the space agency said on Thursday.
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Two US astronauts are set to attach a two-tonne metal segment to the International Space Station during the first of three spacewalks scheduled in the Discovery shuttle mission.
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Astronauts hunkered down in an airlock ready for the second space walk of NASA's latest shuttle mission on Sunday, to install more hardware on an orbiting station hundreds of miles above Earth.
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Astronauts spend years training before they can lift off into space. They learn to operate shuttles, perform experiments in zero-gravity, and eat bugs if they must.
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The U.S. astronauts selected for the next servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope are beginning their training this week.  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts are at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for their first formal crew orientation.