Space Docking, With Women at the Helm
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A hug on Thursday between the commanders of the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station marked the first time that women have served in both roles at the same time.
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By RASHA MADKOUR and DAVID CRARY HOUSTON - Lisa Nowak chose a juggling act of dauntingly high difficulty: to be an astronaut and a mother of three. Her background - high school valedictorian, Naval Academy graduate, test pilot - seemed to equip her for the challenge.
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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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Scientists gather to discuss their preferred targets for the next "flagship" mission to another world.
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Two astronauts have begun the second of three spacewalks of the shuttle Atlantis' mission, to continue work on the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).
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Astronauts and engineers spent Tuesday troubleshooting problems in space and on the ground.
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Astronaut hopefuls with the right stuff have a fresh chance to reach for the International Space Station and, ultimately, the moon, thanks to a new NASA hunt for qualified spaceflyers.
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What do a colonial shipping tag, a sci-fi series on DVD, a couple of referee&#39;s whistles and a board game&#39;s playing pieces have in common? They are all part of the cargo aboard space shuttle Atlantis, now docked at the International Space Station.
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The U.S.-Russian crew of the international space station successfully re-docked a spaceship at a new port on the station Monday in preparation for two spacewalks early next year, Mission Control said.
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KOROLYOV, Russia - A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and an American astronaut docked successfully Saturday at the international space station after approaching so quickly that a danger signal was activated and the crew had to switch from automatic to manual control.    The Soyuz TMA-5, carrying Russians Salizhan Sharipov and Yuri Shargin and American Leroy Chiao, docked with the station at 8:16 a.m...
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Three new crew members have reached the International Space Station after a Russian spacecraft docked successfully. Salizhan Sharipov and Yuri Shargin and US astronaut Leroy Chiao are all now on board the
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An Iranian-American woman becomes the first paying female space tourist, following the successful liftoff of a Russian rocket bound for the international space station. She'll return to Earth at the end of the month.
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A trio of astronauts is whizzing around Earth on a two-day race to catch up to and dock at the International Space Station after safely reaching orbit on a Russian rocket late Wednesday night.
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By Rasha Madkour and David Crary HOUSTON -- Lisa M. Nowak chose a juggling act of dauntingly high difficulty -- to be an astronaut and a mother of three. Her background -- high school valedictorian, Naval Academy graduate, test pilot -- seemed to equip her for the challenge.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space station flight controllers on Tuesday began the delicate task of unfurling the outpost's new solar power wings, which two spacewalking astronauts installed during the first major task of shuttle Atlantis' 13-day flight.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis and its seven member crew, including astronauts from France and Germany, are on a course to dock with the orbiting International Space Station Saturday after 48 hours in space.
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.