Astronauts add new room to space station
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The shuttle Discovery astronauts added a new room to the International Space Station on Friday, extending the orbital outpost so Europe and Japanese laboratories can be linked in as well.
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Astronauts on the International Space Station got more living space on Saturday when they opened up Harmony, the outpost's first new room in six years.
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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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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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HOUSTON Â A pair of spacewalking astronauts will outfit the International Space Station's (ISS) new Columbus laboratory for science Friday when they add new experiments to the module's orbital porch.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis docked with the international space station Monday, arriving with the first addition to the orbiting space lab in more than 3 1/2 years.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - For the second straight day, spacewalking astronauts toiled on a brand-new 17 1/2-ton addition to the international space station, removing protective covers and loosening latches and bolts that held the hardware down during the jolting ride into orbit.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper poked her head out of an airlock Tuesday to begin installing a new addition to the international space station, she joined an elite club of women who have gone on spacewalks.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station and the visiting shuttle Discovery tumbled into a spanking new room on Saturday, the first addition to the orbital outpost in six years.
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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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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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis docked with the international space station Monday, arriving with the first addition to the orbiting space lab in more than 3 1/2 years.
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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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By Traci Watson  Astronauts will step outside the International Space Station today to put the final touches on a new solar-panel system, needed to provide power for European and Japanese laboratories being added over the next 12 months.
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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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Two astronauts ventured into space on Monday to install a giant new piece on the International Space Station on a mission NASA will extend to repair a rip in space shuttle Atlantis' heat shield.
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Two spacewalking astronauts Tuesday began installing the first big addition to the international space station in more than 3 1/2 years, and NASA pronounced the outing a success, even though a small bolt floated off and got lost.