Hall of Fame to Induct Mir, Hubble, ISS and Space Shuttle Astronauts
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The commander of the mission that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope; an astronaut who once set a U.S. men's record for time in space; the first life sciences mission commander; and the astronaut who led the first assembly mission to the International Space Station, are all to be honored this May as the 2008 class of inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
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Long renown as a place for fun, Hawaii hopes to become a place for serious investment in space exploration with an agreement signed this week with the California-based NASA Ames Research Center.
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The world's next space tourist, Hungarian-born US billionaire Charles Simonyi, will blast off on his journey to the International Space Station on April 7, Russia's space agency said.
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The organization responsible for the $10 million Ansari X Prize announces it will send a DVD to the moon with personal photos and messages from the general public. It's called the Lunar Legacy Program and you can submit stuff.
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HOUSTON -- The astronaut crews of NASA's shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station (ISS) lauded their joint mission as it passed the halfway mark Friday.
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Now's your chance to show the world your model USS Enterprise that Shatner signed on your 13th birthday. A call for submissions to our first ever reader-created photo gallery to run next week on the 40th anniversary of Star Trek.
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The space shuttle Discovery linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday on a mission to prepare the orbital outpost for new European and Japanese laboratories.
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The top managers of NASA&#39;s human and robotic programs are coming together to share their expertise as the agency prepares to return a safer Space Shuttle to flight.
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Partnering with the nonprofit Internet Archive, NASA plans to collect images from the Apollo moon landings, Voyager planetary flybys and space shuttle missions to post on one searchable website. The project will consolidate digital images spread over 3,000 websites and digitize stills, film and video stored in space centers.
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HOUSTON - NASA&#39;s shuttle Discovery is on track for an October launch to the International Space Station (ISS), where its astronaut crew will lay the foundation for future orbital laboratories, mission managers said Friday.
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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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Breaking new ground in the history of space exploration, women are at the helm of the International Space Station and the space shuttle at the same time, as they orbit the Earth.
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Sir Richard Branson announces that he has signed an agreement to develop the world&#39;s first privately funded space travel. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA.
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Astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis prepared for a walk in space on Monday to add a giant new piece to the International Space Station, and NASA engineers pondered whether a bump in the ship's heat protection system needs repair.
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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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Astronauts placed the crown jewel of Europeâs contribution to the International Space Station into its permanent setting on Monday with the attachment of the Columbus science module.
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The next mission of the space shuttle Discovery set for liftoff Tuesday is critical to building the International Space Station, ferrying in the Harmony module key to installing the European lab Columbus and Japan's Kibo lab.