Reaching the limits of space inside the space station
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So a few weeks ago, the two astronauts who live there tossed out some useless junk, like so many old hubcaps for the trash heap. And the throwing-away - done during a recent spacewalk â-as
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Astronauts on the space station can strap trays to their legs, as shown here, or attach their meal to the station&#39;s dining table.
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The crew of the International Space Station is not in danger of running out of oxygen, Russian controllers said Friday. Gennady Padalka and Michael Fincke are breathing oxygen from reserves aboard the station, Itar-Tass reported.
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IN SPACE no one can hear you raid the fridge. So the astronauts on the International Space Station orbiting the Earth have found that, despite careful calorie counting, they are running out of food.
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The crew of the International Space Station is expecting a visitor on Christmas Day, but it wonât be Santa Claus. Instead, it will be the cargo ship, the ISS Progress 16, carrying 2.5 tons of goodies and supplies to the Space Station.
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(CBS/AP) Space station commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineer Michael Fincke completed a five-hour 21-minute spacewalk, successfully installing a new coolant system component and three antennas that an unmanned European cargo craft will use for
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Anyone who    wants to follow in the shoes of Burt Rutan and win the next big space prize    will have to build a spacecraft capable of taking a crew of no fewer than five    people to an altitude of 400 kilometers and complete two orbits of the Earth    at that altitude. Then they have to repeat that accomplishment within 60 days.
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Space station crew carries out space walk    MOSCOW, June 6 (Xinhua) -- International Space Station (ISS) crew members have started a six-hour space walk Wednesday evening, Itar- Tass news agency reported.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In fits and starts, NASA began retracting via remote control a 115-foot solar panel on the international space station Wednesday, likening the tricky task to folding a road map back up and stuffing it in the glove compartment.
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When you&#39;re orbiting 240 miles above Earth in the International Space Station, grabbing a midnight snack is a bit more complicated than sneaking into the kitchen.
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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&#39; heat shield.
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There's nothing routine about working in space, as astronaut Mike Fincke found out recently when he did some soldering onboard the International Space Station.    Science@NASA -- Richard Grugel, a materials scientist at the Marshall Space Flight Center, watched his video monitor in disbelief...
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Two spacewalking astronauts brought the International Space Station (ISS) a step closer to full power Wednesday after replacing a broken motor at the base of one of their orbiting lab's wing-like solar arrays.
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Space Shuttle Discovery closes in on the International Space Station high above the Earth.
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The space shuttle Atlantis crew completed the full deployment of the International Space Station's new set of solar arrays Thursday.  The arrays span a total of 240 feet and have a width of 38 feet, NASA said.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper pokes her head out of an airlock Tuesday to begin installing a new addition to the international space station, she will join an elite club of women who have gone on spacewalks.
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MOSCOW - Two Russian cosmonauts spent more than five hours outside the international space station Wednesday, laying cable and installing protective panels to guard against space debris.  The walk lasted five hours and 37 minutes, about 15 minutes faster than planned.