Space sewing kit may be used for repair
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Atlantis astronauts may use a sewing kit normally reserved for spacesuits to repair a peeled-back thermal blanket near the spacecraft's tail, NASA managers said Tuesday.
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Space shuttle astronauts will attempt  to repair Atlantis&#39; damaged heat shield during a spacewalk on  Friday, using staples to try to pin down a loose thermal  blanket, managers decided on Wednesday.
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Nasa assesses damage to a newly unfurled solar panel at the International Space Station (ISS).
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Astronauts conduct a fourth ISS spacewalk, as the station's computer system is repaired after having failed.
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A spacewalking NASA  astronaut pitched two large pieces of obsolete equipment off  the International Space Station and into orbit on Monday.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacewalking astronauts worried they have may have gummed up a successful job connecting an addition to the international space station Tuesday when a bolt, spring and washer floated free.
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Astronauts at the International Space Station prepared for a third space walk Friday to repair torn space shuttle insulation, amid problems with computers controling the ISS&#39;s oxygen supply and orbital position.
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Repairs to the oxygen generator onboard the International Space Station seemed to work, but then failed the following day. Astronauts are again limited to backup oxygen supplies. By Amit Asaravala.
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The space station's two American astronauts went out on a riskier than usual spacewalk Wednesday to fix one of two equipment failures that have crippled their power system and threatened to stall construction.
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WASHINGTON - NASA should turn to astronauts, not robots, to repair the aging Hubble Space Telescope, an expert panel recommended on Wednesday.
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NASA scientists said yesterday they had recovered some intact materials from the wreckage of the Genesis space capsule that fell to Earth this week and were hopeful the mission to gather solar atoms could be salvaged.
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Two U.S. astronauts  replaced a broken motor on one of the International Space  Station's solar wings during a spacewalk on Wednesday, clearing  the way for more modules to be added to the outpost.
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By Traci Watson  NASA is scrambling to develop alternate ways to fold up a balky solar panel that, in its current position, would halt construction of the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Two U.S. astronauts replaced a broken motor on one of the International Space Station's solar wings during a spacewalk on Wednesday, clearing the way for more modules to be added to the outpost.
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NASA needs to supply astronauts with a "reasonable, doable and practicable" way to plug space shuttle holes in orbit before resuming launches, an advisory group said Thursday.
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By John Schwartz  In space, junk can kill. When two bolts slipped away from spacewalking astronauts last week, astronauts and controllers expressed concern that the small objects might have floated into the moving parts of the $372 million truss that had just been added to the station.
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NASA reported progress on glitches to a critical computer system on the International Space Station on Friday as astronauts repaired insulation damage to the space shuttle Atlantis during a spacewalk.