Capcom
Capcom is a term that originated in the days of the Mercury space program when spacecraft were little more than capsules. Originally named for "capsule communicator," the capcom p...
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The space-to-ground radio crackled recently with a message from Mission Control to U.S. astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and his two crewmates at the international space station."Mike, unfortunately...
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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...
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Russian computers that control the international space station's orientation and oxygen and water supplies were partly working again Thursday after failing the day before.Flight controllers in Mosc...
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A NASA contract worker took a handgun inside an office building Friday at the Johnson Space Center and fatally shot a hostage before killing himself, police said. A second hostage escaped with mino...
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Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis are leaving the international space station Sunday much different than how they found it six days ago.
In three arduous spacewalks with the blu...
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Washington (dpa) - Rain continued to threaten the Florida region
for later Friday, increasing the prospects that the Atlantis shuttle
may have to continue orbiting another ...
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Capcom
Space station astronaut is movie buff
