Space Stations of the Future
International Space Station Alpha, which has been in operation since December 2000, is scheduled for completion in 2006. "Alpha," as it is nicknamed, is beco...
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Space Stations
Overview
The advent of space stations allowed humans to spend extended periods of time in space. They have provided a wealth of information about the challenges humans will face, and mu...
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Space Stations
Less than two decades after the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, lifted off into orbit on October 4, 1957, U.S. astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts were living and working in space s...
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Space Station
In the wake of the successful American moon landings of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Soviet Union moved to pioneer manned space stations ahead of the Americans. They launched the ...
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A new inflatable, unmanned test module for a proposed private space station was launched into orbit Thursday aboard a Russian rocket, the U.S. company developing the technology said.The Dnepr rocke...
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Two Russian cosmonauts climbed out of the international space station Wednesday to install protective panels designed to shield the orbiting outpost from dangerous space debris.Commander Fyodor Yur...
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Six processors on two computers began crashing on the Russian side of the international space station Tuesday, limiting the spacecraft's ability to maneuver and produce oxygen. By Friday evening, f...
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After a two-day journey, space shuttle Discovery reached the international space station Monday for a weeklong stay to continue construction on the orbiting lab and rotate out a crew member.Discove...
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With floating hugs all around, space shuttle Discovery's crew bid farewell to the international space station and its residents Tuesday after an eight-day visit."It's always a goal to try and leave...
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The crews of Atlantis and the international space station greeted each other with hugs and handshakes Sunday after the space shuttle arrived at the orbiting outpost.But amid the smiles and salutati...
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Two spacewalking astronauts successfully rewired half of the international space station on Thursday, a job that when finished will allow the orbiting outpost to double the size of its crew and add...
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