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Tools Get Loose During ISS Spacewalk
A Russian spacewalker works outside the Pirs docking compartment after beginning the first Expedition 24 spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV
Food for Mars: A Daunting Challenge
Astronaut foods may appear indestructible, but many crew favorites don't retain their nutrition or palatability for even a year.
Space Station Robot Gets To Work
Two years after arriving at the International Space Station, the Canadian-built Dextre robot is ready to get to work.
New Plan For NASA Keeps Shuttles On The Job (For Now)
A NASA oversight committee has unanimously passed a plan to postpone the space shuttles' retirement and build a new U.S. launch system while helping to develop commercial space taxis.
Robonaut Getting Ready for ISS Mission (Video)
NASA's Robonaut 2 will be the first human-like robot to go to space, and teams from Johnson Space Center have been putting "R2" through a battery of tests to make sure this futuristic robot is ready for its first mission. R2 will become a permanent resident of the International Space Station, and will launch on space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS-133 mission, currently planned for November 1, 2010.
Station cargo ship docks on 2nd try
A robotic Russsian cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday after a communications glitch caused the freighter to abort its first rendezvous and docking on Friday. Flying on autopilot, the Progress spacecraft eased into a parking slip ...
What Do Astronauts Eat?
The menu is expansive, provided food items can survive microbe-killing heat treatment or complete dehydration. Oh, and there's absolutely no pizza.
Space Shuttles To Stay On the Job A Bit Longer
With no clear vision of its future, NASA will cling a bit longer to its past, pushing the space shuttle retirement date off until March 2011 at the earliest. That’s when shuttle Endeavour is now scheduled to return from the ...
U.S. Opens Space Doors to China
The next time the United States decides to venture into space, it won't be going alone.
ISS Will Be in Constant Sunlight the Next Few Days
The International Space Station. Credit: NASA
