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Atlantis astronauts complete second spacewalk of mission

U.S. astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik wrapped up the second space walk for space shuttle Atlantis's STS-129 mission on Saturday, NASA said. This is a file photo of Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. works outside the...

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NASA STS-129 Report #09 5 p.m. CST Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Friday, November 20, 2009 Source: Johnson Space Center Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON Preparations for the second spacewalk of Atlantis' STS-129 visit to the International Space...

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LIVE COVERAGE: Astronauts to Tackle Another Cargo Pallet Attachment

Spacewalkers Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik did so well installing a first empty cargo platform on the space station that Mission Controllers decided to have them tackle another, since they are running far ahead of schedule....

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Key Parts Returned from Hubble Telescope Now on Display at Smithsonian

The camera that captured many of the Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images and the "contact lenses" that focused the observatory's flawed mirror debuted Wednesday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in...

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NASA Puts Social Media on Rocket Trajectory

NASA's move to giving 100 Twitter users front row seats at the Kennedy Space Center for the Nov. 16 liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis propelled the US space agency into the stratosphere of trending topics the day before the...

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Russia's Poisk arrives at International Space Station

Russia's fourth International Space Station module, Mini-Research Module 2, also known as Poisk, docked with the ISS's Zvezda zenith docking port on 12 November at 15:44 GMT. Launched by a Samara Space Center Soyuz-U rocket...

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False alarms prompt space station scare

Atlantis mission pilot Barry Wilmore, left, and Commander Charles Hobaugh field questions from the media. Astronauts on space station, shuttle Atlantis wake up to alarm NASA: Alarms, signaling fire and pressure loss, proved...

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Cosmonaut Says Russia Falling Behind In Space Race

Report: Cosmonaut Says Russia Falling Behind In Space Race With Reliance On Old Technology (AP) MOSCOW (AP) - Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and will likely fall behind in the space race, a...

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Astronauts Get Extra Moving Time at Space Station

Astronauts Get Extra Moving Time at Space Station, Thanks to Damage-Free Shuttle Atlantis By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment In this Nov. 18, 2009...

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Is this the end for human space flight?

Michael Hanlon SO WE won't be going to Mars, not in my lifetime anyway. OK, the Augustine panel's review of NASA's human space-flight plans outlines several options. NASA, the only game in town, has no real idea what space is...

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