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Next manned ISS mission to launch May 15: RussiaMoscow (AFP) Feb 2, 2012 Russia said Thursday that its delayed next manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) would blast off May 15, 45 days later than its scheduled date, after a problem was found in testing. "The launch is set for May 15," the head of the Russian space agency's manned programmes, Alexei Krasnov, told the Interfax news agency. He also said that the mission currently on the ISS would stay an extra six weeks longer than scheduled and would land back on Earth on April 30. Three crew members ... read more |
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 Russia to postpone next manned space launches Russia is set to pospone the next two manned launches for the International Space Station (ISS) for several weeks due to technical problems with the Soyuz spaceship, an industry source told Interfax Friday. ... more | .. |
 Progress Space Freighter Undocks from ISS The Progress M-13M space freighter with the Chibis-M micro-satellite undocked early on Tuesday from the International Space Station (ISS), a mission control spokesman said. The space freighter ... more | .. |
 Russia Orbits Chibis Microsatellite Russia's Chibis (Peewit) microsatellite, which studies gamma-radiation generated by lightning in the atmosphere, was put into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). It separated fro ... more | .. |
 Russian Space Freighter to be Buried in Pacific The Progress M-13M cargo spacecraft will be sunk in a remote area in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday after deploying a micro-satellite, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said. The spa ... more |
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 Russian cargo vessel takes off for space station The Russian cargo ship Progress M-14M was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Thursday, bringing water and fuel to the International Space Station, the mission control centre said. ... more | .. |
 Russia Readies ISS Space Freighter Launch A Soyuz-U launch vehicle carrying the Progress M-14M cargo spacecraft will be transported to a launch site at the Baikonur space center on Tuesday, Russian space agency Roscosmos said. "A stat ... more | .. |
 ISS Team Undertakes 'EPIC' Event Anyone who has ever been involved in a computer upgrade knows that they can be complicated, and that you have to take your time, be careful, and go step-by-step if you want to be successful. T ... more | .. |
 Photographing the International Space Station from Your Own Backyard Photographing the International Space Station seems like something that could be done only from space, but taking a picture from your own backyard actually is easier than you might think. If y ... more |
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 New crew arrives at international space station The Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Friday with a new crew of three onboard. The spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhs ... more | .. |
 NASA 'Smart SPHERES' Tested on ISS In November, a free-flying robot on the International Space Station successfully gathered and delivered motion data to its astronaut handler for the first time via a new smartphone controller. ... more | .. |
 Russia sends multinational crew to ISS Russia on Wednesday sent a multinational crew of three astronauts to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ... more | .. |
As Soyuz Rolls ISS Crew Work On Science The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft that will carry new Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko, Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers into space rolled out to the launch pad Monday at Baikonur Cosmodrome in ... more |
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 Astronaut TJ Creamer Learns Space Station Science From the Ground Up He traveled 65,200,000 miles around the planet while living aboard the International Space Station for 161 days, but a new journey has led astronaut TJ Creamer to the Marshall Space Flight Center in ... more | .. |
 FLEX-ible Insight Into Flame Behavior Whether free-burning or smoldering, uncontrolled fire can threaten life and destroy property. On Earth, a little water, maybe some chemicals, and the fire is smothered. In space, where there is no u ... more | .. |
 Growing Knowledge in Space Plants are critical in supporting life on Earth, and with help from an experiment that flew onboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission, they also could transform living in space. NASA's Kenne ... more |
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 MDA to extend its services to support Canadarm2 and Dextre for ISS MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has received contracts worth CA$4.2 million from NASA's Johnson Space Center to exten ... more | .. |
FLEX-ible Insight Into Flame Behavior Whether free-burning or smoldering, uncontrolled fire can threaten life and destroy property. On Earth, a little water, maybe some chemicals, and the fire is smothered. In space, where there i ... more | .. |
 Satellite junk no threat to space station crew Russian Mission Control has dismissed NASA's prediction that the three astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) may need to take shelter inside Russian space capsules on Wednesday mo ... more | .. |
 Space Station Trio Lands Safely in Kazakhstan Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth on Monday, wrapping up nearly six months in space during which NASA and its international partners celebrated the 11th anniver ... more |
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 Russian Soyuz brings astronauts safely back to Earth Three astronauts landed safely in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule on Tuesday after a stay of over five months aboard the International Space Station, Russian mission control said. ... more | .. |
 Maintaining Crew Health One Step at a Time While many of us may not like to exercise, imagine having to do it two hours every day. Astronauts on the International Space Station must exercise at least that much to stay fit. A new space statio ... more | .. |
 New Trio Welcomed Aboard Station, Gets to Work Expedition 29 has expanded to six crew members. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin docked the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft to the Poisk mini-research ... more | .. |
 Russian spacecraft delivers new crew to ISS A spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked Wednesday with the International Space Station in the first Russian manned mission for five months after a spate of technical failures. ... more |
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