Space Station Moves to Avoid Debris
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U.S. and Russian officials changed the International Space Station's orbit to keep it clear of debris from a satellite destroyed by China, a report says.
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WASHINGTON - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are gearing up for an extra spacewalk to tackle solar array joint malfunctions outside their orbital laboratory.
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By AP  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- Astronauts guided into place and bolted down a 2-ton addition to the international space station Tuesday, making the first of three difficult spacewalks during space shuttle Discovery's stay at the orbiting lab.   U.S.
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WASHINGTON - NASA takes a major step toward returning astronauts to space when engineers this week ship an improved rocket fuel tank refitted to avoid the falling debris that caused the destruction of Columbia and the deaths of seven astronauts.
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The crew of the International Space Station flew an emergency lifeboat from one docking port to another at the outpost Monday, clearing the way for two spacewalks planned for next year.
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By John Schwartz  In space, junk can kill. When two bolts slipped away from spacewalking astronauts last week, astronauts and controllers expressed concern that the small objects might have floated into the moving parts of the $372 million truss that had just been added to the station.
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There are literally tons of man-made debris orbiting the Earth, from rocket parts to dead satellites to human waste dumped by space station crews. Then there's the stuff that spacewalking astronauts have simply lost out there.
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Two spacewalking astronauts on  Wednesday freed a stubborn bolt that could have kept the  International Space Station's newly installed solar arrays from  turning properly.
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The International Space Station grew a bit longer this week as astronauts attached the Starboard 3 and 4 truss segment during a six-hour spacewalk.
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By JIM HEINTZ  MOSCOW - Two Russian cosmonauts spent more than five hours outside the international space station Wednesday, laying cable and installing protective panels to guard against space debris.  The walk lasted five hours and 37 minutes, about 15 minutes faster than planned.
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A spacewalking astronaut did some massive housecleaning at the international space station Monday, tossing out a camera mounting and an ammonia tank weighing more than half a ton. The outdated equipment was no longer needed and joined more than 9,000 pieces of orbital debris already being tracked from Earth.
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NASA will take a key step to returning astronauts to space when engineers ship a fuel tank that has been refitted. All this too decrease the likelihood of falling debris that caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, officials said Tuesday.
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The crew of the International Space Station Monday repositioned their Soyuz rescue capsule to clear the way for two space walks planned in the coming weeks.
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MOSCOW - The Russian-US crew of the International Space Station (ISS) went on a five-hour space walk overnight to carry out maintenance work, Russian space officials said Saturday, quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency.
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Leaving their orbiting outpost unmanned, the international space station&#39;s two astronauts floated outside on a spacewalk Friday and plugged in new antennas and replaced a worn-out piece of cooling equipment.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.- Astronauts guided into place and bolted down a  2-ton addition to the international space station Tuesday, making the first  of three difficult spacewalks during space shuttle Discovery's stay.
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By MARCIA DUNN     CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- Leaving their orbiting outpost unmanned, the international space station's two astronauts floated outside on a spacewalk Friday and plugged in new antennas and replaced a worn-out piece of cooling equipment...