NASA Extends Shuttle Mission to Work on Station
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NASA will tack a day on to the mission of the space shuttle Discovery so crew members can do âexploratory surgeryâ on part of the International Space Station.
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NASA extends the Atlantis mission by one day after computer problems delay activation of the laboratory module. Meanwhile, a German astronaut is sufficiently recovered from an illness to make a seven-hour spacewalk.
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The shuttle Discovery astronauts floated aboard the International Space Station on Monday, the start of a week-long stay to hook up a new power system so new laboratory modules can be added to the complex.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Sunday to start a week-long stay to deliver electricity-generating solar panels and a new crewmember to the orbital outpost.
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NASA hopes to duplicate the success it had with rewiring the international space station earlier this week so it can continue tackling a problem that has vexed it for days.
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One down, three to go Almost as soon as the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis completed their first spacewalk, NASA announced that the mission to the International Space Station will be extended by two days to make time for a fourth excursion into hard vacuum.â¦
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The US space agency, NASA, says work continues on safety improvements on the space shuttle design in anticipation of the shuttle&#39;s return to flight in 2005.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Thursday will attempt to launch its third space shuttle mission in six months, a healthy pace the agency needs to maintain to finish work on the International Space Station before the shuttles stop flying in four years.
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NASA said on Monday that it may add a  day to shuttle Discovery's stay at the International Space  Station so astronauts can inspect a balky joint that rotates  solar power panels on the orbiting outpost.
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The US shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station on Thursday for a complex construction mission to pave the way for the installation of European and Japanese laboratories.
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NASA kept its fingers crossed as it worked out a technical glitch with a fuel cell that has stranded the shuttle Atlantis for at least 48 hours, until the next launch attempt Friday.
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NASA will extend operation of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) through the end of 2004, in light of a recent request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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NASA declared that it's back in the space-station assembly business Thursday after shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts safely returned from a 12-day mission to install a big new piece of the orbiting outpost.
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NASAâs Mars rovers have had their missions extended by a further six months after weathering the Martian winter solstice, NASA announced on Tuesday.
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The crew will now spend 13 days in space.  HOUSTON  -- Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during Atlantis' launch, extending the space shuttle's mission to 13 days from 11, NASA managers said Monday.
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The failure of Russian computers which control the international space station's positioning have NASA managers considering another extension of space shuttle Atlantis' visit to the orbiting outpost, officials said Wednesday
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By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a two-day journey, space shuttle Discovery reached the International Space Station on Monday for a weeklong stay to continue construction on the orbiting lab and rotate out a crew member.