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Watch Live As Three People Return From Space Today
It's time to come home! Expedition 39 astronauts Rick Mastracchio, Koichi Wakata and Mikhail Tyurin will climb into a Russian…
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Dangling Dextre Digs out Docked Dragon Depot prior to Station Departure
To close out their final week aboard the International Space Station, three of the six Expedition 39 crew members are…
UPDATE: Spacewalkers Zip Through Tasks To Fix Broken Computer
UPDATE, 11:42 a.m. EDT: Rick Mastracchio and Steve Swanson finished their spacewalk in just 1 hour and 36 minutes, nearly…
Urgent Spacewalk Must Dance Between Dragon and Progress Spacecraft
It's a good thing that next week's urgent spacewalk is pegged as a short one, because the coming days will be hectic…
Shiny: Astronaut Wears ‘Firefly’ T-Shirt In First Instagram From Space
And now, time for some thrilling heroics. NASA astronaut Steve Swanson sent out the first Instagram from space last week…
Contingency Spacewalk Planned Next Week, But Dragon Must Arrive At Space Station First
As contingency spacewalks go, the urgent task should be easy: a quick 2.5-hour run to swap out a failed backup…
Failed Space Station Computer Spurs Contingency Spacewalk Plans
NASA is preparing a contingency spacewalk to deal with a broken backup computer component on the International Space Station, the agency…
Backup Computer Glitches On Space Station But Crew Safe, NASA Says
A backup computer that controls "some systems associated with robotics" on the International Space Station is not "responding to commands",…
Event Alert: Watch Space Station Hatch Opening Live Tonight
Update, 8:33 p.m. EDT: The Soyuz spacecraft arrived safely at station at 7:53 p.m. EDT (11:53 a.m. UTC) and coverage of…
Astronauts ‘In Good Shape’ As They Face Space Station Docking Delay
Despite a problem that held up last night's International Space Station docking, the Expedition 39/40 crew is doing well as…