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Discovery departs space station with a message from Capt. Kirk

Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, left the International Space Station on Monday for the last time, getting a dramatic send-off by the dozen orbiting astronauts as well as "Star Trek's" original Capt. Kirk.

 

Discovery astronauts kick off first spacewalk

Discovery astronauts kick off first spacewalk

Discovery astronauts Stephen Bowen and Al Drew ventured outside the International Space Station today while the original lead spacewalker for ...

 

NASA: Space Shuttle Discovery Is Ready for Thursday Launch

NASA's shuttle Discovery is fit as a fiddle for its planned launch tomorrow (Feb. 24), setting the stage for the spacecraft's final trip to the International Space Station, space agency ...

 

Space station astronauts take 2nd crack at repairs

A pair of spacewalking astronauts tackled urgent space station repairs Wednesday for the second time in five days, anxious to avoid the kind ...

 

NASA scrambling to plan vital space station repairs

NASA engineers are working around-the-clock to firm up plans to send astronauts on two emergency spacewalks outside the International Space Station to repair a serious cooling system failure.

 

Space station cooling system suddenly shuts down

Half of the International Space Station's cooling system suddenly shut down during the weekend, forcing the astronauts to power down equipment and face the likelihood of urgent spacewalking repairs.

 

Runaway Russian spaceship docks with space station

A runaway supply ship that failed to dock at the International Space Station on Friday made good on a second attempt Sunday afternoon.

 

Spaceship Out of Control Near Space Station

Spaceship Out of Control Near Space Station

The unmanned Russian Progress 38 cargo ship launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 30, 2010 carrying 2.5 tons of supplies for the station's Expedition 24 crew. An unmanned Russian cargo ship has veered out of control near the International Space Station, sailing clear past the orbiting lab instead of docking on autopilot, as engineers on Earth struggle to determine what went wrong.

 

Atlantis lifts off for last scheduled flight

Space shuttle Atlantis thundered off its launchpad at Kennedy Space Center into cloudless skies Friday afternoon and headed to the International Space Station on the 32nd and final planned mission of its 25-year career.

 

Shuttle Discovery lifts off for space station

Shuttle Discovery lifts off for space station

Space shuttle Discovery with seven astronauts aboard blasted off on Monday on one of NASA's final servicing missions to the International Space Station.

 

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