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New Crew Arrives At ISS Just In Time For Historic Space Event

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

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ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A Russian-made Soyuz craft carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station, putting the crew in place ...

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NASA Veteran, Cosmonauts Blast Off Toward Space Station

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 05.18.2012

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ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for ...

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Russian Cargo Ship Docks With Space Station

Posted 01.28.2012

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By: Tariq Malik Published: 01/27/2012 08:15 PM EST on SPACE.com A robotic Russian cargo ship pulled up to the International Space Sta...

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Seeing the Space Station Before Dawn

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 03.16.2012

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Zoe P. Strassfield

It may LOOK like just a dot from my backyard, but I know it's an orbital complex the size of a jumbo jet, built by 16 countries working together, and a house in space that's been inhabited continuously for more than half my life.

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Astronauts Rocket Into Space Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 02.20.2012

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MOSCOW — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, an American and a Dutchman to the International Space Station blasted off flawlessly from Russia...

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U.S., Russian Crew Heads For Space

AP | By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 11.14.2011

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MOSCOW -- A Russian spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians blasted off Monday from the snow-covered Kazakh steppes in a faultless launch tha...

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New Mission To Space Station Blasts Off

AP | Posted 01.14.2012

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MOSCOW — A Russian spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians blasted off successfully Monday from the Kazakh steppes on a mission to the ...

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Spacecraft Landing Rattles Nerves

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 11.16.2011

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MOSCOW — A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three returning astronauts from the International Space Station touched down safely Friday in the cent...

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The Senate Launch System - Destiny, Decision, and Disaster

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 11.15.2011

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Rick Tumlinson

Let's use the $38 billion Congress wants to flush down the toilet of history to save NASA by funding useful programs that will actually open the frontier and get the agency back to exploring almost right away.

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Spacecraft's Journey To Space Station Delayed

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 11.13.2011

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MOSCOW — Russia's space agency has postponed its launch of the next manned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station until Nov. 12 ami...

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PHOTO: Incredible Spacewalk Image Shows Sun And Earth Together

Posted 11.13.2011

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Here's something you don't see everyday: the sun and the Earth, in the same picture. It's Tuesday's Image of the Day from NASA, taken with a fish-e...

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NewSpace to the Rescue for the Space Station

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 10.28.2011

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Rick Tumlinson

It is absurd that more then 50 years into the age of human spaceflight, the entire world depends on one launch system to get people to and from space.

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Over and Out, Above and Beyond: Is the Space Age Over Or Just Beginning?

William Bradley | Posted 09.27.2011

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William Bradley

As I watched the last mission of Atlantis -- something utterly unimaginable in 1969 -- some of the old feeling came back. But it seemed, with due respect, rather generic, with a cloudy future overhanging it all.

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America's First Woman Space-Walker Remembers Shuttle Rides

James M. Clash | Posted 09.05.2011

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James M. Clash

"This business consists of riding bombs. And if you do absolutely everything right, you can marshal the energy to do something astonishing like put yourself into orbit. If you do even a few things wrong, it's going to act like a bomb."

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WATCH: Space Capsule Lands In Kazakshtan

Posted 05.25.2011

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Three astronauts aboard the Soyuz Space Capsule have landed safely in Kazakhstan after a months-long mission at the International Space Station. Am...

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Russia's Soyuz Soon To Be Only Lifeline To Space

AP | PETER LEONARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — As a Soyuz spacecraft slowly rolls to its launchpad on the icy cold steppes of Kazakhstan, even the most seasoned space f...

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Weightless Training Over Moscow

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

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James M. Clash

In Russia, you can experience simulated bursts of weightlessness (parabolic flight) in an old Ilyushin 76 cargo plane -- the same aircraft in which Russian cosmonauts train.

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International Space Station Gets 3 New Tenants

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station got three new tenants Friday, doubling in crew size with the arrival of a Russian Soyuz c...

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Inside The International Space Station (VIDEO): Take A Dizzying Tour In The ISS

Huffington Post | Amanda Ng | Posted 05.25.2011

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The International Space Station, which went into orbit over a decade ago, is believed to be one of the most expensive objects ever constructed. So wh...

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Russian Rocket Carries Space Tourist

nytimes.com | WILLIAM HARWOOD | Posted 05.25.2011

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the shuttle Discovery safely away from the International Space Station, a Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off Thursday...

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Flight School: Back to Blog!

Esther Dyson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Esther Dyson

I'm sitting here in Star City, training to be a cosmonaut, and I was sure I would have the time to write a blog after classes every day from 9 to 6. Now's the time to get serious about it.

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