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  • Progress 27 docked to space station

    Progress Docks to Space Station

    A new Progress cargo carrier docked to the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment Wednesday with almost 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard.

  • Spacewalkers Find No Solar Wing Smoking Gun

    Spacewalkers Find No Solar Wing Smoking Gun

    Expedition 16 astronauts Dan Tani and Peggy Whitson wrapped up a 6-hour, 56-minute spacewalk focused on International Space Station solar array issues at 11:46 a.m. EST Tuesday.

  • The International Space Station

    Station Partners Win International Cooperation Award

    The International Space Station partnership received the 2007 American Astronautical Society award for the advancement of international cooperation in Houston at the society's annual conference Nov. 13-14.

  • The EuTEF platform allows research in space.

    EuTEF Gives Europe a Platform

    The EuTEF platform will allow experiments on the outside of the International Space Station.

  • Columbus Laboratory

    Columbus Poised for Research Breakthroughs

    The Columbus laboratory gives European researchers a foothold in orbit.

  • S120-E-009759 -- The International Space Station

    Spacewalkers Complete More Harmony Hookup Work

    International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani completed a 7-hour, 4-minute spacewalk at 11:54 a.m. EST Saturday, continuing the external outfitting of the Harmony node in its new position in front of the U.S. laboratory Destiny.

  • Commander Peggy Whitson

    Spacewalkers Harmonize on Node Hookup Tasks

    Expedition 16 crew members conducted a spacewalk to outfit the Harmony node in its new position in front of the U.S laboratory Destiny.

  • Harmony

    Harmony Moved to Front of Space Station

    The new Harmony node is now in position to receive the European and Japanese modules to be added to the International Space Station.

  • PMA-2

    PMA-2 Move Readies Station for Harmony Relocation

    International Space Station crew members moved Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 from the front of the U.S. laboratory Destiny to the Harmony node early Monday.

  • Astronaut Peggy Whitson

    Station Spacewalk Prepares for PMA, Harmony Moves

    A successful 6-hour, 55-minute spacewalk to prepare for the relocation of Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 and the subsequent move of the new Harmony node to its permanent International Space Station home ended at 10:49 a.m. EST Friday.

  • ISS015-E-34600 -- Soyuz TMA-10 crew

    Space Station Crew Back on Earth

    Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov, the 15th crew of the International Space Station, landed safely in their Soyuz spacecraft Sunday in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

  • Women at NASA

    Women at NASA

    Read about the many women who contribute to NASA and the human spaceflight program.

  • Expedition 16

    Expedition 16 Crew Docks with Space Station

    Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko of the 16th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-11 with the orbiting laboratory at 10:50 a.m. EDT Friday to begin a six-month stay aboard.

  • Soyuz spacecraft

    Station Crew Moves Soyuz

    Expedition 15 moved its Soyuz spacecraft from the Earth-facing port of the station's Zarya module to the aft port of the Zvezda module Thursday.

  • Glenn Chin, Harmony payload mission manager

    STS-120 Bringing Space Station ‘Harmony’

    Module provides an international crossroads in space.

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  • ISS014-E-09413 -- ISS 'Mates' SWAB Deck

    ISS 'Mates' SWAB Deck

    Cleanliness is not just the dirt one can see. It’s also a matter of bacteria and parasites. That’s why -- even though there is no floor -- there is no five second rule on the space station.

  • S118-E-05968 -- International Space Station

    PMA-3 Relocation

    International Space Station crew members moved Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 from the left side of the Unity node to the bottom to prepare the station for future growth.

  • ISS015-E-08028 --- An unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the space station

    Progress Docks to Space Station

    A new Progress cargo carrier docked to the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment at 2:40 p.m. EDT Sunday with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard.

  • Expedition 15 spacewalk

    Station Crew Winds Up Ammonia Reservoir Jettison Spacewalk

    Two International Space Station crew members successfully wrapped up a spacewalk that saw the removal and jettison of a refrigerator-size ammonia reservoir.

  • Astronaut Sunita Williams

    Astronaut Suni Williams Sets Endurance Record

    NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams has set a new record for the longest duration spaceflight by a woman.