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Cosmonauts Wrap Up Spacewalk
08.04.11 - Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev closed the hatch to the Pirs docking compartment ending their spacewalk Wednesday Aug. 3, at 5:13 p.m. EDT.
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The Orbital Perspective of Astronaut Ron Garan
08.02.11 - "Hello from space!" Ron Garan's video blog shows how orbital research can help improve life on Earth and inspire people to make a difference.
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Atlantis’ Final Mission Included Successful Kennedy-Developed Plant Experiment
08.01.11 - A plant experiment flown on Atlantis gave insights to scientists researching bacteria that may help plants produce proteins.
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Voyage to Vaccine Discovery Continues
07.28.11 - Any scientist can tell you that research is a time-consuming pursuit. In fact, it can take decades to show results.
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Materials Experiments Home for Analysis
07.27.11 - It's been a decade since the first Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE, was deployed on the International Space Station.
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This Time It's Rocket Science AND Surgery
07.20.11 - Not all great collaborations are planned. In fact, many of the best partnerships are the work of timing and serendipity.
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Yeast Rising to the Space Station
07.15.11 - Chefs across the globe may not know it yet, but their baker’s yeast just left the kitchen and blasted off into low Earth orbit.
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Eleven More
07.12.11 - Through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program, 11 communities will take part in the final space shuttle flight.
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New Research and Technology Experiments Headed to ISS
07.08.11 - Atlantis has launched to the Space Station, carrying research ranging from microscopic cell research to macroscopic technology development equipment.
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NASA's Smartphone-Powered Satellite
07.08.11 - NASA is equipping the trio of SPHERES on the space station with a Nexus™ S handset made by Samsung Electronics and powered by Google’s Android™ platform.
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Improving Sleep on the Space Station
06.24.11 - It's hard to sleep in a strange place, but just imagine free floating in a spacecraft orbiting the Earth like the International Space Station crew.
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From Backpacking to Space Trekking
06.14.11 - NASA to test water purification method for long-duration space exploration.
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Keeping Cool With Heat Pipes on the Space Station
06.14.11 - How do you keep electronic and computer components from overheating in space?
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Spiders in Space -- Live!
06.08.11 - Ever since they were announced, the spiders in space have been living in the limelight.
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Rocket Rock: Soyuz Crew Gets a Sendoff Song from ZZ Top
06.07.11 - A celebratory toast, an Orthodox Russian priest blessing, and a salute are a few trademarks of a Soyuz launch. This time cheap sunglasses, long beards and an iconic guitar also made their way to the rocket pad.
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The Calm After the STORRM
06.06.11 - After much work and anticipation, STORRM, or Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation, was successfully demonstrated during Endeavour’s recent mission to the International Space Station.
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Station Crew Launches Aboard Soyuz
06.07.11 - Three new Expedition 28 flight engineers bound for the International Space Station launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 7.
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Space Station Technology Benefits Fine Art
06.01.11 - If art is in the eye of the beholder, then space aficionados may hail the International Space Station as a technological masterpiece.
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Students Fly Investigations to the Space Station
05.25.11 - In today's classroom, students have the opportunity to take their lessons to a whole new stratosphere.
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Expedition 27 Crew Returns Home
05.23.11 - After spending 157 days aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 27 landed May 23, 2011.