
Reisman, Bowen Complete First STS-132 Spacewalk
Houston TX (SPX) May 18, 2010 - Astronauts Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen completed a seven hour, 25 minute spacewalk at 3:19 p.m. EDT.
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Houston TX (SPX) May 18, 2010 - Astronauts Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen completed a seven hour, 25 minute spacewalk at 3:19 p.m. EDT.
May 18, 2010

Washington (AFP) May 17, 2010 - US astronauts completed Monday the first of three planned spacewalks from the shuttle Atlantis a day after the craft docked with the International Space Station.
May 17, 2010

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 17, 2010 - Boeing has provided critical parts that Space Shuttle Atlantis will carry to the International Space Station (ISS) when the orbiter launches on the 32nd and final flight of its quarter-century career. The parts include six replacement batteries and a space-to-ground antenna (SGANT) with accompanying boom assembly.
May 17, 2010

Pasadena CA (JPL) May 17, 2010 - Innovative planetarium shows and traveling museum exhibits are among nine projects NASA has selected to receive agency funding this year. NASA's Competitive Program for Science Museums and Planetariums will provide $7 million in grants to enhance educational outreach related to space exploration, aeronautics, space science, Earth science and microgravity.
May 17, 2010

Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 17, 2010 - There's a new dawn for science experiments aboard the International Space Station. A Russian-built Mini-Research Module-1 launched on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 mission.
May 17, 2010

Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2010 - What weighs 600 pounds, is shiny-silver with black and white polka dots and shaped like an upside-down saucer? If you guessed some sort of mod, fancy looking UFO, you are close. It's a fuel tank dome being developed for NASA's next-generation launch vehicles.
May 17, 2010

Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) May 17, 2010 - US astronauts were to venture into outer space Monday for the first time since the shuttle Atlantis linked up with the International Space Station in the final rendezvous of its 25-year career.
May 17, 2010

Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) May 16, 2010 - The space shuttle Atlantis linked up with the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday for its final rendezvous.
May 16, 2010

Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) May 15, 2010 - US shuttle Atlantis speeded toward the International Space Station Saturday after a successful lift-off on the final mission for the 25-year-old spacecraft.
May 15, 2010

Austin TX (SPX) May 14, 2010 - Even astronauts are looking to lessen the load in their carry-on luggage these days, and University of Texas at Austin aerospace engineering alumnus Terry Hill (B.S. '96, M.S. '98) is helping them pack a little lighter.
May 14, 2010

Washington (AFP) May 13, 2010 - A top US general on Thursday called for international rules to control chaotic space traffic, warning satellites are increasingly at risk of collision.
May 13, 2010

Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 13, 2010 - Re-entry into Earth's atmosphere is considered one of the most critical moments in spaceflight. To make the journey into space and back to Earth safer, cheaper and more flexible, the German Aerospace Center has designed an experimental spacecraft.
May 13, 2010

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 13, 2010 - Wednesday is L-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, meaning there are only two days remaining until the scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission. Countdown clocks across the launch complex were activated at 4 p.m. EDT Tuesday and the countdown continues on schedule for liftoff Friday at 2:20 p.m.
May 13, 2010

Washington (AFP) May 13, 2010 - The space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Friday on the last mission of its 25-year career, taking astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) one last time before becoming a museum piece.
May 13, 2010

Paris, France (ESA) May 13, 2010 - Space Shuttle Atlantis, ready for liftoff on Friday, will deliver important hardware from Europe to the International Space Station: spare portions of the European Robotic Arm and the first Russian payloads to use the arm.
May 13, 2010

Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 13, 2010 - The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) will relocate on Wednesday a Russian spacecraft docked with the Zarya module to free a docking port for a new research module.
May 13, 2010